CO5116 - Strategic Management Accounting
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject covers material of direct relevance to the Strategic Management Accounting segment of the CPA Professional Program. The subject provides candidates with a detailed analysis of issues surrounding management reporting and processes. Specific areas covered include: management accounting in the contemporary business environment; strategic formulation and development; performance measurement and reward systems; strategic implementation. Students will require to have completed all 12 subjects of the Master of Professional Accounting degree to be eligible to enrol in this subject, unless otherwise permitted by the Pro-Vice Chancellor.
There are additional charges for this subject; please contact the School for details.
Learning Outcomes
- Appreciate the role of management accounting in informing management decision-making;
- Understand and apply strategic formulation and development techniques;
- Consider the link between firm performance, measurement approaches and reward systems;
- Understand contemporary innovations in management accounting such as activity-based costing.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse.
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 5 | |
| Census Date 08-May-2009 | |
| Non-standard start/end 10-Apr-2009 to 19-Jun-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 10-Apr-2009 to 26-Apr-2009 (Face to face dates are Fri 17/4 & 24/4 (6-9pm); Sat 18/4 & 25/4 & Sun 19/4 & 26/4 (9-5pm) Exam date is yet to be determined.) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Lyndal Drennan. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | None |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 9 | |
| Census Date 09-Oct-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 02-Oct-2009 to 11-Oct-2009 (Face to face dates are Fri 2 & 9/10 (6-9pm); Sat 3 & 10/10 & Sun 4 & 11/10 (9-5pm). Exam date is yet to be determined.) | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | None |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.