BX3013 - Performance Management and Control
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
An in depth study of management accounting techniques and concepts; control and performance evaluation in decentralised organisations; relevant cost analysis models; pricing decisions and accounting information; performance measurement and the balanced scorecard; sustainability related issues.
Learning Outcomes
- understand the nature of management accounting systems useful for planning and control purposes;
- develop skills to assist managerial decision making in the areas such as pricing, strategy, sustainability and performance measurement;
- apply techniques designed to help evaluate and manage organisation performance.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- 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 select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
- The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- The ability to work individually and independently;
- The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.
| Prerequisites: | (BX2012 OR CO2101) AND (BX2011 OR CO1003 OR CO1001) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CO2102 CO3111 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); assignments (20%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); assignments (20%); online quizzes (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed |
| Lecturer: | Dr Chris Durden. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); essays (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 18-Jul-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Chris Durden |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); essays (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 18-Apr-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); essays (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 15-Aug-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); essays (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 13-Dec-2013 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Rafiuddin Ahmed |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (20%); essays (20%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Students must obtain a final mark of at least 50% to pass the subject, and must obtain at least an average of 50% over all invigilated components to pass the subject. |
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