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Unit of Study ACCT3002 - Advanced Management Accounting (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    This is an advanced unit. It is highly recommended that students take this unit after having completed an introductory Finance or Economics unit.

Unit description

Presents advanced knowledge and skills in management accounting for support in organisational strategic decision-making. Students will develop and apply analytical and problem-solving skills to provide advice on issues associated with strategy development, implementation and monitoring. Using case studies, students will tackle contemporary issues such as sustainable management practices, effective corporate social responsibility and managing multi-national operations.

Unit content

Module 1: Review of strategic management accounting concepts for decision making. Managing product mix and product pricing

Module 2: Managing supply chains, just in time inventory management and corporate sustainability

Module 3: The Balanced scorecard framework

Module 4: Governance and risk management. Managing multinational operations – responsibility accounting

Module 5: Managing multinational operations – Transfer pricing

Module 6: Managing and compensating executive performance and measuring shareholder value

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Melbourne N/A
Term4
Online
Term4
Term4
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby N/A
Term2,4
Perth N/A
Term4
Sydney N/A
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

Appraise the role of management accounting information in organisational planning and control, performance measurement and strategic decision-making

Critically analyse management accounting concepts and techniques

Apply management accounting techniques to support strategic business decisions

Evaluate issues associated with organisational governance, risk management and ethical practices and present recommendations.

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • eBook or print: Eldenburg, LG, Brooks, A, Oliver, J, Vesty, G, Dormer, R & Murthy, V , 2020, Management Accounting, 4th edn, Wiley. ISBN: 9780730369387.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts
  • eBook or print: Eldenburg, LG, Brooks, A, Oliver, J, Vesty, G, Dormer, R & Murthy, V , 2020, Management Accounting, 4th edn, Wiley. ISBN: 9780730369387.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Access to a computer with a webcam and reliable internet connection.  Students will be required to complete an onboarding process to verify their identity before attempting the online exam in this unit.

     

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.