22421 Management Decisions and Control
6cpRequisite(s): 22321 Cost Management Systems
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are also course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Undergraduate
This subject introduces the use of management accounting information to support managerial decisions and control various aspects of an organisation. It emphasises decision and control issues in a contemporary environment and introduces appropriate decision and control concepts, techniques and skills such as short- and long-term operational decisions, target costing and life-cycle costing, inventory management and just-in-time, responsibility accounting systems, transfer pricing, performance evaluation systems, and the behavioural impacts of management control systems. It also emphasises the ways in which accounting information can be used to understand and make decisions about the operational and strategic management of an organisation, and to control the implementation and ongoing management of such decisions.
Detailed subject description.
Fee information
2009 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,084.62
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.
2009 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,425.00
Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.
Subject EFTSL: 0.125Access conditions
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