Contabilidade de Gestão

Base Knowledge

Previous knowledge of Financial Accounting.

Teaching Methodologies

The following teaching methodologies are used in this curricular unit:

1) verbal methodologies (say), using the pedagogical resources: exposure, explanation and dialogue;

2) intuitive methodologies (show), using the pedagogical resources: demonstration and audiovisual;

3) active methodologies (to do), using the pedagogical resources: resolution, individual or group, of practical cases.

Learning Results

It is expected that by the end of the curricular unit each student is entitled to:

a) understand the complementarity of management accounting in relation to financial accounting;

b) identify and apply the criteria and methods for valuing the manufactured product, or the service provided, appropriate to the specific case;

c) identify and articulate the stages of the process of implementing a management accounting system in an organization.

Program

1 – Introduction

1.1 – Management accounting and financial accounting: the insufficiency of financial accounting

1.2 – Scope and objectives of the management accounting

1.3 – Of the industrial accounting to the management accounting

2 – Fundamental concepts

2.1 – Cost stages: from prime cost to economic-technical cost

2.2 – Cost of production in course, manufactured, finished and sold

2.3 – Costs classification

3 – Components of the production cost or service provided

3.1 – Direct materials

3.2 – Labor: direct and indirect, hourly rate and theoretical rate of labor charges

3.3 – General manufacturing costs and indirect production costs

4 – Production costs and manufacturing schemes

4.1 – Direct or costing method for production orders

4.2 – Indirect or process costing method

5 – Production costs and costing systems

5.1 – Total costing system

5.2 – Variable costing system

5.3 – Rational costing system

5.4 – Costing alternatives and impact on results

5.5 – Break even point

5.6 – Contribution margin and safety margin

5.7 – Effects of the turnover mix

6 – Analysis centers

6.1 – Functional division of costs

6.2 – Main and auxiliary cost centers

6.3 – Distribution of costs among centers. Refunds

6.4 – Homogeneous sections method

7 – Production in course, defective and joint

7.1 – Valuation of production in course

7.2 – Valuation of defective production

7.3 – Valuation of joint production

8 – Design of a management accounting system

8.1 – Phases of implementing a management accounting system: survey, preparation of an organization book, discussion of the book with the responsible, implementation

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Assessment by exam
  • - Theoretical-practical test - 100.0%
Periodic/continuous assessment
  • - Theoretical-practical test - 35.0%
  • - Theoretical-practical test - 30.0%
  • - Theoretical-practical test - 35.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

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Ferreira, D., Vicente, C., Asseiceiro, J., Vieira, J. & Caldeira, C. (2016). Contabilidade de Gestão – Estratégia de Custos e de Resultados – Casos práticos -Vol I. Rei dos Livros.

Franco, S., Oliveira, A., Morais, A., Oliveira, B., Lourenço, I., Major, M., Jesus, M. & Serrasqueiro, R. (2008). Temas de Contabilidade de Gestão – Os Custos, os Resultados e a Informação para a Gestão (4.ª Edição). Livros Horizonte. 

Nabais, F. & Nabais, C. (2016). Prática de Contabilidade Analítica e de Gestão. Lidel Editora.

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