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ANALISI E CONTABILITÀ DEI COSTI
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| 2020/2021 | 8 |
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| Massimo Ciambotti | Wednesday h. 11.00-12.00. For different times, please contact email massimo.ciambotti@uniurb.it |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
English
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to analyse in depth the analytical methods of cost calculation and the logics of cost management.
The traditional methods of cost calculation will be analysed together with the most innovative methods oriented towards strategic management of costs.
Program
1. The traditional methods of cost calculation.
1.1. The direct and full costing methods.
1.2. Analytical accounting system by cost centres.
2. The costs to support business decisions (short and long term decisions).
2.1 . The differential analysis.
2.2 . Limits and potentialities of the costs for the decision-making process.
3. New tools for cost analysis and management.
3.1. Beyond the Activity Based Costing: Activity Based Management.
3.2. The target costing.
4. Cost management in enterprises working on projects.
5. Business performance control and measurement.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
- Knowledge and understanding: in depth knowledge and understanding of cost accounting and cost management that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas, often within a research context. The check will be carried out on examination with theory questions (open-ended questions and questions with multiple answers).- Applying knowledge and understanding: the capacity to knowledge applying, the ability to problem solving in new or unfamiliar environments within broader contexts related to cost accounting and management. The check will be carried out on examination through exercises, in which complex corporate problems are presented.- Making judgements: the ability to integrate knowledge and handle corporate complexity, and formulate personal judgments with incomplete or limited information. The check will be carried out on examination with questions in which a personal judgement about specific corporate situations is requested. - Communication skills: the ability to communicate the achieved conclusions, in a clear and effective manner, without ambiguity, to specialist and non-specialist audiences. The check will be carried out on examination with questions to which it needs to reply by organizing and processing available information.- Learning skills: the ability to selfdirected study new and complex issues related to cost accounting and cost management. The check will be carried out during the exam with questions which evaluate the skill acquisition useful to pursue in depth studies.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Seminars will be organized during the term.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Frontal lectures and exercises.
- Course books
- L. Cinquini, Cost Management, Volume I, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017.
- L. Cinquini, R. Giannetti, A. Marelli, A. Tenucci, Cost Management, Volume II, Giappichelli, Torino, 2018 (fino a pag. 246).
- Assessment
Oral exam.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
The same of attending students
- Course books
The same of attending student:
- L. Cinquini, Cost Management, Volume I, Giappichelli, Torino, 2017.
- L. Cinquini, R. Giannetti, A. Marelli, A. Tenucci, Cost Management, Volume II, Giappichelli, Torino, 2018 (fino a pag. 246).
- Assessment
The same of attending students: oral exam.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Notes
The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography.
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