ACTIVITY BASED COST MANAGEMENT

Année du cours : 1 année(s)

Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management

Langue : English

Période : S1

Students who sign up for this course should have a good knowledge of basic accounting principles and share a deep concern for pragmatism. Preliminary professional experience is not required but clearly a plus.

At the end of the course the student should be able to :
– Understand the differences between traditional costing, activity-based costing (ABC) and time-driven ABC systems
– Choose the appropriate costing system depending on its purpose
– Design and implement a costing system
– Critically reflect on the drivers of costing system implementation success
– Understand how costing systems can lead companies towards better performance

DAY ONE: Introduction, cost accounting, cost terms
DAY TWO: Cost assignment and management
DAY THREE: Time-driven activity-based costing
DAY FOUR: ASANTE Teaching Hospital