Management Accounting

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Course: Management Accounting

Course Code: 19-PGDM-02


Faculty: Dr. Alok Chhajer
Contact: alok@nsb.edu.in
Credits: 03
Hours Per Week = 03
Trimester: 01
Cohort = 2020-22

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 To understand basic accounting concepts and terminologies


 To analyse financial statements and make informed investing decisions
 To use accounting information while making managerial decisions
 To appreciate the recent developments and trends in management accounting

Module 1: Introduction To Accounting Concepts 8 Hours


Introduction, Meaning and definition, understanding forms of Business Organizations,
Objectives, Purpose & Users of Accounting information, Branches of Accounting, Basic
terminologies, Fraud and Ethical Issues in accounting, Basic accounting conventions and
GAAP, Accounting Policies

Case Study: 1 Corporate Accounting Fraud: A Case Study of Satyam Computers Ltd; PP 26-
38, Open Journal Of Accounting, M L Bhasin

Case Study: 2 Practical case to Introduce and apply Managerial accounting Concepts,
Sundra Gates & Megan Commerce, Texas A & M University Commerce

Module 2: Financial Statement Analysis 8 Hours


Components of Financial Statements – Statement of P&L Account, Balance Sheet and Cash
Flow Statement; Notes to accounts
Objectives of financial statements analysis, Sources of information, Standards of comparison,
Quality of earnings, Window dressing, Methods of financial statement analysis, Analysing
financial statements using Ratio Analysis and Du-Pont Model; Cash flow statement analysis-
Computation of Cash from Operations; understanding annual reports

Practical Application: Analysis of Annual Reports of Titan Ltd and Bata India Ltd.

Module 3: Accounting for Decision Making 8 Hours


Marginal Costing – Definition & Application; distinction between marginal costing and
absorption costing; Break Even Analysis - Contribution, P/V Ratio, Margin of Safety; Decision

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making under marginal costing system – make or buy decisions, export decisions, sales mix
decisions

Case Study: 1. Sybergrid Solution, VCP Analysis, Page No. 16.56, Management Accounting-
Text, Problem & Cases, Khan & Jain, McGraw Hill Publication.

Case Study 2: 16.C.3 Amit Automobile Service Station (AASS) Break Even Analysis, Page
no.16.58, Management Accounting- Text, Problems & Cases, Khan & Jain, McGraw Hill
Publication.

Module 4: Contemporary Accounting Practices 06 Hours

IFRS, Human Resource Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Environmental Reporting, Corporate


Social Reporting, Target Costing, Life Cycle Costing

MAIN TEXT BOOKS


 Narayanaswamy R, Financial Accounting – A Managerial Perspective, Sixth Revised
Edition, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. Publication (2017)
 Jain P.K and Khan M.Y, Management Accounting- Text, Problems and Cases, Sixth
Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publication (2017)
 S.N Maheswari & S.K Maheswari, Corporate Accounting, Sixth Edition, Vikas
Publishing House Pvt. Limited (2018)

SUGGESTED READING
 Prasanna Chandra, Finance Sense- Finance for Non- finance Executives, Fifth
edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publication, (2017)

PEDAGOGY
The course will be delivered using a combination of Lectures, Class Discussions, Case-
based Learning, Numerical Problems and Student Presentations

ASSESSMENT
Mid-term 20
Presentation / Assignment 10
Case Study (Group) 10
Attendance & Class Participation 10
Final Term 50
Total Marks 100

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