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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Code
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21201512 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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9
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SECS-P/07
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Contact Hours
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60
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Type of Activity
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Elective activities
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Teacher
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DEMARTINI PAOLA
(syllabus)
First module - 40 h (Paola Demartini)
Methodologies for costs accounting - Cost accounting and management accounting systems - Cost classification and cost configurations - The determination of costs according to the full costing technique - The determination of costs according to the direct costing technique
Cost accounting and decision- making - The relevance of different production processes - The Cost-Volume-Profit – CVP analysis and the Break-Even Point – BEP analysis - The use of the margin for decision-making (product mix, make or buy, pricing and profitability appraisal, differential analysis, etc.)
Notes on innovative issues of analysis and cost management - Cost accounting in the Anglo-Saxon tradition - Changes in organizational and management architectures relevant for cost accounting - The Activity-Based Costing
Second module - 20 h (Franca Abate)
The cost centers - Creation of a map of cost centers and allocation of business costs - An accounting system for cost centers and its limits Notes on accounting systems - Single integrated system - Dual accounting system
(reference books)
- L. Cinquini, Cost Management, vol. I - Giappichelli Editore, Torino 2017, ( see chapters linked to the course program) - Teaching notes and other stuff made available by the teacher. - For exercises it is recommended: F. Abate, Analisi dei costi.Esercizi e casi aziendali. Foreword by Giancarlo Paolucci, Giappichelli Editore, Torino 2009.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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Teacher
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ABATE FRANCA
(syllabus)
Methodologies for cost detection and computation
1.1. Analytical accounting within the accounting management system (AMS)
1.2. Cost classification and various cost configurations
1.3. Cost assessment according to the full costing technique
1.4. Cost assessment according to the simple and advanced direct costing technique
Accounting for cost centers
2.1. Cost centers mapping and business costs allocation
2.2. Accounting system for cost centers operation and relevant limits
Costs and business decisions
3.1. Types of production processes
3.2. Cost – volume – results analysis
3.3. Contribution margin use in business decisions (product mix, make or buy, pricing and profitability assessments, differential analysis, etc.)
Hints on innovative issues of cost analysis and management
4.1. Cost accounting within the Anglo-Saxon tradition
4.2. Changes in organizational and management structures and in cost analysis
4.2. Cost assessment starting from manufacturing and business activities: the activity-based costing
Hints on accounting systems
5.1 Integrated system
5.2 Two-tier accounting system
(reference books)
– L. Cinquini, Cost Management Volume I, Giappichelli, 2017. – Materiale didattico messo a disposizione dal docente: slides disponibili sulla pagina web dell'insegnamento. – Per le esercitazioni si consiglia: F. Abate, Analisi dei costi.Esercizi e casi aziendali. Prefazione di Giancarlo Paolucci, Giappichelli Editore, 2009.
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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not mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Oral exam
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