Group Assignment
| Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines | |
| Trimester | T22024 |
| UnitCode | HI5017 |
| UnitTitle | ManagerialAccounting |
| AssessmentType | GroupAssignment |
| DueDate+time: | 01/10/2024 11.59pm(Melb/Sydneytime) |
| Purpose of the assessment(withULO Mapping) | Studentsareexpectedtoenhancetheirunderstandingofmanagementaccounting information that aids in organizational planning and control. You will apply these concepts toreal-worldsituations, showinghowtheyaffect businessperformance and costing. This involves demonstrating practical applications through a case study and comparing traditional and activity-based costing methods to improve decision-making. ThisassessmentwillcoverthefollowingUnitLearningObjectives:
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| AcademicIntegrity Information | Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding academic integrity. All assessments must comply with academic integrity guidelines. Please learn about academic integrity and consult your teacherswith anyquestions. Violating academic integrityisseriousandpunishablebypenaltiesthatrangefromdeductionofmarks, failure ofthe assessment task or unit involved, suspensionofcourseenrolment,or cancellation of course enrolment. |
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Group Assignment Guidelines and Specifications
Part A (20marks)
Management Accounting Information
Readthisarticlebyclickinghere:TransformationdeliversresultsforSkyNewZealand(asx.com.au)and answer the following questions:
- Identify five specific management accounting concepts discussed in class that Sky New Zealand applied in their company. Just list them, do not discuss. (5 marks)
- Discuss three ways Sky New Zealand have used management accounting to successfully achieve its revenue growth and cost transformation goals, leading to impressive financial targets and increased shareholder value. Include examples. (12 marks)
- ProvidetwolessonsmanagementaccountantscangainfromstudyingSkyNewZealand'sapproach and practices. (3 marks)
PartB(17marks)
AussieGears Pty Ltd is a leading manufacturer of specialized gears used in high-performance automotive and aerospace applications. The company prides itself on precision engineering and innovative designs, which have earned it a strong market position. As part of its ongoing efforts to refine its costing methods, AussieGears is reassessing its approach to allocating manufacturing overhead.
Thecompanycurrentlyusesatraditionalcostingsystem,applyingoverheadbasedonmachinehours. However, management is considering switching to an activity-based costing (ABC) system to better understand the true costs associated with its products.
ForthemonthofJuly,thefollowingdataisavailable:
- TotalBudgetedOverheadCost:$360,000
- TotalMachineHours:60,000hours
- TotalMachineHours:60,000hours
ThedataforJulyproductionisasfollows: Production Data:
| High-PrecisionGear | Heavy-DutyGear | |
| ProductionUnits | 15,000 | 3,000 |
| DirectMaterialsCostper Unit | $80.00 | $100.00 |
| DirectLaborCostperHour | $20.00 | $20.00 |
| DirectLaborHours(intotal) | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| MachineHours(intotal) | 45,000 | 15,000 |
| Overheadcostpools | Overheadcost | Totalactivity | ActivityConsumption | |
High-Precision Gear | Heavy-Duty Gear | |||
| Machinesetup | $120,000 | 2,000setuphours | 1,200 | 800 |
| QualityControl | $150,000 | 4,000qualitycontrolhours | 2,500 | 1,500 |
| FactoryMaintenance | $90,000 | 60,000machinehours | 45,000 | 15,000 |
Required:(Roundoffanswersto2decimalplaces)
- Calculatetheunitmanufacturingcostsforeachproductusingthetraditionalcostingsystembased on machine hours. Show all calculations. (5 marks)
- Calculatetheunitmanufacturingcostsforeachproductusingtheactivity-basedcosting(ABC) system. Show all calculations. (8 marks)
- Writeamemotothe CEOrecommendingthemostappropriatecostingsystem whichbestreflects the cost of the product. Justify your recommendation with relevant data from your calculations. (4 marks)
AssignmentStructure:
Theassignmentshouldincludethefollowingcomponents:
- Theassignmentcoverpagewhichclearlystatesyourgroupmembers’namesandstudent numbers, and all other required details.
- Abstract(oneparagraph)
- Tableofcontents
- Abriefintroductionoroverviewofwhattheassignmentisabout
- Bodyoftheassignmentwithappropriatesectionheadings
- Conclusion
- ListofReferences(followtheHolmesAdaptedHarvardReferencingguidelinesonpg.4-5)
| MarkingCriteria | Weighting |
| PartA | |
1. Identify five specific management accounting concepts discussed in classthatSkyNewZealandappliedintheircompany.Justlistthem,do not discuss. | 5% |
2. Discuss three ways Sky New Zealand have used management accounting to successfully achieve its revenue growth and cost transformationgoals,leadingtoimpressivefinancialtargetsand increasedshareholdervalue.Includeexamples. | 12% |
3.Providetwolessonsmanagementaccountantscangainfromstudying SkyNewZealand'sapproachandpractices. | 3% |
| PartB | |
1.Calculatetheunitmanufacturingcostsforeachproductusingthetraditional costingsystembasedonmachinehours.Showallcalculations. | 5% |
2.Calculatetheunitmanufacturingcostsforeachproductusingthe activity- basedcosting(ABC)system.Showallcalculations. | 8% |
3.WriteamemototheCEOrecommendingthemostappropriatecostingsystem which best reflects the cost of the product. Justify your recommendation with relevantdatafromyourcalculations. | 4% |
| OverallPresentationofAssignment | 3% |
| TOTALWeight | 40% |
StudentAssessmentCitation andReferencingRules
HolmeshasimplementedarevisedHarvardapproachtoreferencing.Thefollowingrulesapply:
- Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources that provide full-text access to thesource’s content for lecturers and markers.
