Course Title: Cost Analysis and Organisational Decisions
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Cost Analysis and Organisational Decisions
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
ACCT2242 |
Universitas Pelita Harapan |
Undergraduate |
615H Accounting |
Face-to-Face | OFFSe22018 (UA3) |
Course Coordinator: Dr Yesh Nama
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5896
Course Coordinator Email: yesh.nama@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: Melbourne
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Assumed Knowledge
It is assumed you have an appreciation of fundamental accounting concepts and procedures.
Course Description
The aim of this course is to highlight and develop an understanding of cost and management accounting as a technical and social practice. It provides you with an introduction to key cost accounting techniques and procedures used by accountants to produce cost information used to support operational and management decisions.
You will be assisted in developing skills for conceptualising cost and management accounting issues in a variety of organisational contexts. You will be encouraged to develop practical skills in the area of absorption, marginal and activity based costing and their uses in operational and managerial decision making.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Capabilities are included in the learning outcomes.
On the successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Analyse case studies to identify instances that justify cost accounting as both a technical and social practice.
- Apply a selection of fundamental cost accounting techniques and methods to produce relevant cost information.
- Prepare reports that reliably communicate cost information as relevant for operational and managerial decisions.
- Refer to and apply cost information to analyse business situations and make appropriate organisational decisions.
- Apply cost and management accounting skills in a collaborative group context in different organisational contexts.
Overview of Learning Activities
In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.
Overview of Learning Resources
Various learning resources are available online through MyRMIT Studies\Canvas. The lecture notes and workshop notes are posted on Canvas.
Resources are also available online through RMIT Library databases and other facilities. Visit the RMIT library website for further details. Assistance is available online via our chat and email services, face to face at our campus libraries or via the telephone on (03) 9925 2020.
Additional resources and/or sources to assist your learning will be identified by your course coordinator and will be made available to you as required during the teaching period.
Overview of Assessment
The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:
Assessment Task 1: 25%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Assessment Task 2: 25%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or via online forums through feedback on cases / exercises.