BØK 3541 Managerial Accounting and Control
APPLIES TO ACADEMIC YEAR 2013/2014
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BØK 3541 Managerial Accounting and Control
Responsible for the course
Tor Tangenes
Department
Department of Accounting - Auditing and Law
Term
According to study plan
ECTS Credits
7,5
Language of instruction
Norwegian
Introduction
This course builds on BØK 3411 Finance and Managerial Accounting I, BØK 3421 Finance and Managerial Accounting II og BØK 3531 Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis. The course is structured according to a generic management cycle and relate to real business problems. The course focuses on planning and management of value creation process and relevant decision support for value creation, both in situations where the strategy is given and in situations of strategic corrections, based on learning.
Learning outcome
Acquired knowledge
The students shall acquire knowledge of:
- How the field of management accounting and control relates to value creation, and how the strategic process can be managed by means of the balanced scorecard.
- The resource-based and the positioning-based view as main explanations of value-creation and competitive advantage.
- Value chain descriptions of the firm as basis for process and activity analyses.
- Activity-based costing and transfer pricing as mechanism for cost allocations.
- Multi-dimensional process analysis.
- Business planning by means of budgets.
- Value analysis, including revenue and cost relevance.
- Financial performance metrics and the measurement of value creation.
Acquired skills
The students shall acquire skills about:
- The causality and suitability of objectives and measures in a balanced scorecard model, and be able to elaborate strategy maps in concrete cases.
- The allocation and analysis of costs in an activity structure, including allocation of costs between departments and between activities, from activities to products and customers, and between used and unused capacity.
- The preparation of budgets and analysis of budget information with respect to the financial implications of intended activities
- The preparation and assessment of profitability analyses.
- The adjustment of financial accounting data for effectiveness and performance measurements, and the assessment of the firm’s effectiveness.
Reflection
After taking the course, the students shall acknowledge management control as a contextual field, where conflicts of interest and ethical norms affect management actions .
Prerequisites
(BØK 3411 Finance and Managerial Accounting I and BØK 3421 Finance and Managerial Accounting II), (BØK 1113 Managerial Accounting and BØK 1121 Finance I) or equivalent.
Compulsory reading
Books:
Gjønnes, Svein H. og Tor Tangenes. 2013. Arbeidsbok til Økonomi- og virksomhetsstyring. 2. utg. Fagbokforlaget
Gjønnes, Svein H. og Tor Tangenes. 2013. Økonomi- og virksomhetsstyring : strategistøtte ved prestasjonsstyring, ressursstyring og beslutningsstøtte. Fagbokforlaget
Recommended reading
Course outline
Part 1: Planning and management of value creation process
About Managerial Accounting and Control
Strategic objectives and critical sucess factors
Strategy maps and strategic issues
Performance metrics, validity and reliability
Budget purposes and managerial qualities
Budgets as a tool to test the financial and capacity-related impact of possible measures
Performance measurement of financial measures
Part 2: Decision Support for the creation
Value drivers, cost drivers and value chain analysis
Resource and cost concepts
Income and expense relevance
Distribution of costs and the cost centers
Calculation of weight on ABC
Part 3: From analysis to improvement
Lean philosophy
Multidimensional process analysis
Computer-based tools
Students are expected to use spreadsheets (e.g. Excel) when solving and submitting assignments. Students must use It's learning to submit mini-exercises.
Learning process and workload
The course consists of lectures, assignment reviews by the lecturer and self-tuition (reading the syllabus and doing exercises/assignments that are both mandatory and voluntary). Each student must hand in seven mandatory assignments.
Throughout the course, the students shall discuss and solve a number of case–oriented business problems from the private and public sector.
Recommended workload in hours:
Activities | Hours |
Participation in theory-based lectures | 14 |
Participation in assignment reviews by lecturer | 14 |
Participation in case discussions and solutions | 14 |
Preparations for case solutions, individually and team-based, organized by the students | 48 |
Preparations for lectures (approx. 1.5 hours per hour of lectures or assignment reviews by lecturer) | 63 |
Work on mandatory mini-exercises (approx. 1,5 hours per mini-exercise) | 12 |
Preparation for exams | 35 |
Recommended total hours used | 200 |
The plenary sessions will consist of lectures on parts of the syllabus and review of assignments. Students are expected to work on those parts of the syllabus that are not covered by the lectures or the assignment reviews. The lectures and assignment reviews are based on students having prepared for the lectures (i.e. that the students have read the syllabus and have solved the assignments before the lectures start).
Required work (mandatory mini-exercises)
There are 7 mandatory exercises during the semester, of which students must get approved 5. The mini-exercises are short, limited exercises that the students should be able to answer in about 1,5 hours if they have followed the recommended work schedule. If the students are not prepared, more time must be allowed. The mini-exercises are to be submitted through It's learning.
A minimum level of performance is required for the exercises to be approved (e.g. a minimum number of questions must be correctly answered). Further information will be given in the lectures and through It's learning. The students will be allowed to take the tests repeatedly before the deadline of each test. Information about the time period for the tests to be taken, will be given in the lectures and through It's learning.
Feedback to the students during the semester will be given in the following ways:
- During the lectures the students will be told which assignments are to be solved for the next lecture. The lecturer will review some of these assignments in class. The feedback will consist of the students comparing their solutions with the one that is explained by the lecturer.
- Feedback on achieved score on the mini-exercises will be given automatically through It’s learning. In addition a recommended solution will be made available.
E-learning
The e-learning platform It’s learning is used by the e-learning centre to administrate the mandatory exercises, and make students able to communicate with each other ant the Lecturer. Module sessions are carried out at the beginning of the semester and before exams. The e-learning students are also offered a study guide which is an educational guide to the syllabus.
Recommended workload in hours:
Activities | Hours |
Participation in theory-based lectures | 8 |
Preparations for case solutions, individually and team-based, organized by the students | 30 |
Work with litterature, mandatory mini-exercises and activities at It's learning | 127 |
Preparation for exams | 35 |
Recommended total hours used | 200 |
Coursework requirements
The students must get approved five of the seven mini-exercises in order to sit for the exam. Se learning process and workload.
Examination
A five-hour written exam concludes the course, which counts for 100 % of the grade.
Examination code(s)
BØK 35411 - Written exam, counts for 100 % of the grade in the course BØK 3541.
Examination support materials
Interest tables and a BI-defined exam calculator are allowed. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS BA II Plus™
Examination support materials at written school examinations are specified on @BI. Please note what is said about the use of calculator. https://at.bi.no/EN/Pages/Exa_Hjelpemidler-til-eksamen.aspx
Re-sit examination
Re-sit examination is offered every term.
Students that have not get approved five of the mandatory seven mini-exercises must re-take the exercises in connection with the next scheduled course and must pass five of the seven submitted mini-exercises.
Students that have not passed the written examination or who wish to improve their grade must re-take the examination in connection with the next scheduled examination.
Additional information