2018-2019 / FINA0020-1

Introduction to Management Accountancy

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

 Master in management (120 ECTS) (evening classes)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne Chanteux

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

- Links between financial accounting & cost accounting
- Cost classification (variable/fixed, direct/indirect, full or not) - Calculating full costs : traditional methods & activity based costing - Analysis of relevant costs for making decisions - Break-even point of the firm

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this course, students should be able to : - calculate and anayse break-even-point and make decisions;
- work out the types of costs (production cost, trade cost, global cost), in part or in full;
- show the results for each profit center and work out the economic profitability of a company;
- compare the different methods to allocate indirect costs.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Accounting & Finance

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Theoretical concepts, tools and methods are illustrated by exercises based on actual cases.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

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
Bibliographie complémentaire (--> cfr bibliothèque) : - BESCOS P.-L. et MENDOZA C., "Le management de la performance, le premier bilan des applications en France des méhodes ABC et target costing", 1997, Ed. Molesherbes, Paris, 288 pages. - BOUQUIN Henri, "Comptabilité de gestion", 9ème édition, 2010, Ed. Sirey, Paris. - DEHERRIPON Philippe, "Gestion par activités", 1999, Ed. d'Organisation, Paris, 168 pages. - GOUJET C. et RAULET C., "Comptabilité analytique et Contrôle de gestion", (tome 1 + corrigés), 7e édition, Dunod, 2007, 344 pages. - HORNGREN C. et FOSTER G., "Cost Accounting - A Managerial emphasis", Prentice Hall International, New Jersey, 2011, 14th edition.
- RAVIGNON Laurent, BESCOS P-L & al, "La méthode ABC-ABM", Eyrolles, Paris, 3ème édition, 2007, 386 pages.
- SAVALL Henri et ZARDET Véronique, "Maitrirser les coûts et les performances cachés", Gestion, Paris, 2010
Reviews : Harvard Business Review, Revue Française de Comptabilité, Revue Française de Gestion

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Documents such as slides, exercises, case studies, videos; etc qill be available on Lol@ ; so students should consult it regularly.  Furthermore e-mails will be sent to students on their official ULiege e-mail address.
Within maximum 4 weeks following exman results publishing the students can come to consult their exam ; therefore they have to contact the teacher by e-mail (during the week after publlishing) to organize an appointment to consult their exam.

Contacts

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@uliege.be