Strategic Management Accounting

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UNIT CODE: ACT302 UNIT NAME: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

Research Assignment Information Semester 1 2019

Assessment 30% Submission Requirements.

This assignment may be submitted at or before 11.59pm (ACST) Monday Study Week 11

Assignments are to be submitted by one of the follow ing means;

DO NOT LODGE BY FAX nor EMAIL nor at LECTURER’S OFFICE – KEEP A COPY

 The assignment must be lodged on or before the due date indicated in the assignment details.

 Submit your Assignment using PDF file format1 .

 The assignment must conform to the requirements set out in this assignment

 The assignment must be lodged online via the ACT302 Learnline Assignment Lodgement link on the ACT302

Learnline site . Ensure your f ile is named using a f ile naming convention that allow s the lecturer to identify to w hom it

belongs. Failure to use an acceptable f ile naming convention may result in your assignment lodgement being

rejected.

 DO NOT LODGE VIA EMAILor FAX – assignments lodged by email or fax w ill not be accepted.

 KEEP A COPY – Ensure you have a copy of the assignment lodged. If you have submitted assessment w ork

electronically please make sure you have a backup copy.

 Assignment lodgements w ill be acknow ledged automatically on the Learnline site, on submission.

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Coversheet

Coversheets are no longer required.

Assignment Checklist

An assignment checklist has been provided on the CDU ACT302 Learnline site to assist students w ho w ish to ensure that the various submission requirements have been met.

Format

The assignment may be completed manually, or w ith the use of an electronic spreadsheet, w ord processing softw are or w ith

the use of accounting softw are. Marks may be deducted for illegible or partially illegible papers. If completed using multiple

f ile formats or manually, the document must be combined into one document, in PDF format2.

Resubmission

As a general rule resubmission of assessment items is NOT possible, how ever the Lecturer may ask for resubmission if it is

deemed appropriate. Details for such resubmission w ill be made available by the Lecturer if and w hen the situation occurs.

1 Instructions for creating PDF documents and/or combining documents of different formats are provided on the Learnline

site.

2 Instructions for creating PDF documents and/or combining documents of different formats are provided on the Learnline

site.

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Preparation guidelines

Assignment preparation guidelines are provided on the CDU ACT302 Learnline site.

Students are required to comply with these requirements.

Assignment preparation and presentation guidelines, instructions on lodgement of the assignment and the required

coversheet and declaration, are all provided with and/or separately to this document and are available on the ACT302 CDU Learnline site.

FAILURE TO COM PLY WITH THESE REQUIREM ENTS WILL RESULT IN YOUR ASSIGNM ENT BEING REJECTED WITH

SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF M ARKS.

University Plagiarism policy

Plagiarism is the unacknow ledged use of material w ritten or produced by others or a rew ork of your ow n material. All sources

of information and ideas used in assignments must be referenced. This applies w hether the information is from a book,

journal article, the internet, or a previous essay you w rote or the assignment of a friend. Plagiarism policy is available at:

http://w w w.cdu.edu.au/governance/doclibrary/pol-001.pdf and

Student Breach of Academic Integrity Procedures http://w ww.cdu.edu.au/governance/doclibrary/pro-092.pdf.

EXTENSIONS AND LATE LODGEMENTS

LATE ASSIGNMENTS WILL GENERALLY NOT BE ACCEPTED UNLESS AN EXTENSION TO THE DUE DATE HAS

BEEN GRANTED BY THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE.

Exceptions w ill only be made w here assignments are late due to spec ial circumstances that are supported by documentary

evidence, and may be subject to a penalty of 5% of assignment marks per day. Partially completed assignments w ill be

accepted w ith appropriate loss of marks for the incomplete portion.

Should students foresee potential diff iculties w ith submission of assessment items, they should contact the lecturer

immediately the diff iculties come to notice, to discuss suitable arrangements etc for the submission of those assessment times.

An Application for Assignment Extension or Special Consideration should be completed and provided to the Dean, College of

Business and Law .

This application form, explanation and instructions is available on the ACT302 CDU Learnline course site or direct from

http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/lb_school_templates/deployed/assignment_extension.docx

Please note that it is now College policy that all extension requests must be approved by the Dean. The lecturer is not able to

personally approve extension requests.

Leaving a request for an extension, special assessment or special consideration until the last moment, based on grounds that students could have reasonably been able to foresee, may result in the application being rejected.

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REQUIRED In the modern era, many organisations have become increasingly aware of the decisions made in respect to products and/or services, processes and performance evaluation can have major impacts on aspects such as quality and environmental sustainabilty, as well as well as ensuring a fair return to the stakeholders and long-term viability and/or sustainability of the organisation. Research Activity Undertake a search of the relevant literature to determine what are the major issues related to the implementation of and/or use of Activity Based Management in the context of performance evaluation, supply chain management, quality management and environmental sustainabilty, whilst satisfying an organisation’s stakeholders and ensuring long-term viability and/or sustainability of the organisation. Prepare a Report/Essay Having completed your research you are then required to prepare a paper that outlines the major issues related to the implementation of and/or use of Activity Based Management in the context of performance evaluation, supply chain management, quality management and environmental sustainabilty, whilst satisfying an organisation’s stakeholders and ensuring long-term viability and/or sustainability of the organisation Your paper should include a brief discussion on the nature of Activity Based Management, and a detailed discussion on how Activity Based Management (and associated performance evaluation and supply chain management) can be used to ensure quality management and environmental sustainability . The paper should be written in fluent grammatical English. It should include a bibliography of referenced sources. Internet resources used should be acknowledged and fully referenced.3 Full copies of internet materials used should be submitted separately as electronic files (eg PDF) in a separate document(s) accompanying the assignment4, All references and sources must be properly acknowledged. A copy of the final paper should be retained by the author. The paper should be between 1,500 to 3,000 words5. The paper may take the form of a report, or an essay. However the form is irrelevant provided that the information required is provided within the limits given.

3 Your assignment will then be automatically compared to work of your classmates, previous students from CDU and

other universities, with material available on the Internet, both freely available and subscription-based electronic

journals as well as texts and other sources. Plagiarism will be penalised.

4 Instructions for creating PDF documents and/or combining documents of different formats are provided on the Learnline site.

5 The length of assignment is an indication of the depth of analysis that is required. It does not include appendices,

tables, i l lustrations or calculations. The length of the assignment is provided only a guide and need not be adhered to exactly. The intention is that students demonstrate that sufficient analysis is undertaken, without excessive workload.

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