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Strategic Performance Management (ACCT90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 1
Email: albieb@unimleb.edu.au
Semester 2
Email: albieb@unimleb.edu.au
Overview
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The subject focuses on the role of managerial accounting information in strategic performance management. The subject explores the issues around goal setting, the role of budgets in performance management, performance measurement and evaluation, incentives, motivation and compensation, strategy implementation and the role of control systems.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- explain the role performance measurement and control systems play in planning and controlling organisational activities to a significant level of depth;
- Identify the elements that constitute effective performance measurement and control systems;
- Describe the behavioural implications of different types of performance measurement and control systems in different organisational contexts to a significant level of depth;
- Analyse control system attributes in realistic organisational settings, and recommend improvements to existing control systems
- Explain the notion of “responsibility accounting”;
- Analyse the link between organisational structure, strategy and planning and control systems;
- Analyse and review performance within an organisation;
- Identify potential problems with the use of traditional performance measurement systems;
- Describe the current performance measurement trends in, and their suitability to, organisations; and the advantages and disadvantages of these trends;
- Explain how rewards are used to influence behaviour.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Critical thinking, specifically in relation to the appropriateness of different performance measurement and control systems for the effective planning and control of organisational activities;
- Evaluation, analysis and interpretation of case-based information;
- Problem solving skills, specifically in relation to solving performance measurement and behavioural problems in different organisational contexts;
- Application of techniques to particular performance measurement and behavioural problems;
- Application of theory and analysis to real-world contexts;
- Oral and written communication, particularly in relation to the articulation of responses;
- Collaborative learning and team work.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
ACCT90009 Strategic Cost Management or equivalent.
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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ACCT90009 | Strategic Cost Management |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- 3-hour end-of-semester examination (60%)
- A one hour mid-semester test (15%)
- Group assignment (normally in groups of 4-5 students), 3000 words, due in the second half of the semester (25%)
Note: Successful completion of this subject requires a pass (50%) in the final exam.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Albie Brooks Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: albieb@unimleb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Albie Brooks Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 3-hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Email: albieb@unimleb.edu.au
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Management (Accounting) Course Master of Management (Accounting and Finance) Course Master of Accounting Course Master of Management (Accounting) Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Management (Accounting) - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022