Management Accounting

Paper Code: 
24DATG601A
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to develop an understanding of management accounting concepts and procedures and application of the same in real world scenarios. 

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course

Title

24DATG601A

Management Accounting

(Theory)

CO151: Understand the concept of Management Accounting.

CO152: Develop skills in planning & arranging working capital.

CO153: Evaluate the concept of Budgeting and its different methods.

CO154: Develop the skills to analyze and interpret Standard Cost or Variance Analysis.

CO155: Evaluate Management Accounting practice with the aim of improving the management accounting system by applying Activity Based Costing.

CO156: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

 

Approach

in

teaching:

Interactive

Lectures,

Discussion,

Tutorials,

Problem solving sessions, Presentations

Learning

activities

for the

students:

Self-learning

assignments, Case Study analysis, Presentations, Group discussions

  

Continuous Assessment Test, Semester End Examinations, Quiz, Solving numerical problems, Assignments, Class Presentations, Individual and group projects.

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction
  • Meaning of Management Accounting, 
  • Functions of Management Accounting 
  • Difference between cost accounting and management accounting
  • Cost Control, Cost Reduction and Cost Management

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Management of Working Capital
  • Concepts and Significance, Factors affecting working capital requirements,
  • Ascertainment of working capital requirements using Operating Cycle Method, Net Current Assets or Forecasting Method, Projected Balance Sheet Method,
  • Salient features of Tandon Committee and Chore Committee.
  • Ratios relating to working capital.
  • Case Study of working capital requirement for various industries.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Budgetary control
  • Budgeting and Budgetary control: Concept of Budget, budgeting and budgetary control, objectives, merits and limitations.
  •  Budget administration, Functional Budget, Fixed and flexible budgets, Zero Based Budgeting, and performance budgeting

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
·Standard Costing and Variance Analysis
  • Meaning of standard cost and standard costing, advantage, limitations and applications,
  • Variance Analysis-Material, Labour, Overhead and Sales Variance
12.00
Unit V: 
Activity Based Costing
  • Concept, Nature or Characteristics, Elements, Process or Stages,
  • Identification of Cost Drivers, Determination of Cost of each activity, 
  • Assigning or Tracing Activity Cost to Products,
  • Distinction between Activity Based Costing System and Traditional System, 
  • Advantages and Limitations of Activity Based Costing System

 

          Contemporary Issues:

  • Responsibility Accounting: Concept, significance, different responsibility centres, 
  • Divisional performance measurement, financial and non-financial measures,
Essential Readings: 

  

●       Management Accounting-Khan and Jain (Tata Mc Graw Hill)

●       Management Accounting-M.R Agarwal(Malik and Company)

●       Management Accounting: S. K Singh ( Sun India Publications)

●       Management Accounting-H.Chakraborty and S. Chakraborty(Oxfor University Press)

●       Management Accounting and Financial Analysis-Dr S.N Maheshwari (S.Chand& Sons)

Mangement Accounting-Agrawal, Agrawal (Ramesh Book Depot)

 

 

References: 

Suggested Readings:

  • M.Y.Khan and P.K.Jain, “Management Accounting” Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi
  • Gupta S.P, Management Accounting, Sahitya Bhawan Publications
  • Management Accounting- N. Vinayakkam& IB Sinha (Himalaya Publishing House)

 

E-Content:

●       https://devlibrary.in/managerial and cost accounting/

●       https://www.icsi.edu/media/website/CostAndManagementAccounting.pdf

●       https://books.google.com/books/about/Cost_Accounting_Text_and_Problems.html?id=Fyszhs9mD2cC

 

Reference Journal:

●       The Indian Journal of Commerce           

●       FIIB Business Review

●       Vikalpa: Journal for Decision Makers

 

Note:  The candidate shall be permitted to use battery operated pocket calculator that should not have more than 12 digits, 6 functions and 2 memories and should be noiseless and cordless.

 

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