Handouts For Accounting For Decision Making
Handouts For Accounting For Decision Making
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Course Aim: This programme is designed to provide high quality education in theoretical and
practical knowledge and skills in various aspects of accounting for those who wish to pursue or
further advance their careers in business.
Unit II: Cost Accounting: Difference between Management Accounting and Financial
Accounting - Definition and Scope of Cost Accounting - Significance and Limitations of cost
accounting - Cost Classification - Cost Sheet - Methods of Costing - Process Costing - Job
Costing.
Unit IV: Standard Costing and Budgetary Control:Standard Costing - Variance Analysis-
Material and Labour Only- Budgets and Budgetary Control - Classification of Budgets –
Functional Budget – Production, Sales, Raw Materials Purchase and Cash Budget - Flexible
Budgeting - Zero Based Budgeting.
Unit V: Recent Trends in Cost Accounting: Value Chain Analysis - Quality Costing – Target
costing-Life Cycle Costing-Kaizen costing-Activity Based costing.
Unit VI: Current Contours (for Continuous Internal Assessment Only): Contemporary
Developments Related to the Course during the Semester Concerned.
Weightage in the Question Paper: Problems-60% and Theory – 40%
Reference:
Books:
1. GuptaR.L. and Radhasamy,M. 2019, Advanced Accounting, 19th Edition, Sultan Chand
&Sons, New Delhi
2. Jain SP and NarayanKL,2017, Cost Accounting,Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
3. Larry M. Walther, 2021, Financial Accounting, CreateSpace Independent Publishing
Platform, Luxemberg.
4. Pandey, I.M., Management Accounting, 2018,3rd Edition, Vani Publication, Delhi.
5. SharmaR.K.,Shashi K. Gupta, 2017, Management Accounting Principles and Practices, 13th
Ed, Kalyani Publishing house, New Delhi.
6. ShuklaM.C.,. GrewalT.S and GuptaS.C., 2016, Advanced Accounting, S. Chand & Co., New
Delhi
Online Reference:
1. MOOC Material: Financial Accounting: Foundations (Coursera), Created by:University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Delivered by:Coursera, Taught by:OktayUrcan.