ACC311 –
Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
(Management Accounting 2)
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Session 1 2014
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Faculty of Business
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School of Accounting and Finance
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CSU Study Centre Sydney
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Internal Mode
Subject Overview
This
subject emphasises the role of accounting in management decision making,
particularly in providing information and analysis to support strategic
management activity and the role of social and environmental accounting to
support sustainability strategies. These highlight the changing role of
accountants and the challenge in balancing the needs of management, customers,
employees, shareholders and other stakeholders with ethical and legal
concerns. The use of accounting information to evaluate
existing competitive strategies, develop new strategies, and monitor and
assess progress towards chosen organisational solutions. This subject
requires the student to synthesise and integrate the theory and practice
learned in subjects undertaken in the Accounting degree to understand,
structure and resolve problems for organisations operating with a sustainable
business model.
Plagiarism
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PART 1 AND PART 2 HAS
ALREADY BEEN DONE
PLEASE REFERR ORDER NO.TTs190414_136987_1
Assessment item 4
Report Part 3
Value:10%
Due date:20-May-2014
Return date:28-May-2014
Length:
1500 for the Solution
Submission method options
Hand
delivery (option applies to Internal only)
Alternative
submission method
Task
In
this part of the report you will need to present your solution to the client’s
strategic management information problem. This
could be your budget, a series of Balanced Scorecard strategy maps, an ABC
analysis or a capital expenditure analysis. The format of presentation should
reflect the literature and any particular needs of the client.
Rationale
This assignment is designed to demonstrate your ability
to:
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use strategic management principles and
technologies in making and assessing business decisions for profit and not for
profit organisations;
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generate, evaluate and use quantitative and
qualitative information to measure financial and non financial performance of
an organisation;
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generate, evaluate and use information for
planning and controlling operations within an organisation;
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develop and evaluate computer spreadsheet
models.
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Marking criteria
You will be assessed on the following criteria:
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Capacity of the solution to meet the client’s
strategic management information needs
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Clarity of written expression
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Presentation reflects recommendations from
the literature
Content reflects recommendations from the literature.
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Criteria |
High Distinction |
Distinction |
Credit |
Pass |
Fail |
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Generate, evaluate and use quantitative and OR Generate, evaluate and use information for planning and |
Provide a logical solution to meet the client’s Clearly articulate the client’s information Provide convincing evidence that demonstrates how |
Provide a logical solution to meet the client’s Clearly articulate the client’s information needs. Provide convincing evidence that demonstrates how the |
Provide a logical solution to meet the client’s Articulate the client’s information needs. Provide some |
Provide a solution to meet the client’s strategic Articulate the client’s information needs. Provide some evidence that demonstrates how the |
Provide an inadequate solution that did not meet Provide ineffective evidence demonstrates how the |
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Use strategic management principles and |
Provide a solution where the content Present the solution in ways that clearly reflect Complete by due date. Use concise and logical written expression that clearly Follow report formats provided. |
Provide a solution where the content clearly Present the solution in ways that clearly reflect Complete by due date. Use concise and logical written expression that Follow report formats provided. |
Provide a solution where the content reflects Use logical written expression that provides meaning to |
Provide a solution. Format the solution in a logical way. Complete by due date. Use logical written expression that provides some Follow report formats provided. |
Provide a partial solution. Some attempt to format the solution. Completion by due date. Written expression provides little meaning to the client. Some report formats followed. |
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Develop and evaluate computer spreadsheet models |
Present the solution in ways that reflect |
Present the solution in ways that reflect some of |
Present the solution in ways that reflect some of |
Present the solution in a simple but clear |
Present the solution in a spreadsheet that is |
Presentation
Please see the Facultof of Business Writing Skills
resource at .ly/FoBAcademic-Writing-Skills”>bit.ly/FoBAcademic-Writing-Skills and
the CSU Learning Skills material on Writing a Report.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/186443/reportwrtg.pdf”>student.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/186443/reportwrtg.pdf
Requirements
Submit a Covering letter as if you were submitting
this to the client and an Executive Summary and include the Introduction,
Litrerature Review, Methodology and Solution.
Assessment item 5
Report Part 4
Value:5%
Due date:21-May-2014
Return date:11-Jun-2014
Length:
1000
Submission method options
Hand
delivery (option applies to Internal only)
Alternative
submission method
Task
Reflection
Reflection is an important part of understanding what you
did, how you could do it better, what you learnt and what you still need to
learn about a subject. Reflection plays an important role in making
your valuable in our global competitive environment. You will need to
provide some reflection on the whole assignment. Completing some of these
sentences may help you do this:
‘Completing this assignment helped me understand…’
‘The hardest part of this project was … because …’
‘Working with the client enabled me to …”
‘Reviewing the client feedback helped me to …’
Ensure that your reflection also explains how effectively
the information that you have supplied the client with will help the client
meet their strategic objectives.
Another way of helping with the reflection is getting
feedback from the client, this is not mandatory as some clients will not have
the time to provide the feedback, but it can help you understand your strengths
and weaknesses.
Rationale
This assignment is designed to demonstrate your ability
to:
•
use strategic management principles and
technologies in making and assessing business decisions for profit and not for
profit organisations;
•
generate, evaluate and use quantitative and
qualitative information to measure financial and non financial performance of
an organisation;
•
generate, evaluate and use information for
planning and controlling operations within an organisation;
•
develop and evaluate computer spreadsheet
models.
•
Marking criteria
You
will be assessed on the following criteria:
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Clarity of written expression
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Depth and extent of reflections on the
process.
Presentation
Please
see the Faculty of Business Writing Skills at.ly/FoBAcademic-Writing-Skills”>bit.ly/FoBAcademic-Writing-Skills and
CSU Learning Skills material on Writing a Report.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/186443/reportwrtg.pdf”>student.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/186443/reportwrtg.pdf
Requirements
Submit your reflection on the work that you have done for
your client.
Additional Information
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1.
Read at
Least 5 journal Academic articles to address the problems and issues of the
company and provide sloutions.
2.
Please be
advised that the first two parts has already been done (the introduction and
literature review and methodology).
Referencing
This report requires APA style of
referencing. In-text Citations are a must. Please provide as much as
reference as you can. All references have to be based on APA style.
Please
be advised that, this report requires at Least 5 academic Journal article to be
read.
Student
Recommendation-
Retail
Company/Supermarket will be ideal for this report.
Please
see if you can make this report on retail Store.
Due Date
for Assignment- 20th May –Tuesday.
The
report needs to be submitted on turnitin one day earlier, to check the
plagiarism.
Recommended book-Management Accounting-information for
creating and managing value-6thEd. Authors-Langfield, Smith, Thorne and
Hilton. ISBN-9780070997608.
