The following seminars are conducted by the Wharton Institute of Technology and Science (WITS) along with The Australian Institute of Finance & Management as part of the Continuing Development Program of the Institute. Please contact the Secretariat to obtain the current dates and venues of the following programs :
SEMINAR NO. 1 :
IMPLEMENTING ACTIVITY BASED CONTROL SYSTEMS - "Beyond Activity Based Costing"
Management Control Systems
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Control Systems and Behavior
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Concepts of Control: The Control Framework
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Accountants and Control Systems
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Issues in Control Systems Design
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Types of Control
Cost Information in Modern Firms
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Cost Information: More of an Hindrance than a Help?
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Cost Classification
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Allocating Indirect Costs
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Loss of Competitiveness due to Faulty Cost Systems
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Uncovering Hidden Profits and Hidden Losses
Re-Engineering Cost Allocation Systems
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ABC: The Response to Complexity in Modern Firms
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The Fundamentals of ABC
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Cost Drivers
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Activity Analysis
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Advantages and Limitations of ABC
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Case Study: Comparison of Cost Allocation Systems
Activity Based Management
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Monitoring Systems
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Measuring the Performance of a Process
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The Key Performance Variables to be Measured
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Frequency, Timeliness and Accuracy
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Controlling White-Collar Departments
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Activity Based Budgeting
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Feedback Systems under ABM
Implementing Re-Engineered Cost Analysis and Control Systems
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Creating Implementation Motivation
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Training, Evaluation and Information
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Project Organisation
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Project Analysis
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Project Synthesis (Model Building)
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Long-term Cost Management Model
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From Project to Steady State
