Management Accounting

Affiliation to semester

4

Duration

1 semester

State of the module

Compulsory module

Frequency of offering

Each semester

ECTS)

6

Hours of compulsory in credit hours

4

Learning outcome / competences

Having completed the module, students are able to:

  • Employ cost accounting information in decision-making
  • Utilize cost accounting information in pricing decisions
  • Integrate strategic considerations into management accounting systems
  • Apply new developments in management control systems
  • Independently work through and solve management accounting case studies.

Level

1b

Necessary requirements

None

Recommended requirements

BIB 2.1 Financial Accounting
BIB 3.1 Cost Accounting

Method of examination

(applicable are §§ 9-14 RStPO)

Written exam
or
written exam (70 %) and one intra-module examination (30 %)

The terms of the module examination will be fixed (in writing) at the beginning of the lecture period and will be announced to the students at the beginning of the lecture period. If the module examination consists of more than one component, the principle of compensability applies.

Performance rating

Differentiated by grades

Corresponding Units

Management Accounting (SL)

Unit 1

Name of the unit

Management Accounting (SL)

Name of the corresponding module

BIB 4.1 Management Accounting

Language

English

Rate of workload for the unit

150 hours of 60 minutes each

Rate of hours of compulsory in credit hours

4

Type of learning

Seminaristic teaching (SL)

Content of the unit

 
  1. Cost Behavior
  2. Decision Making
  3. Long-term and Short-term Pricing Decisions
  4. Strategic Profitability Analysis and Balanced Scorecards
  5. Cost Allocation
  6. Process Costing
 

Literature

Horngren, Charles; Datar, Srikant; Foster, George: Cost Accounting, A Managerial Emphasis, Global Edition, Prentice Hall International.

Bhimani, Alnoor; Horngren, Charles; Datar, Srikant; Rajan, Madhav: Management and Cost Accounting, Pearson Education Limited.

Unit 1