- The referencelistmustbe located on aseparate pageat the end of the essayand titled:“References”.
- The reference list must include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged A-Z alphabetically by author surname with each reference numbered (1 to 10, etc.) and each referenceMUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source. For example:
- The referencelistmustbe located on aseparate pageat the end of the essayand titled:“References”.

- All assignments must include in-text citations to the listed references. These mustinclude thesurname of the author/sor name of the authoring body, year of publication, page number ofthe content, and paragraph where the content canbefound.Forexample,“Thecompanydecidedtoimplementanenterprise- wide data warehouse business intelligence strategy (Hawking et al., 2004, p3(4)).”
Non-AdherencetoReferencingRules
Wherestudentsdonotfollowtheaboverules,penaltiesapply:
- Forstudentswhosubmitassignmentsthatdonotcomplywithallaspectsoftherules,a 10% penalty will be applied.
- As per the Student Handbook, late penalties will apply each day after the student/s has been notified of the due date.
- Students who comply with rules BUT their citations are ‘fake’ will be reported for academic misconduct.
AcademicIntegrity
Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding academic integrity, as it is integral to maintaining academic quality and the reputation of Holmes' graduates. Accordingly,allassessmenttasksneedtocomplywithacademicintegrityguidelines.Table 1identifiesthesixcategoriesofAcademicIntegritybreaches.Ifyouhavequestionsabout Academic Integrity issues related to your assessment tasks, please consult your lecturer or tutor for relevant referencing guidelines and support resources. Many of these resources can also be found through the Study Sills link on Blackboard.
Academic integrity breaches are serious offences punishable by penalties ranging from deduction ofmarks, failureoftheassessment task or unit involved, suspension ofcourse enrolment, or cancellationof course enrolment.
Table1:Six categoriesof AcademicIntegritybreaches
| Plagiarism | Reproducingtheworkofsomeoneelsewithoutattribution.When a student submits their own work on multiple occasions this is known as self-plagiarism. |
| Collusion | Workingwithoneormoreotherindividualstocompletean assignment, in a way that is not authorized. |
| Copying | Reproducingandsubmittingtheworkofanotherstudent,withor without their knowledge. If a student fails to take reasonable precautionstopreventtheirownoriginalworkfrombeingcopied, this may also be considered an offence. |
| Impersonation | Falselypresentingoneself,orengagingsomeoneelsetopresentas oneself, in an in-person examination. |
| Contractcheating | Contracting a third party to complete an assessment task, generallyinexchangeformoneyorothermannerofpayment. |
| Datafabricationand falsification | Manipulatingorinventingdatawiththeintentofsupportingfalse conclusions, including manipulating images. |
Source:INQAAHE,2020
MarkingRubric
| Excellent | VeryGood | Good | Satisfactory | Unsatisfactory | |
| PartA | |||||
| 1.Identifyfivespecificmanagement | (4–5marks) | (3–3.9 marks) | (2–2.9 marks) | (1–1.9 marks) | (0–0.9 marks) |
| accountingconceptsdiscussedinclass | Accuratelylistsallfive | Listsfourcorrect | Liststhreecorrect | Liststwocorrect | Onlyonecorrect |
| thatSkyNewZealandappliedintheir | specificmanagement | management | management | management | management |
| company.Justlistthem,donot | accountingconcepts | accountingconcepts | accounting | accounting | accountingconcept |
| discuss.(5 marks) | discussedinclassthat | discussedinclass | conceptsdiscussed | concepts | discussedinclass |
| SkyNew Zealand | thatSkyNew | inclassthatSky | discussedinclass | thatSkyNew | |
| applied,withno errors | Zealandapplied, | New Zealand | thatSkyNew | Zealandapplied, | |
| oromissions. | withminorerrorsor | applied,withsome | Zealandapplied, | withsignificant | |
| omissions. | errorsoromissions. | withnotable | errorsoromissions, | ||
| errorsor | or is confusing. | ||||
| omissions. | |||||
| 2.DiscussthreewaysSkyNewZealand | (10.8 -12 marks) | (8.4–10.7 marks) | (6–8.3 marks) | (3.6–5.9marks) | (0–3.5 marks) |
| haveusedmanagementaccountingto | Veryclear, concise,and | Verygood,clear | Gooddiscussion of | Discussesone or | Providesinadequate |
