Area: | School of Accounting |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 10987 (v.4) Accounting 100 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | The elements of manufacturing costs and cost concepts. Job cost processes. The influence of activity on cost behaviour. Cost analysis for special management decisions. Budgets for planning. The comprehensive or planning budget and the various subsidiary budgets involved. Budgets for control. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Demonstrated the ability to analyse accounting data and convert it to information that can be used for evaluating, planning, controlling and decision making situations. Demonstrated the ability to apply contemporary practices in the area of management accounting. Demonstrated the ability to develop an argument in support of a proposition and present the argument to a tutorial group |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Dawson, J., (1998), CBS Pocket Guide to Successful Study, Perth, Curtin Business School. Horngren C.T., Foster G. and Datar S.M., (1997), Cost Accounting - A Managerial Emphasis, 9th ed. New Jersey, Prentice Hall. |
Unit Texts: | Hilton R.W., (2002), Managerial Accounting, 5th ed., Chicago, McGraw-Hill Irwin. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Final Examination 60%. Mid-Semester Examination 25%. Written assignments 15%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 80100 Accounting (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Supplemental | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Summer Period | Y | | | | 2004 | Esperance Community College | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Joondalup Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Joondalup Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Metro College Malaysia | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Metro College Malaysia | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Mktg Inst of S'pore | Trimester 3A | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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