Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaAccounting 2
Module: Accounting and Financial
Matter: Accounting
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish
If the student is enrolled for the English track then classes for that subject will be taught in the same language and also in Spanish.
It is virtually impossible for managers to function without information. Information is vital for the management process, and accounting is one of the major information systems within any organisation. Managerial accounting studies the generation, communication, and interpretation of internal information, both financial and non-financial. A sound understanding of managerial accounting is absolutely necessary for managers to fulfil their organisational roles responsibly and competently. The course covers the use of accounting information for planning and control purposes in both operational and strategic decision-making.
The management process includes the following main activities: (1) planning, (2) decision-making and (3) monitoring. We will examine these three activities in detail over the semester.
It is recommended that students have completed and understood the courses Accounting 1 and Information Systems.
Relation to other disciplines: managerial accounting is linked to other disciplines. As you go through this course, think about connections to your other areas of study. How does strategy affect the choice of performance measures? How does accounting information support strategy-making in companies? How can accounting information support a marketing plan that is based on meeting customer expectations for delivering quality and performance. Along with financial accounting and finance, cost accounting is also a very important subject for the successful development of a new business plan (Final Degree Project).
The following key topics will be emphasised:
- Importance of managerial information systems to support an organisation’s strategy.
- Job costing and process costing.
- Cost methods for inventories.
- How to manage indirect costs: departmental model and activity-based costing.
- Revenue-cost behaviour and cost-volume-profit analysis.
On completion of the course students should be able to:
1. explain why organisations need to know how much products, processes and services cost and why they need costing systems;
2. explain the concept of a direct cost and an indirect cost; the different existing costs.
Chapter 1 Introduction to Management Accounting
Chapter 2 Cost Classification
Chapter 3 Direct and Variable Costing Systems and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Chapter 4 Section Costing Systems
Chapter 5 Order Costing Systems
Chapter 6 Process Costing Systems
Chapter 7 Activity-Based Costing Systems
Chapter 8 Budgeting
Chapter 1 Introduction to Management Accounting
Chapter 2 Cost classification
Chapter 3 Direct & Variable Costing Systems & Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
Chapter 4 Sections Costing Systems
Chapter 5 Job Order Costing Systems
Chapter 6 Process Costing Systems
Chapter 7 Activity Based Costing Systems
Chapter 8 Budgeting
* This course material focuses on active learning by solving problems, mainly the discussion and resolution of exercises and case studies, supplemented by explanations from the lecturer and assigned reading. Students will discuss and solve problems in each class.
* Individual or group work. All projects and case studies must be submitted in electronic form, in order to become familiar with spreadsheets, an essential tool in the business world. Work submitted after the deadline or of poor academic quality will not be accepted.
* Participation in class.
* Teamwork: articles and presentation of case studies.
The marking will be divided between the homework/assignments, in-class tests and the final examination. The weighting on the different activities will be as follows:
20% continuous evaluation activities (homework / assignments)
30% mid-course examination
50% final examination
Horngren, C.T., S.M. Datar and G.Foster (1994). Cost Accounting: A managerial emphasis, 12th ed. Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-149538-0
Horngren, C. T., A. Bhimani, G. Foster and S. M. Datar (1999) Management and Cost Accounting, 9th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Davila A. and D.Oyon (2009). MFD, Malea Fashion District: A new way to learn managerial accounting. Vease Ediciones. ISBN 978-84-612-8317-0
Amat y Soldevila (2009) Contabilidad y gestión de costes. Profit.
Lucey, T. (2007): Costing, Thomson Learning, Londres.
Rosanas, J. M. (1994): Contabilidad de costes para la toma de decisiones. Desclée de Brouwer, Bilbao.
ACCID (2010): Noves tendències en control i reducció de costos, Monografia de la Revista de Comptabilitat i Direcció, Barcelona.
Drury, C. (2012): Management and Cost Accounting, 8th edition, Cengage Learning, Hampshire.
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