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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
GEST3021-1  Farm Business Management

Duration :  24h Pr
Number of credits :  
Master in Forests and natural Areas Engineering, Professional Focus, 1st yearFirst semester2
Required preliminary complements to register in the Advanced Master in Rural Economics and SociologyFirst semester2
Required preliminary complements to Advanced Master in Plant and Animal Resource Management in tropical environmentFirst semester2
Lecturer :  Thomas Dogot
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Course contents :  
1. Introduction: from general accounting to management accounting
2. Principles and methods of cost accounting
3. Relevant indicators for management accounting
4. Management tools: methods of analysis and diagnosis of technical and economic performances of a farm
5. Data collection and agricultural management consultancy
6. Application to case studies
Learning outcomes of the course :  
To show the accounting tools and to introduce the students to management accountancy.
After completing the course the student is expected to
Use a software of agricultural accounting
Apply the principles of the analytic accounting
Establish a complete cost price
Analyse the countable data of a farm exploitation
Model a plan of a farm exploitation to optimize that one
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
-- GEST3028 - General accounting and management
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Lectures : 18h
Practical Works : 6h
Recommended or required readings :  
1) J.P. GILLET, V. GINSBURGH, P. MICHEL et KHROUZ - Comptabilité, DE BOECK.
2) Hellemans - Classification actualisée des exploitations agricoles belges. CEA.
3) Melyon, Hemeci et Fernandez (1994). Comptabilité analytique : principes, techniques et évolutions. Editions ESKA.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written examination (100%)


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