Course detail
Cost management
FP-nmKAcad. year: 2017/2018
The course deals with the methods and procedures for management expenses and utilization of cost functions in the pricing decision making, with methods and calculation procedures and their application in decision-making roles of cost management in a manufacturing company, with the transition of cost accounting to management accounting and cost management, with the responsibility accounting, with the cost accounting in relation to processes and activities. It also defines the modern tools of management costs TC, LCC, followed by calculation of costs of individual activities (ABC) and the related method of management processes and activities (ABM). The course primarily provides information for management and decision-making. After completing the course, students will be able to define their requirements for various decision-making tasks, this information categorize, evaluate and present to managers.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Skills of the Student are tested on the basis of semester paper.
Students can gets 25 points by elaboration and defense of the semester paper.
The grade is given on the basis of semester paper and a written test.
Course curriculum
Breakdown of costs and benefits from the point of view of the needs of management oriented to decision making, opportunity costs
Decision-making tasks. Basic classification criteria of these tasks, CVP. Optimization of production, optimization of the range, decision-making tasks "either-or".
Budgeting in market conditions.
Strategic cost management -calculation of the target costs(Target Costing) and life cycle costing (LCC)
Strategic cost management - calculations by sub-activities - the ABC
Strategic cost management - value analysis
Strategic cost management-the concept of strategic cost management, factors affecting strategic cost management (TQM, JIT, Theory of restrictions)
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KRÁL,B.a kol. Manažerské účetnictví. 3.doplněné vyd. Praha: Management Press, 2010.660s.ISBN 978-80-7261-217-8. (CS)
ŠOLJAKOVÁ, L.Strategicky zaměřené manžerské účetnictví.1.vyd.Praha:Management Press.2009.206s.ISBN 978-80-7261-199-7 (CS)
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MGR-KS Master's
branch MGR-ŘEP-KS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
branch MGR-PFO-KS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Guided consultation in combined form of studies
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