ACC2110 Management Accounting Assessment 2 – Trimester 2, 2021

Assessment Type: Individual

Weighting: 30%

Learning Outcomes Assessed: ULO 3, 4 and 5

Word Limit: 3,000 words

Due Date: 8 October 2021 (Friday) 11:59 pm (AEDT)

All submissions must be submitted with a signed Ozford Institute of Higher Education Cover

Sheet via Moodle. Late submissions will attract a penalty of 5% of the assessment weighting

for each calendar day late unless an extension is granted by the lecturer.

Background

You are recently employed as a graduate consultant in a management consultancy firm and are

assigned to a team. One of your firm’s clients is currently evaluating its costing system. The

CEO of your client had recently attended a seminar on Activity-Based Costing (ABC) in

private companies and would like to know whether ABC is suitable to the company. Your

manager has asked your team to prepare a report for the client.

Requirements

Your group is required to prepare a report to comment on the suitability of ABC for a company

of your group’s choice (your firm’s client). The report should cover the followings:

a) A description of your firm’s client, including the background of the company, the main

industry which the company is operating at, and its major competitors. (6 marks)

b) A discussion of the ABC and its features. (7 marks)

c) A discussion of how ABC is different from job-order costing and process costing systems.

(6 marks)

d) A discussion on whether the ABC is suitable to your firm’s client. (8 marks)

Report Structure

The report should consist of the following components:

1) Introduction

2) Main body – The main body should address the above requirements.

3) Conclusion

4) Reference List – All references cited in the main body must be included in the reference

list. References from Wikipedia should not be used.