| successfullyachieveitsrevenue | excellentdiscussionof | discussionof three | twoorthreeways | twowaysSky New | discussionwithlittle |
| growthandcosttransformationgoals, | threewaysSkyNew | waysSky New | SkyNewZealand | Zealandused | tonoreferenceto |
| leadingtoimpressivefinancialtargets | Zealandused | Zealandused | usedmanagement | management | howSkyNew |
| andincreasedshareholdervalue. | management | management | accounting,with | accounting,with | Zealandused |
| Includeexamples.(12marks) | accounting.Includes | accounting, | examples.The | minimal | management |
| specific,relevant | withrelevant | explanationis | examples.The | accounting. | |
| examples.Theanalysis | examples.The | generallyclearbut | explanationis | Examplesaremissing | |
| isinsightfulandwell- | discussionisclear | maybesomewhat | basic. | orirrelevantoris | |
| supported. | andwell-organized | superficial. | confusing. | ||
| butmaylack some | |||||
| depthordetail. |
3.Providetwolessonsmanagement accountantscangainfromstudyingSkyNew Zealand'sapproachandpractices.(3marks) | (2.4-3marks) Very clear, logical and highlyrelevantlessons provided. | (1.8 – 2.3 marks) Verygood,clearand relevant lessons provided. | (1.2 – 1.7 marks) Good and appropriatelessons provided. | (0.6–1.1marks) Reasonable and somewhat appropriate lessonsprovided. | (0 – 0.5 mark) Inadequate and insufficientlessons provided, or is confusing. |
| PartB | |||||
1.Calculatetheunitmanufacturingcostsfor each product using the traditional costing system based on machine hours. Show all calculations.(5marks) | Marksawardedoutof5 marks as per Marking Guide. | ||||
2. Calculate the unit manufacturing costs for eachproductusingtheactivity-basedcosting (ABC)system.Showallcalculations.(8marks) | Marksawardedoutof8 marks as per Marking Guide. | ||||
| 3.WriteamemototheCEOrecommending | (3.2–4marks) | (2.4–3.1marks) | (1.6–2.3marks) | (0.8–1.5marks) | (0–0.7 marks) |
| themostappropriatecostingsystemwhich | Veryclear,excellent, | Averygood,concise | A good | Anadequate | Unableto |
| bestreflectsthecostoftheproduct.Justify | compelling | recommendationof | recommendation | recommendation | recommendthe |
| yourrecommendationwithrelevantdatafrom | recommendationofthe | themostappropriate | ofthemost | ofthemost | mostappropriate |
| yourcalculations.(4marks) | mostappropriate | costingsystemwhich | appropriatecosting | appropriate | costingsystemwhich |
| costingsystemwhich | bestreflectsthecost | systemwhichbest | costingsystem | bestreflectsthecost | |
| bestreflectsthecostof | oftheproduct, with | reflectsthecostof | whichbest | oftheproduct, with | |
| theproduct,withhighly | accurateuseof | theproduct, with | reflectsthecostof | errorsinuseof | |
| accurateuseofrelevant | relevantdatafrom | some inaccuracies | theproduct, with | relevantdatafrom | |
| datafromyour | your calculations. | orerrorsintheuse | inaccurateand | yourcalculations,is | |
| calculations. | ofrelevantdata | incompleteuseof | veryshallowand | ||
| fromyour | relevantdatafrom | incorrect,oris | |||
| calculations. | your calculations. | confusing. | |||
| OverallPresentation | (2.4-3marks) | (1.8–2.3marks) | (1.2–1.7marks) | (0.6–1.1marks) | (0–0.5 mark) |
| (3marks) | Includeallelements and | Includeallelements | Includeall | Includemost | Lackkeyelements |
| isverywellpresented. | andiswell | elementsandis | elementsandis | andispoorly | |
| Writingflowsclearly | presented.Writing | generallypresented | adequately | presented.Writing | |
| andsectionsarelinked | flowsclearlyand | appropriately. | presented. | doesnotflow clearly | |
| very effectively. | sectionsarelinked | Writingmostly | Writing | leavingthepaper to |
Referencingis exemplary.Englishis usedveryeffectively and error-free. | effectively. Referencingisofa high standard. Englishisused effectivelywithvery few errors present. | flowswell,and sectionsarelinked. Referencingisin accordancewith guidelines.English is used effectively with few errors present. | sometimes does not flow clearly leaving the paper toseemdisjointed in areas. Referencingis somewhat in accordance with guidelines. Basic English is used withsomeerrors present. | seem disjointed. Referencingisnotin accordance with relevant guidelines. BasicEnglishisused witherrorspresent. |
Endof Assessment