ANALYSIS AND COST ACCOUNTING
(objectives)
In line with the educational objectives of the degree course in Economics and Business Management, The course aims to provide a solid knowledge of the following basics: - the nature, uses and purposes of management accounting; - the main classifications and cost configurations and their uses; - the main analytical tools related to different cost configurations, their formulas and meanings; -the analysis of profitability, cost-benefit analysis and choice between alternatives.
At the end of the course students should be able to select and apply the main management accounting tools to support decisions. In particular: - be able to identify, in different contexts, decision-making problems or specific analytical issues (e.g. profitability analysis, choice between alternatives, performance evaluation, etc.); - being able to identify, for each specific decisional problem or analytical issue, the most appropriate cost configuration for the analysis; - know how to apply the most appropriate analysis tools, with the relevant formulas, from time to time; - know how to solve simple problems related to choices of economic convenience; Finally, the student must have the ability to express reasoned assessments of the information benefits or support for business decisions that management accounting tools can give in different contexts.
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