HB2504
University Of Houston-Victoria
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Course Online Syllabus
Summer 2011
| Department | ACCT | Course Number | 6352 | Section Number | 19067 |
| Name of Course | Strategic Cost Management | ||||
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Learning Objectives
As a result of this course, students will
- Identify a number of cost and management accounting issues relating to the design and implementation of corporate strategy, marketing, value-based and other resource management models.
- Evaluate the management role in the identification of the value chain and implementation of strategic cost management systems.
- Apply the basic conventions and doctrines of managerial and cost accounting and other generally accepted strategic cost management principles that may be used across the various functions of business organizations.
- Analyze the conditions and requirements necessary for successful use of activity-based costing systems.
- Analyze major contemporary issues that have emerged in strategic cost management.
Major Assignments/Exams
| Group Case Analyses | 100 points | ||
| Individual Homework Assignments | 50 points | ||
| Participation and Attendance | 50 points | ||
| Mid-term Exam (Individual) | 100 points | ||
| Final Exam (Individual) | 100 points |
Required Reading
Atkinson, Kaplan, Matsumura, and Young, Management Accounting,6th ed., ISBN 0137024975.
Recommended Reading
No additional readings have been recommended for this course.
List of Discussion/Lecture Topics
Course topics have not been submitted.