Cost and Management Accounting

About the course

In today’s cut-throat corporate landscape, many managers and entrepreneurs strive to simplify procedures and optimise resource utilisation. Professionals serving as cost and management accountants are entrusted with the responsibility of furnishing information that can aid in economic decision-making. They are instrumental in curbing financial losses and maximising profits by efficiently controlling expenditures.

If you're looking to equip yourself with the fundamental principles of this discipline, the University of Cape Town (UCT) Cost and Management Accounting online short course is an excellent starting point. The course covers a range of central concepts, including job costing, process costing, absorption costing, and variable costing. It is designed to help you harness the power of cost analysis to make informed management decisions, conduct cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis, and manage funds through budgets.

Course content

• Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
• Module 1: Introduction to cost and management accounting
• Module 2: Absorption and variable costing
• Module 3: Cost-volume-profit analysis
• Module 4: Budgeting
• Module 5: Inventory management
• Module 6: Costing systems
• Module 7: Standard costing
• Module 8: The evaluation of business decisions

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