Accounting (ACCT) 356

Strategic and Competitive Analysis (Revision 8)

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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online with eTextbook

Credits: 3

Area of Study: Applied Studies
(Business and Administrative Studies)

Prerequisite: ACCT 355. MKTG 396 is recommended but not required.

Faculty: Faculty of Business

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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 a for-profit or nonprofit organization.

Outline

Lesson 1: Strategy, Balanced Scorecard, and Strategic Profitability Analysis
Lesson 2: Environmental Scanning (Industry Analysis)
Lesson 3: Environmental Scanning (Internal Analysis of Value Chain)
Lesson 4: Strategic Measurement (Performance Evaluation)
Lesson 5: Strategic Measurement (Financial Statement Analysis)
Lesson 6: Sustainability
Lesson 7: Revenue and Customer Profitability Analysis
Lesson 8: Project Costing and Risk Management
Lesson 9: (Part A): Budgetary Control in Nonprofit Organizations
Lesson 9: (Part B): 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	Weighting
Assignment 1	15%
Assignment 2	15%
Assignment 3	15%
Final Exam	55%
Total	100%

In response to COVID-19 containment directives, temporary online exam(s) are available for this course.

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.

Course Materials

Textbook

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

Strategic and Competitive Analysis (2016), Second Custom Edition for Athabasca University. Pearson Learning Solutions. ISBN 978-1-323-38934-8.

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.

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 8, October 3, 2016.