- 20 Marks
IMAC – Aug 2022 – L1 – Q3 – Scope of Management Accounting
Discuss the objectives and qualities of management accounting, differentiate operational control from cost control, and explain specific order costing characteristics.
Question
a) Management Accounting is that branch of accounting known for management decision-making. It is a more intimate merger of the two older professions of management and accounting, wherein the information needs of the manager determine the accounting means for their satisfaction.
In Management Accounting, managers use accounting information in decision-making and to assist in the management and performance of their control functions. Management accounting information should comply with certain qualities and characteristics to be useful in planning, control, and decision-making.
Required:
i) Identify THREE (3) objectives of Management Accounting. (6 marks)
ii) Explain FIVE (5) qualities of management accounting information. (5 marks)
b) All deployed cost-accounting controls and processes should bring to focus opportunities for improvement and engender decision-makers’ trust in results. Operational control and cost control management approaches are needed to add insight into where and how cost improvements can be implemented.
Required:
Distinguish between operational control and cost control. (4 marks)
c) Specific order costing methods are appropriate for business organizations that are involved in the construction, manufacturing, or assembling of products to individual customers’ specifications.
Required:
State THREE (3) characteristics of Specific Order Costing. (5 marks)
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