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| FINA0020-1 | Introduction to Management Accountancy
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| Duration : | 15h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Anne Chanteux |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| - 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 (integrated or independent accounts)
- Analysis of relevant costs for making the decisions
- Break - even point of the firm |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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; 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. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Accounting & Finance |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Theoretical concepts, tools and methods are illustrated by exercises based on actual cases. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 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 :
--> available on the virtual campus
Reviews : Harvard Business Review, Revue Française de Comptabilité, Revue Française de Gestion |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| CHANTEUX Anne
UER Finance, Comptabilité et Droit
HEC-Ecole de gestion de l'ULg
Rue Louvrex, 14 (room 304)
4000 Liège Bât. N1
Tél: +32 4 2327261
Email: Anne.Chanteux@ulg.ac.be |
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