FIUBANUC Cost Accounting

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Dr. Ing. Jaromír Lazar (lecturer)
doc. Dr. Ing. Jaromír Lazar (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Dr. Ing. Jaromír Lazar
Department of Finance and Accounting – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Koštuříková, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
There are no conditions to complete the course and the course can be recorded independently from other courses.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of the subject is to provide the students with key information from the area of cost accounting. The subject follows up with the knowledge of financial accounting and determines the differences in the contents and conception of the information of financial and cost accounting. It emphasizes the essence and difference in accounting information for the management of the aspect of outputs (calculation-output accounting), management of the responsibility aspect (the responsibility accounting) and the management of processes (process accounting). It explains the basic tools of the management of values - the system of calculations, budgets and internal corporate prices and their consequent application of acquired knowledge in responsibility management of outputs, in the application of the method of standard costs and benefits (so-called "Standard Costing"), namely in two basic forms - Absorption Costing a Variable Costing.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into cost accounting, the relationship between financial, tax, cost and
    management accounting
    2. The organisation of accounting information in financial and cost accounting
    3. The definition of basic concepts
    4. The distribution of costs
    5. The return of costs
    6. I nformation tools for the management of outputs
    7. The system of calculations and its application in management
    8. Particularities of calculation with assigning costs according to activities
    9. Accounting information for management from the aspect of responsibility
    10. Management from the aspect of responsibility
    11. The position of cost budgeting in the system of plans and budgets
    12. The segmentation, compilation and verification of budgets
    13. The method of standard costs and benefits
Literature
    required literature
  • VANDERBECK, E. J. Principles of cost accounting. [Masdon, Ohio?]: South Western/Cengage Learning, 2013. ISBN 978-1-133-18788-2. info
  • BRAGG, S. M. Cost accounting fundamentals: essential concepts and examples. Centennial, Colorado: Steven M. Bragg, 2012. ISBN 978-0-9800699-9-0. info
Teaching methods
Skills demonstration
Seminar classes
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
active attendance in seminars 60%, ongoing test (min. 70 % success rate), combined exam
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž66
Přednáška13
Seminář26
Zkouška40
Summary145
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018.
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