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GSB602 Issues in Management Accounting

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Trimester 1 Off 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 GradCertProfAcc or MCom or MCom(ProfAcc) or MBusRes or MBusResHons
Co-requisites None
Restrictions AFM316 or AFM416
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Brian Gibson (brian.gibson@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

Management Control Systems: Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentive
ISBN: 9780273708018
Merchant, K.A. and Van der Stede, W.A., Prentice Hall/Financial Times 2nd ed. 2007
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , 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
Case Study 20% 1200
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 2, 4 and 6
Case Study 2 30% 1800
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 and 2 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 50%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 and 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. abstract detailed control feedback into generalized mechanisms for better management and stakeholder systems;
  2. apply these principles in real word case studies;
  3. engage with its implications for sustainability management.

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
 True True True
6 Problem Solving
 True True True
7 Social Responsibility
 True True True
8 Team Work
 True True True
   

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