Syllabus

Title
1091 Specialization in Business Administration Course III - Advanced Management Accounting
Instructors
Univ.Prof. Dr. Christian Riegler
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
11/21/24 to 11/23/24
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Tuesday 12/03/24 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM D3.0.233
Tuesday 12/10/24 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM D3.0.233
Tuesday 12/17/24 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM TC.3.03
Tuesday 01/07/25 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM D3.0.233
Tuesday 01/14/25 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM D3.0.225
Wednesday 01/22/25 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM TC.0.03 WIENER STÄDTISCHE
Contents

In this course, we discuss fundamental issues of advanced management accounting and control in an international context. Based on basic knowledge on management and cost accounting, we identify important tools of managerial accounting, which are widely used in corporate practice all over the world. We focus on topics especially important for decentralized large international firms like transfer pricing and performance measurement & incentives and intensify knowledge about basic processes like budgeting and variance analysis. In this context we also address the increasing importance of non-financial information and its usage in management accounting. The course is based on an international textbook (Bhimani, Horngren, Datar, and Rajan, 2019) to allow for discussing all related topics in English.

Learning outcomes

Students develop a solid understanding of the advanced concept of management accounting and control in an international context.

They gain insight into the questions of how and when management accounting tools may be helpful for controlling the firm. They develop skills to see the increasing need for management accounting tools in large decentralized companies and learn to judge the costs and benefits of the usage of different tools. Additionally, they know about the importance of considering non-financial information in a managerial accounting related context.

Attendance requirements

Attendance is a basic requirement for continuous assessment courses (prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung (PI)). A maximum of 20% of (1 out of 5) lectures can be missed. In case of more than 20% absence, the course is failed and must be repeated.

Teaching/learning method(s)

Students are supposed to prepare for the lectures by reading the related chapters in the textbook. The course is based on going through the additional lecture material.

In the lectures, exercises will be discussed to deepen the understanding of the different topics. Students are actively involved in developing solutions during the lectures and can ask questions about the lecture material.

All sessions take place on campus.

Assessment

The assessment is based on:

40% Quiz (10% each)

15% Home Exercise

45% Final Exam

Prerequisites for participation and waiting lists

This course is a PI course with 80% attendance. Students who are not present in the first unit will be deregistered and the place will be given to some other student from the waiting list.

Readings

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Recommended previous knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge of Cost Accounting and Management Accounting.

Knowledge of how to use Excel or a comparable calculation programme.

Unit details
Unit Date Contents
1

The basic concept of Management Accounting and Control

Required Reading: Bhimani, A./Horngren, C.T/Datar, S.M./Rajan, M.V.: Management and Cost Accounting, 7th edition, 2019, Chapter 1

 

Organizational Architecture and Transfer Pricing

Required Reading: Bhimani, A./Horngren, C.T/Datar, S.M./Rajan, M.V.: Management and Cost Accounting, 7th edition, 2019, Chapter 18

2

Performance Measurement, Incentives, and Managerial Compensation

Required Reading: Bhimani, A./Horngren, C.T/Datar, S.M./Rajan, M.V.: Management and Cost Accounting, 7th edition, 2019, Chapter 19

3

The Master Budget

Bhimani,A./Horngren, C.T/Datar, S.M./Rajan, M.V.: Management and Cost Accounting, 7th edition, 2019, Chapter 14

4

Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis

Required Reading: Bhimani, A./Horngren, C.T/Datar, S.M./Rajan, M.V.: Management and Cost Accounting, 7th edition, 2019, Chapters 15, 16

5

Flexible Budgets and Variance Analysis continued

Required Reading: Bhimani, A./Horngren, C.T/Datar, S.M./Rajan, M.V.: Management and Cost Accounting, 7th edition, 2019, Chapters 15, 16.

 

Emerging Issues in Managerial Accounting

6

Written exam

Last edited: 2024-05-22



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