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Accounting (ACCT) 356

Strategic and Competitive Analysis (Revision 9)
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Status:

Open

Course start date:

If you are a:

  • Non-funded student: register by the 10th of the month, start on the 1st of the next.
  • Funded student: please check the next enrolment deadline and course start date.

Delivery mode:

Individualized study online with eText

Credits:

3

Area of study:

Applied Studies (Business and Administrative Studies)

Prerequisites:

ACCT 355. MKTG 396 is recommended but not required.

Precluded:

None

Challenge:

ACCT 356 is not available for challenge.

Faculty:

Faculty of Business

Notes:

Before registering in this course, review all "Software Requirements" in the Materials section below.

Overview

ACCT 356 provides intermediate coverage of managerial accounting concepts and the use of managerial accounting tools for strategic planning, measurement, and analysis. Students will develop an understanding of the role of management accounting information in building and managing a company’s strategies—whether for a for-profit or nonprofit organization.

Outline

  • Lesson 1: Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, and Strategic Profitability Analysis
  • Lesson 2: Management Accounting Data Analytics
  • Lesson 3: Environmental Scanning (Industry Analysis)
  • Lesson 4: Environmental Scanning (The Internal Assessment)
  • Lesson 5: Strategic Planning
  • Lesson 6: Business Ethics, Environmental Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Lesson 7: Strategic Management: Performance Evaluation
  • Lesson 8: Revenue and Customer Profitability Analysis
  • Lesson 9: Project Costing and Risk Management
  • Lesson 10: Budgetary Control in Nonprofit Organizations
  • Lesson 11: Performance Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations

Evaluation

To receive credit for ACCT 356, you must achieve a composite course grade of at least D (50 percent) and a grade of at least 50 percent on the final examination. The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:

Activity Weight
Data Analytics Lab 10%
Assignment 1 15%
Assignment 2 15%
Assignment 3 15%
Final Exam 45%
Total 100%

The final examination for this course must be taken online with an AU-approved exam invigilator at an approved invigilation centre. It is your responsibility to ensure your chosen invigilation centre can accommodate online exams. For a list of invigilators who can accommodate online exams, visit the Exam Invigilation Network.

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.

Note: Students planning to transfer this course to a Chartered Professional Accountant designation are advised that they will be required to achieve a grade higher than the minimum passing grade. See CPA Requirements for details.

Materials

Strategic and Competitive Analysis (2020), Third Custom Edition for Athabasca University. Pearson Learning Solutions. ISBN 978-1-323-989722. (eBook)

eTexts

Registration in this course includes electronic textbooks. For more information on electronic textbooks, please refer to our eText Initiative site.

Print textbooks are not available for purchase.

Other Resources

All other learning resources will be available online.

A sample lesson is available for you to review.

Software Requirements

You will require a Windows operating system (PC) to install the Power BI software required for the Data Analytics Lab. All other course requirements can be completed on a PC or a Mac computer.

Mac users who enrol in this course may need to make special provisions to complete the Lab using a PC and may wish to contact the Course Coordinator before registering.

Important links

  • Academic advising
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  • Support services
  • CPA Requirements

Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized study counterparts.

Opened in Revision 9, March 12, 2021

Updated July 15, 2021

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