Teaching code

4S003754

Teacher

Paolo Roffia

Coordinator

Paolo Roffia

Credits

6

Language

English

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/07 - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING STUDIES

Period

secondo semestre (lauree magistrali) dal Mar 1, 2021 al Jun 1, 2021.

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to develop the student ability in undestanding and designing the cost accounting and the business reporting systems. A cost accounting system is concerned with accumulating cost for inventory valuation to meet external financial accounting and internal monthly or quaterly profit measurement requirements. A management accounting system accumulates, classifies, summarizes and reports information that will assist employees within an organization in their decision making, planning, control and performance measurement activities. A business reporting system summarise both internal and external information for the decision making process realised by top and middle management. At the end of the course the student will be able: - to know the main instruments for cost accounting and business reporting; - to design the cost accounting system and the business reporting system for a SME; - to determine and analyse the main variances between budget and actual costs; - to prepare a few business reports on costs or responsibility centers. The course is taught in English.

Program

The course is divided into four parts (both for attending and non attending students):

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT AND COST ACCOUNTING
1. Introduction to management accounting
2. An introduction to cost terms and concepts

PART 2: COST ACCUMULATION FOR INVENTORY VALUATION AND PROFIT MEASUREMENT
3. Cost assignment
4. Accounting entries for a job costing system
5. Process costing
6. Joint and by-product costing

PART 3: INFORMATION FOR DECISION-MAKING
8. Cost-volume-profit analysis
9. Measuring relevant costs and revenues for decision-making
10. Pricing decision and profitability analysis
11. Activity-based costing

PART 4: INFORMATION FOR PLANNING, CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
15. The budgeting process
16. Management control systems
17. Standard costing and variance analysis

PART 6: INFORMATION FOR PLANNING, CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT
24 Cost estimation and cost behaviour

TEACHING ACTIVITY: front lessons. During the course a few casestudy will be analysed. Students will found those materials accessing to MYUNIVR platform. Students must prepare a project work under the supervision of the teacher. Instructions on how to do the PW (also for non attending students) are given in MYUNIVR platform. Chapters of the text book to study (Drury 10th ed) : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 24.

The teacher is available for QandA:
1. at the and of the lectures;
2. in a specific meeting with students (both in presence and via skype - please see institutional webpage).

Examination Methods

The aim of the examination is to assess a) the student knowledge of the main topics of the course and b) the ability to solve some practical case-study taken from the textbook and from casestudies.

The examination could be both IN PRESENCE or via MOODLE platform.

In the PREVIOUS ACADEMIC YEARS the examination was as follows:
The examination is the sum on two parts: A) a Project work (which gives max 10 marks) and B) a written test on the whole program both for attending and non attending students (max 20 marks).

The Project work (A1, A2 or A3) is done individually or in groups according to the instructions published via MOODLE. The PW may be done in three alternative ways (A1, A2 or A3) and must be delivered before the written examination.

The written examination (B) includes: 10 multiple choice questions (MCQ), 1 mark for each question and 2 open questions (OQ), 5 marks for each question. Each question (MCQ and OQ) has a specific score indicated at the top line.

The final grade is the sum of the scores of each single question (MCQ + OQ). The maximum score for the written examination is 20. The max evaluation of the PW is 10. The total grade is maximum 30.
The exam lasts between 50 and 60 minutes.
After passing the written examination the student MAY ask for an additional oral examination to modify (max +/- 3 marks) the previous score.
Online registration is required at least 3 days before the examination date.
The exam is in English.