306-334 Designing Cost Management Systems

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306-334 Designing Cost Management Systems
Availability	Not offered in 2003.
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	2
Coordinator	To be advised
Prerequisites	306-201 Cost Management
Semester	Not Offered (view timetable)
Contact	Two 1.5-hour seminars per week
Subject Description	This subject focuses on the design of cost management systems including the design of systems for learning and improvement, the measurement and management of capacity, the role of strategic activity based management, cost systems for product development and the development of integrated systems.
Assessment	A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (60%), one individual assignment totalling not more than 2000 words (20%) and class participation (20%).
Prescribed Texts	R Cooper, and R S Kaplan, The Design of Cost Management Systems. Prentice Hall, 1998. R S Kaplan and R Cooper, Cost and Effect. HBS Press, 1997.

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