CO5103 - Management Accounting
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
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This foundation subject in management accounting focuses on the types of cost information that can be produced to assist managers and other employees within organisations in planning and control, and in decision making.
Learning Outcomes
- Describe cost behaviour under different assumptions and compare cost systems designed to provide relevant and timely information to managers for resource management and allocation decisions;
- Apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with cost information for decision making;
- Apply conventional and contemporary cost management techniques used in manufacturing and service industries;
- Explain the benefits and limitations of contemporary cost management techniques;
- Apply standard costing and budgeting techniques that enable managers to measure and control performance.
| Prerequisites: | CO5117 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, , Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (20%); essays (15%). |
| 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. |
| , Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (20%); essays (15%). |
| 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 Singapore, , Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (20%); essays (15%). |
| 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, , Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 11-Apr-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (20%); essays (15%). |
| 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, , Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (20%); essays (15%). |
| 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, , Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 05-Dec-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (65%); quizzes or tests (20%); essays (15%). |
| 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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