Course: Managerial Accounting

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Course title Managerial Accounting
Course code KUF/MAUC
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements unspecified
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vlčková Miroslava, Ing. Ph.D., MBA.
Course content
Lecture: 1. Basic concepts, objective and criteria of managerial accounting, relationship between financial accounting, cost accounting and managerial accounting, accounting information systems, controlling. 2. Value chain management for performance, cost classification. Performance management information systems. 3. The basic connection between management costs, revenues and profits. Break-even point. 4. Absorption costing and variable costing, relationship between calculation of variable costs and corporate profit. 5. Costing system and its use in management, method of calculations. 6. Budgetery system, type of budgets, management of overheads. 7. Responsibility accounting, responsibility departments management. 8. Pricing decisions, pricing. Transfer pricing. 9. The method of standard costs and revenues. 10. Standard costing, variance analysis. Exercising: Thematic areas of training correspond with lectures and they are focused on practical skills of each topic. Educational videos will also be used as information support during study.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), E-learning, Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies), Blended learning
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 38 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim is to clarify the basic principles, methods and tools of managerial accounting for value management at different levels of management. Furthermore classify types of costs, use cost models, make budget of internal departments, make variance analyses and use other information tools that are focused on control within the organization.
Students understand the principles of management accounting. They are able to analyze the cost, use calculation methods in specific production conditions, prepare budgets and evaluate variances.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Test

Credit requirements: - Active participation in seminars (min. 80% attendance), - Successful completion of two final tests (min. 60% success rate, the possibility of a correction test). Examination Requirements: Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge. Assessment weight: 1st credit test 30%, 2nd credit test 35%, exam test 35%.
Recommended literature
  • Drury, C. Managememt and Cost Accounting. London: Cengage Learning, 2020.
  • Fibírová, J., Šoljaková, L., Wagner, J., Petera, P. Manažerské účetnictví. Nástroje a metody.. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
  • THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS. Paper F2 - Management Accounting. Kaplan Publishing UK, 2020.
  • Vlčková, M. Manažerské účetnictví. Cvičení.. Dostupné z: http://omp.ef.jcu.cz/index.php/EF/catalog/book/29. České Budějovice: Ekonomická fakulta, Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích., 2016.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Economics Study plan (Version): Management of Commerce (1) Category: Economy 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer