MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
cod. 1001365

Academic year 2011/12
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Economia aziendale (SECS-P/07)
Field
Aziendale
Type of training activity
Characterising
80 hours
of face-to-face activities
10 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

Define a Business Decision Contexts and Business Decision Choices.
Use terminology appropriately.
Identify and use different activity based management tools.
Prepare a basic master budget.
Use standard costs and performance measures.
Correctly utilize costs in pricing and decisions making.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course of management accounting emphasizes the internal business-building role of accounting and finance professionals who design, implement, and manage internal systems for effective decisions, and support, plan, and control the organization's value-creating operations.
This course covers basic topics of management accounting and introduces a business management approach to the development and use of accounting information.
Major topics include cost classification, cost behavior, cost-volume-profit analysis, budget and variance analysis, and decision-making.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Ray H. Garrison, Eric W. Noreen, Peter C. Brewer, Marco Agliati, Lino Cinquini,
Programmazione e controllo. Managerial accounting per le decisioni aziendali,
Terza edizione, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2012.
ISBN: 978 88 386 6730-5.
http://www.ateneonline.it/garrison3e/home.asp

The America Version of the Textbook can be used.

Teaching methods

Lectures. Business Seminars. Tutorial.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written Exam.

Other information

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