MPAC603-21T3 (C) Term Three 2021

Advanced Management Accounting

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 30 August 2021
End Date: Sunday, 21 November 2021
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 12 September 2021
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 29 October 2021

Description

To prepare and critically evaluate management accounting information for planning, budgeting, costing, controlling and decision-making by applying contemporary theory, research and practice.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of MPAC603: Advanced Management Accounting, students will be able to:

1. Discuss the nature of management accounting and role of management accountants in organisations.

2. Critically evaluate contemporary theories, research and practice in management accounting, particularly with respect to planning, budgeting, costing, and controlling.

3. Critique the nature, purpose, and process of budgeting and costing, including technical and behavioural issues.

4. Analyse the nature, purpose and implementation of performance management systems.

5. Critically evaluate the concepts of financial management and strategic management.

6. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of how strategy is formulated, implemented and controlled from a management accounting perspective.

In attaining these learning outcomes, students will gain an advanced understanding of theory, research and practice in management accounting, as well as be able to critique these aspects of management accounting.

Recommended preparation:  (1) MBAZ601 Managerial Accounting; and (2) MPAC606 Management (or equivalent)

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the Programme Director

Course Coordinator

Beverley Lord

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,231.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Business Taught Masters Programmes .

All MPAC603 Occurrences

  • MPAC603-21T3 (C) Term Three 2021
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