Management Accounting for Planning and Control
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2024 teaching periods
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 1 |
Hawthorn Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Class |
2 |
12 |
24 |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning | 9.5 | 12 | 114 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Assignment | Individual | 30-40% | 1,2,3,4 |
Tutorial Exercise | Individual | 10-20% | 1,2,3,4 |
Examination | Individual | 40-60% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Cost behaviour, drivers and estimation
- Introduction to product and service costing
- Overhead costs and Activity based costing
- Tactical decision making
- Job and process costing
- Cost volume profit analysis
- Budgeting
- Standard costing and flexible budgets
- Information systems and data analytics
- Dealing with risk and uncertainty in decision-making
- Advanced variance analysis - material mix and yield variances; sales mix and quantity variances; planning and operational variances
Study resources
- Reading materials.