Table of contents

The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

Norwegian

Recommended previous knowledge

BE-111 Financial Accounting 1 or similar.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

  • the concepts of cost and revenue, how they vary, and how to determine cost and profit optimization.
  • different perspectives on pricing depending on different market conditions.
  • how to analyze costs, profits and volume (CVP analysis), and be able to decide optimal product mix under resource constraints.
  • identify costs and revenues relevant for decision making.
  • how to calculate costs of a product or a service based on different methods such as total cost, marginal cost and activity based cost.
  • managerial accounting according to the normal cost method, understand the prerequisites for and the purpose of accounts based on normal cost, as well as to develop, calculate and analyze such accounts.
  • the principles behind and how to perform managerial accounting based on the standard cost method, including deviation analysis.
  • modern management accounting
  • strengths and weaknesses, including ethical issues, of the different methods and approaches.

Contents

The purpose of the course is to give a broad introduction to corporate management and more specifically the role of management accounting in firms including tools for planning, monitoring and control. The course can be described in two parts. The first is cost- and income analysis and includes models for cost, revenues, profits, market conditions and product choices. The second part covers different methods for calculations of product costs, and managerial budgeting, accounting and control.Included in the course will also be the firms obligations to society and different sustainability goals.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures and group work. Estimated workload is about 200 hours.

Examination requirements

Approved compulsory assignments. More information will be given in Canvas at the start of the semester.

Examinations

4-hour written examination. Letter grades.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1. Information about evaluation method for the course will be posted on Canvas.

Admission for external candidates

No

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
BE-1500 – Managerial Analysis and Budgeting. 7.5
BE-1500 – Managerial Analysis and Budgeting. 7.5
BE-1500 – Managerial economics. 7.5
BE-102 – Managerial Analysis and Budgeting. 7.5
BE-104 – Managerial Accounting. 7.5
BE-104 – Managerial Accounting. 7.5
BE-110 – Management Accounting 1. 7.5
BE-107 – Business Administration for IT students. 5
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