Management Accounting

Paper Code: 
24DATG601A
Credits: 
4
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 (COs):

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Learning outcome

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

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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, assignments.

 

Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, Effective questions,  Giving tasks.

 

Class test,

Semester end examinations,

Quiz,

Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments,  Individual 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,
• Transfer Pricing.

Essential Readings: 

● Mangement Accounting-Agrawal, Agrawal (Ramesh Book Depot)
● 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)

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-Resources:
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.h...

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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