MBO5002 Managerial accounting
Faculty of Business and Economics
MBO5002 Managerial accounting is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics. It isn't offered in 2024. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 150 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MBO5002
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MBO5002
No unit lists MBO5002 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
You must be enrolled in course B4009, B5008, B6029 or B9006 to undertake this unit.
Overview
This unit explores contemporary practice of managerial accounting in light of an increasingly digital and dynamic business environment. The unit introduces the key concepts and foundational practices in accounting for managers including product costing, budgeting and forecasting and techniques for financial analysis. The emphasis is on the ways in which managers can use contemporary and emerging techniques and applications drawing on financial data to track, measure and manage performance, which is defined in increasingly broader terms by enlightened societies.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 3 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Within semester assessment100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
demonstrate advanced understanding and application of accounting theory, methods, tools and frameworks
- 2
demonstrate ability to recognise and evaluate technological advances and changes in the economic, political, social and environmental context to the contemporary practice of accounting.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 150 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Mukesh Garg
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MBO5002?
MBO5002 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MBO5002 offered?
MBO5002 has no offerings listed in the 2024 handbook.
How much work is MBO5002?
The handbook expects about 150 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MBO5002 have an exam?
No. MBO5002 has 1 assessment task and no exam.