General Assessment Information

Assessed Coursework 25%

a) In-Class Tasks:

Due: Weekly (Weeks 2 to 12)

Weighting: 15%

Students are required to attempt and submit an in-class exercise DURING each tutorial via iLearn submission.  ( PLEASE BRING YOUR LAPTOP TO CLASS). The answers to five (5) in-class exercises will be randomly selected by tutors to mark. The in-class tasks will be a combination of individual tasks in some weeks and group tasks in others.  Each of the five marked exercises will be worth 3% of the total assessment. Marks are awarded based on the completeness and accuracy of answers.

Solutions to these exercises will be discussed by tutors in the next tutorial, but will NOT be posted on iLearn. In each tutorial, selected homework questions will be discussed before the start of in-class exercises. Since the in-class exercises are similar to homework questions, students are required to complete their homework before attending tutorials, to achieve good marks in the exercises. Note that homework questions are either from the textbook or posted on iLearn (see Unit Schedule on iLearn for details), and homework solutions are available on iLearn by the end of each relevant week.

Students must be present in class for the entirety of their registered tutorial to be eligible to submit their work. Submissions made outside of your registered tutorial time will not be marked. 

b) Participation: 10% 

Students are expected to actively participate in class discussions (Tutorials will be held in Weeks 2-11). Prior preparation is necessary for active participation and staff will randomly check for completion of assignments in the weeks in which they are not assessed. The participation mark will be a result of attempting to participate, as well as the quality and frequency of that participation. It is expected that students attend all of the tutorials. Students are expected to arrive at the tutorials on time and to remain in the tutorials for their duration unless prior arrangements have been made with your tutor. The quality of tutorial participation will be assessed by the tutor using the following criteria:

• The extent to which each student has prepared for each class
• The ability of students to complete set tasks during classes.
• The ability of students to actively participate in group discussions.
• The ability of students to cooperate with and assist other students in their learning.
• The ability of students to express their ideas in class.
• The ability of students to articulate their thoughts.

Information concerning each student’s final participation mark will be made available on the subject website at the end of the session. 

Class Test

Due: Week 7 and Week 13

Weighting: 40%

Class test 1 (15%) will be conducted during Week 7. The test will cover lecture topics from Week 1 to Week 5 (Tutorial materials from Week 2 - Week 6).

Class test 2 (25%) will be conducted during Week 13. The test will cover lecture topics from Week 6 to Week 11 (Tutorial materials from Week 7 -Week 12).

Please note that the class tests may be closed book and held on-campus. The tests may comprise multiple-choice and discursive questions. Further information will be provided via announcements on iLearn.

No extension will be granted, except for cases in which an application for special consideration is made and approved. A mark of zero will be awarded for non-submission.

Research Report

Due: Weeks 9 and 11

Weighting: 35%

Students will be allocated to groups during the Week 4 tutorial. Students who fail to arrange group membership by Week 6 will NOT be eligible to take part in this assessment task.

This assessment consists of two components:

a) Written Research Report (20% - group mark) Students are expected to write a research report based on the requirements outlined in the “Group Research Report Requirements” published on iLearn. The electronic version of each group’s report must be submitted to Turnitin (plagiarism detection software) via the provided link on iLearn BEFORE 11.55 pm Friday 4 Oct 2024 (Week 9). Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will be penalised, so it is in student’s best interests to submit their own original work. Only one submission per group is permitted, so members within groups must agree on who will submit their report. Marks and feedback on the written report will be available through Turnitin on iLearn by the end of Week 12.

b) Research Report Individual Presentation (15% - individual mark) Each student is required to record their presentation and submit the recording via the provided link on iLearn BEFORE 11.55 pm Friday 18 Oct 2024 (Week 11). The presentation will be on each student’s respective contribution to the group’s research report and will allow the tutor to evaluate individual performance in the research project. Students are required to read the instructions on individual presentation published on iLearn. Marks and feedback on the presentations will be provided to individual students by the end of Week 13.

Late Assessment Submission Penalty

Unless an application for Special Consideration has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (of the total possible mark) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A 1-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests, exams, performance assessments, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration

Prescribed Textbook

Management Accounting: Information for Creating and Managing Value

By Kim Langfield-Smith, David Smith, Paul Andon, Ronald Hilton, and Helen Thorne, 9th edition 2021, McGraw-Hill

Additional required readings will be made available via Leganto (access link is provided in iLearn).

Students should attend three hours of teaching per topic consisting of a 1.5-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial. Weekly lectures are critical to students' learning in this unit. The lectures provide a general overview of the topics, highlighting the important concepts and techniques. Examples that are critical to the core themes of the course and reference to real-life examples are also discussed in the lectures to assist students in the application of the conceptual frameworks. Lecture notes will be made available on iLearn prior to the lectures.

Tutorials constitute a critical learning experience of this unit, including a highly student-centred discussion of answers to pre-tutorial homework questions, and additional in-class exercises. Active participation in tutorials will assist students in developing problem-solving, and critical, analytical, and integrative thinking skills. Before attending the tutorial, students should have: (1) undertaken the required readings outlined in Unit Schedule; (2) listened to the lecture; (3) completed the homework questions outlined in Unit Schedule; and (4) read the relevant Case Study chapter in order to attempt the in-class exercises.