Managerial Accounting (F)
Course content
Financial and non-financial data are a very important basis for
evaluation of
profits of different segments as well as evaluating and managing
the efficiency of departments, people and processes in the
organization. But it is also important as a basis for pricing
decisions and planning purposes. The course put focus on how to
capture financial and non-financial data as well as organize and
use them for decision making, planning and control.
The course contains the following core elements:
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Job costing systems & process-costing systems
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Revenue and Cost terms and behaviour
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Profitability analysis on products, customers and other segments
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Pricing decisions and target costing
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Budgetary systems
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Standard Cost Control
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Performance measurement and management systems
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Control systems and transfer pricing
MSc programme in Economics – elective course
Bacheloruddannelsen i økonomi – valgfag på 3. år
The Danish BSc programme in Economics - elective at the 3rd year
Tilvalgsuddannelsen i Erhvervsøkonomi - Valgfag på kandidatdelen.
The course is part of the Financial line in Economics symbolized by "F".
After completing the course the student is expected to be able to:
Knowledge:
- Develop a fundamental knowledge of financial management of a company.
- Account for the purpose and content of different cost and management accounting models, techniques and systems.
Skills:
- Design, implement and use different conventional as well as modern cost and management accounting models, techniques and systems for analysis, decision making and control purposes.
Competencies:
- Analyse and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each model, technique and system used for different tasks and apply the different models and tools in different companies.
Research and theory based dialog lectures are mixed with
exercises and cases. The lectures provide the students with the
necessary understanding of purpose and content of the techniques
and what type of theory they are based on. Through the use of
examples and cases from practice the students learn to apply theory
and techniques for analysis, decision making and control purposes
in practice.
Pandemic:
In case of a pandemic like Corona the teaching in this course may
be changed to be taught either fully or partly online. For further
information, see the course room on Absalon.
Update:
Seal, W., Rohde, C., Garrison, R.H. & Noreen E.W.
“Management Accounting”. McGraw-Hill, 2015 2019.
ISBN-13 9780077157500 ISBN-13 9780077185534
ISBN-10 0077157508 ISBN-10 0077185536
Selected articles
The course requires knowledge of micro economics as included in Microeconomics I and Microeconomics II at the Bachelor of Economics, University of Copenhagen, or similar courses.
Schedule:
3 hours lectures a week from week 6 to 21 (except holidays).
The overall schema for the 3rd year and Master courses can be seen
at KUnet:
MSc in Economics => "courses and teaching" =>
"Planning and overview" => "Your timetable"
BA i Økonomi/KA i Økonomi => "Kurser og undervisning"
=> "Planlægning og overblik" => "Dit
skema"
Timetable and venue:
To see the time and location of lectures please press the
link/links under "Timetable"/"Se skema" at the
right side of this page (F means Spring).
You can find the similar information in English at
https://skema.ku.dk/ku2021/uk/module.htm
-Select Department: “2200-Økonomisk Institut” (and wait for
respond)
-Select Module:: “2200-F21; [Name of course]”
-Select Report Type: “List – Weekdays”
-Select Period: “Forår/Spring – Week 5-30”
Press: “ View Timetable”
For enrolled students: Registration, information, rules etc: Master(UK), Master(DK) and Bachelor(DK)
For foreign students: Admission requirements, registration etc: Study Economics. Please read the curriculum before enrolment.
For gæste- og enkelfagsstuderende: Tilmelding via Uddannelse i Økonomi.
Læs venligst studieordningen og uddannelsen inden tilmelding.
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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Written examination, 3 hours under invigilationin the exam venues of the university.
The exam assignment is given in English and must be answered in English.
In the event that this summer's exams have to be conducted as online exams due to COVID-19, the exam form will be a 3 H take-home exam with aids. The reexam will be an online oral exam without preparation.
____ - Aid
- Without aids
for the written exam.
Regarding the oral reexam, please go to the section "Reexam" for further information about allowed aids.
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- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
for the written exam. The exam may be chosen for external censorship by random check.
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Criteria for exam assessment
Students are assessed on the extent to which they master the learning outcome for the course.
To receive the top grade, the student must with no or only a few minor weaknesses be able to demonstrate an excellent performance displaying a high level of command of all aspects of the relevant material and can make use of the knowledge, skills and competencies listed in the learning outcomes.
At the exam in this course the students must especially be able to:
Knowledge:
Understand the purpose and content of different cost and management accounting models. techniques and systems.
Skills:
Design, implement and use different cost and management accounting models, techniques and systems for analysis, decision making and control purposes.
Competencies:
Analyze and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each model and technique and system used for different tasks.
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 161
- Exam
- 3
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- AØKK08092U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
BachelorFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
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1 semester
- Price
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Information about admission and tuition fee: Master and Exchange Programme, credit students and guest students (Open University)
- Schedulegroup
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and venue:
Go to "Remarks".
Exam and re-sits: Go to "Exam". - Studyboard
- Department of Economics, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Economics
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Carsten Georg Rohde (3-656974426b687471306d7730666d)
Teacher
See ‘Course Coordinators’
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