AFM416 Issues in Management Accounting

Updated: 17 February 2010

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points

Offering

Responsible Campus	Teaching Period	Mode of Study	Online Level
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

candidature in MCom

Co-requisites

None

Restrictions

AFM316

Notes

None

Combined Units

AFM316 - 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 Campus

Disclaimer

Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Title	Exam Length	Weight	No. Words
Assignment 1		10%	600
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Assignment 2		25%	2400
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 2, 3 and 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
Tutorial		10%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

Final Examination	2 hrs	55%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3 and 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

demonstrate how various planning and control systems are interrelated and interconnected;
demonstrate how planning and control systems influence and are influenced by employee interpretations;
demonstrate how control systems impact on the environment;
analyse the relationship between planning and control systems theory and contemporary applications.

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.
2	Communication Skills
3	Global Perspectives
4	Information Literacy
5	Life-Long Learning This unit prepares students for lifelong learning. Academic skills required are taught in the unit.
6	Problem Solving
7	Social Responsibility
8	Team Work Students are taught team work skills and encouraged to practise them.

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