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ACCT204: Management Accounting
Comprehensive Revision Guide and Course Notes 2025 
 
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Australian Catholic University - ACCT204: Management Accounting

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

University	Australian Catholic University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Unit Code	ACCT204
Unit Name	Management Accounting
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide and Course Notes
Page Length	120

If you are studying for the ACCT204: Management Accounting, Australian Catholic University - this comprehensive guide and practice test set is a must-have. You do not need to be an expert in the unit, you just need a basic understanding and be able to quickly recall the information that you learn. The purpose of this guide is to provide a logical structure for the topics that make up the unit; to emphasise and explain the important concepts and methods in each topic; and to provide initial examples to which the concepts and methods are applied. You can use these notes as a reference, to understand the topics better and improve your grades in this unit.

This unit focuses on developing students’ knowledge in cost management techniques, use of budgets for planning and control purposes and developing skills in making a variety of value-based decisions.

The topics to be covered include:

Management accounting in a business context
Cost management and budgeting techniques to ensure fair and equitable compensation for employees
Information for creating value and managing resources
Application of management accounting tools considering ethical, social and governance aspects
Cost terms, concepts and classifications
Cost behaviour, cost drives and cost estimation
Process and Product costing systems
Operation costing
Service costing
A closer look at overhead costs
Activity-based costing
Budgeting systems

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ECON102	Microeconomics 1
ECON103	Macroeconomics 1
ECON200	Economics Policy: Frameworks and Markets
ECON202	Microeconomics 2
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