Description

Syllabus

Throughout the course of this programme, you will focus your learning on the following areas:

• The role of managerial accounting in the effective conduct of an organisation
• Describing and identifying information that relates to business decisions
• The various types of costs and cost behaviours
• Management tools for evaluating performance and making costing decisions
• Making the right short-term decisions regarding outsourcing, special orders, and product mix
• Using responsibility accounting to evaluate managerial or departmental performance
• The preparation of a master budget and utilising it for planning and control purposes
• Arriving at carefully considered capital investment decisions through the use of financial models
• Product and service quality management for eliminating deficiencies and waste

Assessment:
You will be formally assessed once during the programme, which will consist of a written report of up to 3,500 words. Completing this assignment to a satisfactory standard is a mandatory requirement.