Strategic Management Accounting 2014 / 15 Level 6 Module Code 44-6785-00C Sheffield Business School Module leader - Richard Watkinson TABLE OF CONTENTS Page What’s this module about? 3 How will this module deliver the relevant industry sector skills and competencies? 3 How will this module be delivered? 4 Assessment Package 5 How will Blackboard be used with this module? 5 How will student feedback be obtained on this module and how will this be
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CHAPTER 4 CHANGES FACING MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS IN POSTMODERN TIMES 4.1 INTRODUCTION In seeking answers to typical questions associated with morphogenic change (see paragraph 3.2)‚ it becomes apparent that business‚ and consequently management accountants‚ have been faced by a confluence of forces of change during the past decade. Chapter 3 defined change‚ and more particularly the concept of morphogenic change. The three major drivers of change were discussed in paragraph 3.3‚ namely computer
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Problem Statement • Management accounting’s report fail to help manager make decision to reduce cost & improve productivity • Lack of information to interpret real meaning of data • Fall of management accounting that the improvement does not reflect with the changes business condition Objective • Identify the problem causes the fall of management accounting • Solution to find a way to improve management accounting that provide accurate information an easy access for manager make decision
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per kilogram). The other variable costs (costs of packing) are € 0.02 per meat roll. All produced meat rolls will be sold instantly: There is no inventory/stock of meat rolls. The budgeted indirect fixed costs are distributed as follows: Costs management | € 200‚000 | | Costs administration | € 150‚000 | | Costs production installation | € 150‚000 | | Costs production staff | € 700‚000 | | Costs sales department | € 200‚000 | | Total budgeted fixed indirect costs | | € 1‚400‚000
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costs Accounts Nature or Classification Amount in Tshs 000 Administration expenses 0% variable 120‚000 Marketing expenses 40% variale 100‚000 Depreciation costs 0% variable 80‚000 During the year 2013‚ Ujamaa Ltd produced 80‚000 bags. Management is forecasting sales price for the year 2014 based on 2013 cost data. The following additional data is available for the year 2014 compared to the data for the year 2013 1. Price for direct materials are expected to increase by 10% 2. Under
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types of accounting that practically all businesses have to face and a number of key terms which are equally important. These are management accounting and financial accounting. 1. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT & FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: Management accounting is concerned with decision making‚ cost apportionment‚ planning and control. It is based within the organisation and is solely for the use of the managers to conduct their business dealings. The process of management accounting is proactive
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differences between management accounting and financial accounting include:[1] 1. Management accounting provides information to people within an organization while financial accounting is mainly for those outside it‚ such as shareholders 2. Financial accounting is required by law while management accounting is not. Specific standards and formats may be required for statutory accounts such as in the I.A.S International Accounting Standard within Europe. 3. Financial accounting covers the entire
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MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: IMPACT OF ALIGNMENT OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM‚ STRUCTURE AND STRATEGY ON PERFORMANCE Introduction In the search to understand management accounting in competitive environments and advance technologies‚ change has increasingly become a focus for research. Many firms have experienced significant changes in their organizational design‚ competitive environments and technologies. Business environments exhibit a variety of structures and processes
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Benchmarking‚ Strategic Cost Management‚ Total Quality Management and Six Sigma. These developments had a vast impact on the overall usage of cost accounting. Accountants have been found to be the first to resist change‚ and the failure to various ABC and scorecard projects has been linked to the unwillingness of accountants themselves to see the project through. Despite all the positive results in the past‚ it appears that the adoption of advanced management accounting practices has slowed. The
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References: 1. Drury‚ C.‚ 2004. Management and Cost Accounting. 6th Edition. Thomson Learning. Italy: G Ganale & C 2. Drury‚ C.‚ 1998. Costing: An Introduction. 4th Edition. London: Thomson Business Press 3. Izhar R.‚ Hontoir J.‚ 2001. Accounting‚ Costing‚ and Management. 2nd Edition. New York: Oxford Unversity Press
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