MANAGEMT 7100 - Accounting for Managers
North Terrace Campus - Trimester 1 - 2016
The course information on this page is being finalised for 2016. Please check again before classes commence.
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code MANAGEMT 7100 Course Accounting for Managers Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School Term Trimester 1 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Restrictions Restricted to Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Masters of Business Administration students only Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Bryan Howieson
Name: Associate Professor Bryan Howieson
Location: Level 13 [room 13.27], Nexus 10
Building
Telephone: 8313 4760
Email: bryan.howieson@adelaide.edu.auCourse Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
2nd Feb.
Topic 1: An Overview of Accounting & Financial Statements
9th Feb.
Topic 2: The Accounting Information System
16th Feb.
Topic 3: Accrual Accounting & Measuring Performance
23rd Feb.
Topic 4: Working Capital
1st March
Topic 5: Non-Current Assets, Debt & Equity
8th March
Topic 6: Cash Flows
15th March
Topic 7: Financial Statement Analysis + IN-CLASS TEST
22nd March
Topic 8: Introduction to Management Accounting, Costing Concepts & CVP Analysis.
29th March
Topic 9: Costing of Goods and Services
1st April GROUP ASSIGNMENT DUE
5th April
Topic 10: Incremental Analysis & Short-Run Decision-Making
12th April
Topic 11: Budgeting & Control
19th April
Exam Revision & Preparation
26th April FINAL EXAM
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
- Understand the nature and role of the four principal financial statements (i.e., the Income Statement, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Cash Flows, and the Statement of Changes in Equity) ;
- Develop an awareness and understanding of the accounting process and fundamental accounting principles that underpin the development of financial statements (e.g. accrual accounting vs. cash accounting, definition, recognition, measurement and disclosure of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses; inventory valuation methods, provisions, depreciation; accounting for intangibles);
- Ability to read, interpret and analyse financial statements; combine financial analysis with other information to assess the financial performance and position of a company;
- Understand and apply course concepts to analyse common business management decisions such as pricing and outsourcing decisions from a financial perspective;
- Understand the role of budgets in organisations, their limitations and the behavioural issues to consider when developing and using budgets for planning and control;
- Develop an awareness of the need to consider ethical, social and other relevant issues, in addition to financial information, in the management decision-making process.
- Develop group work and communication skills.
University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
The textbook for this course is:
Carlon, S., Mladenovic-McAlpine, R., Palm, C., Kimmel, P.D., Kieso, D.E,. Weygandt, J.J. (2012), Accounting: Building Business Skills, 4th Edition, Wiley - Milton, Qld. ISBN 978-1-742-466347
You will need continual access to the above text in order to complete this course.
The text is shrinkwrapped with the on-line resource WileyPLUS. Information about accessing WileyPLUS will be made available separately.
Online Learning
This course will have access to the on-line resource WileyPLUS which accompanies the textbook. Information on accessing WileyPLUS will be provided separately. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Weekly seminars. A minimum attendance of 80% of class sessions is required.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The workload in this course is not light, particularly topics 4 and 5 were there is a considerable amount of reading. Students normally find topics 7-11 easier in terms of preparation hours required compared to earlier topics. As a guide, students will need to spend around 7 hours (not including class time) per topic for reading and attempting/revisiting the in-class activities prescribed for each topic.Learning Activities Summary
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
There are three assessment items:
An in-class test at the start of week 7 - 15%
A group project - 30%
Final examination - 55%.
Further information on these assessment items will be provided separately.
Assessment Detail
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Submission
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Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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