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AFM316 Issues in Management Accounting

Updated: 17 February 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites AFM202 or AFM212
Co-requisites None
Restrictions AFM416
Notes None
Combined Units AFM416 - Issues in Management Accounting
Coordinator(s) Kamaljeet Sandhu (ksandhu@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

A unit dealing with the design of accounting systems so as to facilitate effective management control of organisational activities. This requires consideration of the wider context in which the accounting system is set and of the way accounting information is used by those to whom it is provided. Case analysis is used extensively in this unit.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Issues in Management Accounting
ISBN: 9780273702573
Hopper, T., Scapens, R. and Northcott, D., Pearson 3rd ed. 2007
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 10% 1000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Assignment 2 20% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Tutorial 10%
Assessment Notes
Tutorial/Online discussion
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Final Examination 2 hrs 60%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate how various control systems are interrelated and interconnected;
  2. demonstrate how control systems impact on employee-employer relationships;
  3. demonstrate how control systems impact on the environment.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will develop an increased knowledge of the discipline through the learning and teaching activities associated with the unit. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
 True True True
3 Global Perspectives
 True True True
4 Information Literacy
 True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit prepares students for lifelong learning. Academic skills required are taught in the unit. 		True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
 True True True
8 Team Work
Students are taught teamwork skills and encouraged to practise them. 		True True
   

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