School Of BusinessStrategic Management AccountingWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200422.2
Discipline: ACCOUNTING
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Bachelor's degree in Accounting
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students wishing to take this unit as an elective need approval from the Course Advisor and must be enrolled in a postgraduate program.
About this Unit
Contemporary management accounting systems (MAS) have been criticized for providing misleading information in changing operational environments. MAS should assist operations management with performance measures that reflect new technologies and balanced for the organizational stakeholders. This unit examines the roles of management accounting and the impact of changes on those roles. It also examines various aspects MAS design to link the organizational strategy formulation to management control.