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MANAGEMT 7100NA - Accounting for Managers

Ngee Ann Academy - Quadmester 2 - 2016

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Participants in this course will develop the essential ability of all managers, to use complex accounting information as a platform for decision-making. As the course unfolds, participants will build an increasingly sophisticated level of understanding of the language of accounting and its key concepts. In addition the course develops skills in interpreting earnings statements, balance sheets, and cash flow reports. This ability to analyse financial statements will enable participants to deal more effectively with strategic options for their businesses or business units. Strong foundations in financial analysis, and development of crucial basic accounting skills will also enable participants to develop a management accounting focus. From this second phase of the course students will take away highly relevant skills in areas such as budgeting, product and service costing and short-run decision making. Such skills, ability and knowledge will enable participants to more effectively identify profitable opportunities and to contribute significantly to better management within their own organisations.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code MANAGEMT 7100NA
    Course Accounting for Managers
    Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School
    Term Quadmester 2
    Level Postgraduate Coursework
    Location/s Ngee Ann Academy
    Units 3
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y
    Restrictions Restricted to Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Masters of Business Administration students only
    Assessment Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Adjunct Ashley Miller

    Name: Ashley Miller
    Telephone: 0421276464
    Email: ashley.miller@adelaide.edu.au 
    Course Website: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au 

    Ashley Miller is a Chartered Accountant, adjunct lecturer and visiting research fellow. He is a partner at KPMG, has lectured at this business school for over 15 years.  Was the past Chair of National Education Board at the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    1. 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) ;
    2. 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);
    3. Ability to read, interpret and analyse financial statements; combine financial analysis with other information to assess the financial performance and position of a company;
    4. Understand and apply course concepts to analyse common business management decisions such as pricing and outsourcing decisions from a financial perspective;
    5. Understand the role of budgets in organisations, their limitations and the behavioural issues to consider when developing and using budgets for planning and control;
    6. 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.
    7. Develop group work and communication skills.
    University Graduate Attributes

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  • Learning Resources
    Recommended Resources
    Recommended Resources
    Some course topics have brief readings provided to supplement the chapters in the textbook and these are indicated in the relevant topic in the topic schedule above. In addition, there are many textbooks that students can use as references. Students will find any financial accounting textbook useful in supplementing the materials provided in the financial accounting section of the course text.

    Three such books are:

    M Bazley, et al., [2004], Contemporary Accounting, [5th edition], Thomson. ISBN 017 011136 9.Birt, et al., [2005], Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making, J. Wiley. ISBN 0 4708 0473 4.D. Marshall, et al., [2005], Accounting: What the Numbers Mean, Mc-Graw Hill Irwin. ISBN 0 07 471350 7.

    Likewise any management accounting textbooks will be useful in supplementing the materials provided in the management accounting section of the course text.

    Three such books are:
    K. Langfield-Smith, H. Thorne and R. Hilton, [2003], Management Accounting: An Australian Perspective, [3rd edition], Mc Graw-Hill, Sydney. ISBN 0074711903.R. H. Garrison and E. W. Noreen [2000], Managerial Accounting, [9th edition], Irwin McGraw-Hill, Boston. ISBN 0256260737.D.R.Hansen and M.M. Mowen [2005], Management Accounting, [7th edition], Thomson South-Western, Mason, OH. ISBN 0324234848.

    Students should also consult weekly business journals and the daily press. Many newspapers and business journals can be accessed from their websites. These sources contain regular reports of the results and activities of local companies and other organisations and they may raise accounting issues of contemporary interest. Examples include: Australian Financial Review; Business Pages of The Strait Times.
  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes

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    Workload

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    Learning Activities Summary

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  • Assessment

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    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

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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.

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