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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Course Overview

The Accounting for Managerial Decisions certification course provided by Swayam is an initiative to educate those interested candidates who wish to pursue higher and quality education in the field of Accounting and aspire to be a manager. This course is spread out for a duration of 16 weeks. The course credit is 6, and it will require almost 180 hours of preparation. 

The skilled faculty of Swayam will make sure that the concepts included in the modules are well understood by the participants. The main focus of this course will be upon two concepts: Management Accounting, and, Cost Accounting. Candidates will be taught the core fundamentals that will prove to go a long way in securing job opportunities. 

These fundamentals include knowledge about the differences in management accounting, which is basically mastering the ability to select the best alternatives available to produce a fine result; and concepts of cost accounting, which means to minimize cost and maximize profit. 

The Highlights

  • Regional languages available
  • Completed courses
  • Online classroom     
  • Best-In-Class instructors
  • Easy credit transfer
  • Systematic approach

Programme Offerings

  • Weekly Assignments
  • Local chapters
  • Audio/video lectures
  • Online Forums
  • Quiz
  • test
  • assignments

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability
no

What you will learn

Financial Management

To the participants of the MCO-05-Accounting for Managerial Decisions course following skills will be imparted:

  • An overview of the curriculum
  • Learning the basics of Cost Concepts
  • Gaining an understanding of Financial Statements
  • Learning the basic Budgeting Concepts
  • Awareness about the recent developments in Accounting

Who it is for

The MCO-05-Accounting for Managerial Decisions programme is for the following candidates:

  • Candidates already having an undergraduate degree and wanting a postgraduate degree in a managerial course
  • Candidates who have a commerce background and want to continue their studies in that field
  • Candidates who want to build a strong base for further advanced studies
  • Candidates who want to help their company’s management in making efficient decisions

Admission Details

A set of simple and directive guidelines are given below for the candidates to follow. Kindly refer to the following steps:

Step 1: Students are requested to log on to the link given below to reach the home page of the course:

https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/nou23_cm14/preview

Step 2: Click on the registration link available on the site for the particular course. If no registration link is present, proceed to step 3. 

Step 3: Register yourself on the site. If you are an existing user, you are requested to log in with your credentials. After logging in, see if the link is available and click on it. 

Step 4: Clicking on the link will take you to the payments page where you can purchase the course and gain access to the study materials provided.

Please note: If the registration link is not made available even after logging in, the candidates are requested to wait until the link is available and keep checking the website for further updates.  

The Syllabus

Week 1
  • Unit-1: Accounting: An Overview
  • Unit-2: Accounting: Basic Cost Concepts
Week 2
  • Unit-3: Financial Statements
Week 3
  • Unit-4: Understanding Financial Statements

Week 4
  • Unit-5: Techniques of Financial Analysis
Week 5
  • Unit-6: Statement of Change in Financial Position
Week 6
  • Unit-7: Cash Flow Analysis

Week 7
  • Unit-8: Basic Concepts of Budgeting
Week 8
  • Unit-9: Preparation and Review of Budgets
Week 9
  • Unit-10: Approaches to Budgeting

Week 10
  • Unit-11: Basic Concepts of Standard Costing
Week 11
  • Unit-12: Variance Analysis-I
Week 12
  • Unit-13: Variance Analysis-II
Week 13
  • Unit-14: Responsibility Accounting

Week 14
  • Unit-15: Marginal Costing
Week 15
  • Unit-16: Break Even Analysis
Week 16
  • Unit-17: Relevant Costs for Decision making
Week 17
  • Unit-18: Reporting to Management
Week 18
  • Unit-19: Recent Developments in Accounting

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