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GEST0091-1

Introduction to management accounting


Duration :15h Th
Credits/ECTS :
Master en sciences de gestion (horaire décalé)2
1e année du grade de master en sciences de gestion à finalité spécialisée2
Master en sciences de gestion2
Holder(s) :Anne Chanteux
Course contents : - Cost classification (variable/fixed, direct/indirect, full or not)
- Analysis of direct costing and full costs
- Calculating full costs : traditional approaches & activity based costing
- Relation between general accounting & cost accounting
- Analysis of relevant costs for making the decisions
- Break - even point of the firm
Course objective : At the end of this course, students should be able to :
work out the costs of activity centers; work out the types of costs (production cost, trade cost, global cost), in part or in full; cost the stock items; show the results for each profit center; work out the economic profitability of a given company and compare the different methods to allocate indirect costs.
Prerequisites : Financial accounting
Organization : Theoretical concepts, tools and methods are illustrated by exercises based on actual cases.
Written notes : Course book :

CHANTEUX Anne et NIESSEN Wilfried, les tableaux de bord et business plan, Editions des Chambres de Commerce et d'Industrie de Wallonie, 2005, 367 pages

Slides PPT & exercises :

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Assessment : Written exam
Contacts : CHANTEUX Anne
Chargée de cours et maître-assistante
UER Finance, Comptabilité et Droit
HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'ULg
Rue Louvrex, 14
4000 Liège Bât. N1
Tél: +32 4 2327261
Email: Anne.Chanteux@ulg.ac.be




ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 18/05/2007
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