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University of Cape Town: Cost and Management Accounting

Learn how to apply costing techniques and generate financial insights to inform key business decisions.

Learn how to apply costing techniques and generate financial insights to inform key business decisions.

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8 semanas
7–10 horas por semana
Comienza el 31 mar 2025
Inscríbete antes del 6 abr 2025
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Con un cronograma específico

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8 semanas
7–10 horas por semana
Comienza el 31 mar 2025
Inscríbete antes del 6 abr 2025
Al ritmo del instructor
Con un cronograma específico

Información sobre Curso

In a highly competitive corporate environment, more managers and business owners are seeking to streamline processes and optimize the use of resources. Those working in cost and management accounting roles are responsible for providing information that can guide economical decision-making, and play an important part in maximizing profit by controlling financial wastage.

The University of Cape Town (UCT) Cost and Management Accounting online short course introduces you to the core principles of this function and covers a range of central concepts, such as job costing, process costing, absorption costing, and variable costing. You’ll discover how to use costings to make informed management decisions, and learn to perform a cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis and manage funds through budgets.

This course is designed for finance and accounting professionals looking to refresh their knowledge and gain specific skills in the field of cost and management accounting. It’s also aimed at managers who want to improve their ability to make sound decisions based on financial insights, and business owners and entrepreneurs who need knowledge of costing techniques and systems.

Plan de estudios de Curso

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Learn how to calculate and analyze business expenses as you work through the weekly modules of this online short course.

Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus

Module 1: Introduction to cost and management accounting

Module 2: Absorption and variable costing

Module 3: Cost-volume-profit analysis

Module 4: Budgeting

Module 5: Inventory management

Module 6: Costing systems

Module 7: Standard costing

Module 8: The evaluation of business decisions

About the certificate

Acquire a solid understanding of cost and management accounting principles and earn an official certificate of completion from the University of Cape Town.

Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a digital certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.

El certificado se emitirá con tu nombre legal, y lo recibirás de forma digital una vez que hayas completado el programa, de acuerdo con los requisitos estipulados.Please note, due to additional administrative requirements, at times UCT course certificate delivery may be delayed by several weeks/months.

Algunos datos sobre el tema

5 principles

Eliminating unnecessary costs is one of five core pillars in cost accounting.

Chron (2018).

25%

The proportion of accounting and finance leaders surveyed who are concerned about underestimating business spend in annual budgets.

GetApp (2019).

¿Por qué elegir GetSmarter?

GetSmarter es un socio de edX que brinda cursos en línea con soporte completo, relevantes para el desarrollo profesional. Los cursos están a cargo de expertos en el tema y cuentan con el respaldo de las principales universidades e instituciones del mundo. Con más de 15 años de experiencia en el sector del aprendizaje en línea, GetSmarter ofrece conocimiento experto de larga trayectoria en investigación de mercado, análisis de datos y perspectivas de negocios, con el objetivo de que adquieras las habilidades esenciales para tu crecimiento profesional.