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Undergraduate - UnitAFF3431 - Performance measurement and control

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Accounting and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the provision and use of management accounting information for management planning and control in organisations. Topics include budgeting, standard costing and variance analysis and contemporary approaches to managing costs, time, quality, suppliers, customers, and value.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

apply traditional and contemporary performance measurement and control techniques to enable managers to measure and enhance organisational performance
analyse and make recommendations regarding the design of performance measurement and control systems
explain how behavioural implications are crucial for the effective design of performance measurement and control systems
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with performance measurement and control and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFF3431.