ACCT332 – Advanced Management Accounting Semester Two 2025
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ACCT332 - Advanced Management Accounting
Semester Two 2025
Me whakaoti i mua | Prerequisites
ACCT103 and ACCT222
Hua Ako | Course Learning Outcomes
The learning outcomes for this course are:
1. Discuss, apply and, where appropriate, critique management accounting theory and practice, including:
a. Strategy and strategic management
b. Advanced cost and operations management
c. Value chain analysis and strategic management accounting
d. Lean, quality and constraint management
e. Organisational structure and transfer pricing
f. Planning and budgeting including strategic investment decisions
g. Performance management including incentive schemes
h. Control and risk management
i. Sustainability management accounting
2. Communicate orally and in writing in a manner consistent with a business professional.
3. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and solve problems analytically.
Professional Body Academic Requirements
ACCT332 builds on prerequisite courses. Upon successful completion of the management accounting suite of courses - ACCT102, ACCT103, ACCT222 and ACCT332 - students will be able to demonstrate an understanding and critical awareness of management accounting theory and practice. This is embodied in the learning outcomes for Finance and Financial Management, Management Accounting, Business Acumen, and Professional Competency Areas specified by Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and CPA Australia:
• TCA06: Finance and Financial Management …
…but limited to investment decisions and managing risk, which are part of learning outcomes 5 and 6:
LO5: Discuss how organisations make investment and distribution decisions.
LO6: Identify and explain basic financial risks and risk management concepts.
• TCA07: Management Accounting: This area covers an understanding of budgeting, product and service costing, control and performance evaluation, and strategic management accounting.
• TCA11: Business Acumen: This area covers the local and global organisational environment which a business operates in and the features relating to business strategy and management. The basic principles of governance, risk management and internal controls deepens the understanding of business practices.
• PCA01: Intellectual Skills: Intellectual skills enable a professional accountant to evaluate data and information, apply critical thinking to solve problems, make decisions and exercise good judgment in complex organisational situations.
• PCA02: Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Interpersonal and communication skills enable a professional accountant to work with others for the common good of the organisation, receive and transmit information, form reasoned judgments and make decisions effectively.
• PCA04: Ethical Principles, Professional Values and Integrity: An understanding of ethical and professional values and attitudes is an important element in the development of accounting professionals …
Āhuatanga Tāura | Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop UC’s Graduate Attributes, specified below:
• Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award.
• Employable, innovative and enterprising.
• Globally aware.
WhāingaAko | Learning Objectives, BCom
This course will also provide students with an opportunity to develop the BCom learning objectives:
• Students have an in-depth understanding of their majoring subject and are able to critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within the discipline.
• Students have a broad understanding of the key domains of commerce.
• Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers which can be used in a range of applications.
• Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
• Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
For quality assurance purposes the School is required to hold on record a number of assessment pieces as examples of differing standards of work. If you have any objections to the school holding your assessment for this purpose then email the course coordinator to ensure your assignment is not used for this purpose.
Mahi ā-Ākonga | Workload
ACCT 332 is a 15-point, 12-week course and it is expected that the total workload for an average student, for background reading, lectures, tutorials, assignments and revision, will be 150 hours (or 10 hours per point). To encourage active learning towards the achievement of the learning outcomes, an average student’s workload is detailed below:
|
Activities |
Preparation |
Contact |
Total |
|
Lectures (12 weeks) |
1 hour per week |
2 hours per week |
36 hours |
|
Tutorials (9 weeks) |
1 hour per week |
1 hour per week |
18 hours |
|
Team case report |
27 hours |
|
27 hours |
|
Team presentation |
15 hours |
(in Tutorials) |
15 hours |
|
Mid-semester test |
25 hours |
2 hours |
27 hours |
|
Final exam |
25 hours |
2 hours |
27 hours |
|
|
150 hours |
||
Akoako | Tutorials
Tutorials are held weekly, commencing in Week 2. You must attend the tutorial in which you are enrolled, so that you can pair up with another student with whom you will do your presentation later in the semester. The tutors will also discuss the expectations and explain how the tutorials will be run during Week 2’s tutorials.
Most tutorials will be dedicated to student presentations (see page 9 of this course outline) . Attending tutorials is also a great way to meet other students and expand your social network. Having a strong social network while you are at university will be extremely valuable for your future career. Students should enrol in a tutorial via UC’s My Timetable.
2025-09-25