MAA703 - Accounting for Management

Unit details

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Year:

2022 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
Previously coded as:MAA616
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Belete Jember (BJ) Bobe
Trimester 2: Simon Fung
Prerequisite:

MPA701 or MPA751/MPR751/MPT751 or MAA717

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MAA262, MAA752, MAA774
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 3 hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

3 x 3 hour online seminars per trimester plus online independent and collaborative learning activities.

Content

In this unit, students learn about how management accounting satisfies management's need for information for planning and control purposes.  It covers cost concepts, cost-volume-profit relationships, product costing systems, activity-based costing, budgeting and standard costs. Topics also include financial performance analysis, decentralised operations, relevant costs for decision making, and contemporary approaches to measuring performance.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Develop and apply management accounting techniques for costing, control, planning, budgeting and performance measurement and management

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Identify, locate and synthesise management accounting information from diverse sources

GLO3: Digital literacy

ULO3

Demonstrate individual responsibility for planning and achieving team goals in completing the case study analysis

GLO7: Teamwork

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Case study analysis (video presentation) 6 minutes 10% Week 5

Assessment 2:
Part A: (Group of  3 or 4) Case study analysis - Written Report 
Part B: (Individual) Learning reflective piece (focusing on team work)

Part A: 2500 words
Part B: 800 words

Part A: 20%
Part B: 10%

Week 8
Examination (Closed Book) 2 hours 60% Exam period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

Hurdle requirement: achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the examination.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MAA703 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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