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HI5017 Managerial Accounting Assignment - Holmes Institute, Australia

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) - Students are required to develop their understanding of the purpose and use of management accounting systems, and its usefulness in aiding managers make informed decisions. You are to critically evaluate the literature (using journal articles) to analyse the practical use of management accounting systems by contemporary companies, in terms of their relevance to the decision-making by managers and achievement of business goals.

Assignment Specifications -

Purpose - This assignment aims at developing your understanding of the purpose and use of management accounting systems, and its usefulness in aiding managers make informed decisions. You are to critically evaluate the literature (using journal articles) to analyse the practical use of management accounting systems by contemporary companies, in terms of their relevance to the decision-making by managers and achievement of business goals.

Assignment Task - Journal Article Critique

You are required to conduct a literature search and discussion in this assignment.

You are to choose a peer reviewed journal article (from any country) on the: Use of Budgeting as a management technique for managing resources.

The article should be published between 2010 - 2020. Choose your article only after you have accessed several relevant articles, and then choose the best ankles that will answer the assignment question below.

Required - Critically evaluate the relevance and challenges of budgeting systems by answering the 5 questions below:

Q1. Briefly discuss the budgeting process.

Q2. Based on your selected journal article, discuss citing examples whether the budgeting process satisfies the purpose of planning, controlling and evaluating performance.

Q3. The two widely used practices in preparing budgets are lop down' budgeting and 'bottom up' budgeting. Identify and explain the practice adopted by the organisation discussed in your selected journal article and further explain the behavioural implications of adopted practice. (5 marks)

Q4. Based on your literature findings (above), critically evaluate the comment that 'traditional budgeting practices are constraint on creativity, and the time and energy spent on budget formulation is better spent elsewhere'.

Q5. Based on your literature findings (above), would you recommend budgeting for contemporary organisations for planning and control purpose? Explain.

Additional Information -

a) You are encouraged to choose the journal article from the following Accounting and Management Accounting Journals: Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, Journal of Management Accounting Research Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research.

b) No student can choose the same article as another student from the same class, else both students may receive a zero mark, at the Lecturer's discretion.

c) The journal article must be uploaded (as a separate PDF file) together with your assignment (as a MS WORD file format) in Blackboard under the folder. 5 marks will be deducted if you do not submit the articles with your assignment.

d) Assignment Structure: The report should include the following components:

a. Assignment cover page clearly stating your name and student number

b. Abstract (one paragraph)

c. Table of contents

d. A brief introduction or overview of what the report is about.

e. Body of the assignment with appropriate section headings

f. Conclusion

g. List of References.

Note - Not more than 3,000 words. Please use "word count" and include in assignment. Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.