Examination arrangement

Course content

- Cost-Volume-Profit analysis

- Job costing /costing techniques (also Activity-based costing)

- Budgets, flexible budgets with direct-cost variances and overhead cost variances

- Inventory costing and capacity analysis

- Estimation of cost functions using quantitative methods

- Decision making and relevant information

- Strategy, balanced scorecard and strategic profitability analysis

- Price decisions and cost management

- Cost allocation

- Customer-profitability analysis and further analysis of sales-volume variance

- An introduction to process costing

- Inventory management focusing on EOQ model

- Capital budgeting and performance measurement

- Transfer pricing and Management control systems

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

- have knowledge of Cost-Volume-Profit analysis

- have knowledge of various costing methods with emphasis on Activity-based costing (ABC)

- have knowledge of static budget, flexible budget and variance analysis

- have knowledge of absorption and variable costing for computing income

- have knowledge of various methods of cost estimation

- have knowledge of relevant information in decision situations

- have knowledge of Balanced Scorecard and strategic profitability analysis

- have knowledge of factors that affect pricing decisions and various methods of long-run pricing decisions

- have knowledge of methods of cost allocation in various situations

- have knowledge of customer-profitability analysis and further analysis of sales-volume variance

- have insight into process costing

- have knowledge of EOQ model for inventory management

- have knowledge of capital budgeting, transfer pricing and various performance measures

Skills:

- perform various calculations in connection with Cost-Volume-Profit analysis

- perform cost calculations focusing on Activity-based costing, as well as evaluate benefits and disadvantages of Activity-based costing systems

- develop flexible budget as well as calculate and analyze direct-cost variances and overhead cost variances

- compute income under absorption costing and variable costing, explain the difference in income, as well as carrying out appropriate analysis

- discuss the appropriateness of various cost allocation bases

- determine appropriate cost drivers, also by means of the regression analysis

- be able to distinguish relevant from irrelevant information in decision situations

- analyze the impact of various strategic choices

- be able to apply methods for long-run pricing decisions, as well as discuss different pricing strategies including internal pricing

- conduct various cost- and revenue allocation between units/departments, products and customers

- be able to conduct customer-profitability analysis

- be able to carry out inventory calculations within the EOQ decision model

- discuss the properties of different performance measures (financial and non-financial), as well as calculate and analyze financial performance measures

General competence:

- acquire updated knowledge in the subject

- communicate about issues relevant to the subject and be able to conduct appropriate analyses and to draw conclusions on relevant issues

- have insight into how the subject matter can be used in the sustainable development of organizations.

Learning methods and activities

Teaching methods: Lectures and problem solving. The learning management system Blackboard will be used to some extent in the exchange of information. Mandatory Assignments: One compulsory paper (consists of several tasks) must be handed in for assessment. Completion of this paper requires the use of ICT tools (eg. Excel). This paper must achieve a pass in order for a candidate to take the exam. Students who had approved mandatory assignments earlier are exempt from mandatory work requirements for later continuation exams.

Compulsory assignments

• Mandatory assignment

Further on evaluation

Supporting material allowed on exams: Calculator (none programable and without the ability to wirelessly communicate). Approved calculator regarding NTNUs support material code D "specific basic calculator". Other calculators that are allowed in the course are: Casio FC-100V and Texas Instruments - BAII Plus.

Specific conditions

Recommended previous knowledge

As required for admission to Norwegian higher education. AE201306 Cost Accounting and budgeting, AM201306 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Mandatory: Datar S. M. & Rajan M. V.: Horngrens's Cost Accounting - A MANAGERIAL EMPHASIS (17th Ed), Pearson Education Limited (2021), ISBN: 9781292363073. Except chapters 11 and 20. The final information is given at the start of the semester.