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University of Melbourne - ACCT20001: Accounting for Management Decisions

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	University of Melbourne
Subject Code	ACCT20001
Subject Name	Accounting for Management Decisions
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide & Course Notes
Page Length	119

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This subject explores the design and implementation of cost management systems in a variety of organisational contexts. As well as emphasising technical expertise in the development of these systems, this subject also considers the use of cost system information in management decision making, specifically for the purposes of effective management of organisational resources and the creation of customer and shareholder value.

✔ On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

Describe a range of cost behaviour patterns and estimate costs using a range of sophisticated cost estimation techniques;
Calculate product and service costs using a variety of costing systems and cost allocation techniques;
Describe the link between resource flows and activities;
Discuss the implications of resource flow patterns for the design of costing systems in a range of organisational contexts;
Explain techniques for the management of costs to facilitate the effective use of organisational resources; and
Analyse and evaluate cost information for the purposes of making a variety of value-based decisions.

SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT NAME
ACCT10001	Accounting Reports and Analysis
ACCT10002	Introductory Financial Accounting
ACCT20001	Accounting for Management Decisions
ECOM20001	Econometrics 1
ECOM30001	Basic Econometrics
ECOM30002	Econometrics 2
ECON10003	Introductory Macroeconomics
ECON10004	Introductory Microeconomics
ECON10005	Quantitative Methods 1
ECON20002	Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON20003	Quantitative Methods 2
FNCE20005	Corporate Financial Decision Making
FNCE30001	Investments
FNCE30007	Derivative Securities
FNCE40001	Advanced Corporate Finance
MAST10010	Data Analysis
MAST20005	Statistics

University of Melbourne - ACCT20001: Accounting for Management Decisions

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