LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning outcomes for this course, upon successful completion, include the ability to: 1) understand and apply basic concepts of costs and profitability, 2) employ basic and advanced cost tracing and assignment methods (job costing, process costing, traditional costing, ABC) to accurately determine profitability, 3) use tools for profitable operational and strategic decision making (cost volume profit analysis, pricing and product mix decisions, customer analysis), and 4) design a performance measurement system to implement strategy.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 10.10.2022 - 28.10.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): David Derichs
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
Managing costs (understood as capacity and material inputs to the implementation of organizational strategy) is essential for achieving product and service profitability and ultimately organizational profitability. Understanding what gives rise to costs is hence essential for the survival of any kind of organization. This course focuses on developing an actionable understanding of profitability from the costing perspective. Students will gain an intermediate-level understanding of profitability and profitability management from the costing perspective. They will also explore various cost assignment and tracing techniques, and discuss their applications, as well as their strengths and weaknesses. After arriving at a basic understanding of costing, we explore uses of cost information for profitable decision-making performance management.
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Module 3
2023-2024 Module 3Enrollment :
The course is targeted only for the Mikkeli Campus students.