ACCA MA1 - Management Information

ACCA MA1: Management Information

The syllabus for MA1, Management Information, introduces candidates to basic costing principles and techniques and the tools with which to use these principles and techniques. The syllabus starts by introducing business organisations and the specific role of the management accountant within the organisation.

The next section deals with cost classification, followed by the identification of sources of information and coding to ensure that cost information is properly classified. The syllabus then introduces basic techniques for recording costs.

It finally introduces candidates to spreadsheets as an important tool in supporting cost and management accounting.

Course Curriculum

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3 Lessons
- Cost Classification (12:49)
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- Direct and Indirect Labor Cost (20:11)
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- Under or Over Absorption (18:38)
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Learning Resources
3 Lessons
- Instructions to Follow Before Starting Your Course
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- Study material
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- Download The Mobile App For The Study Planner
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Chapter 1 - Business organisations and Accounting
13 Lessons
- How to start your subject
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- 1. Overview (02:50)
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- 2. Functions in an Organization (16:24)
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- 3. Finance, Sales and Marketing (05:43)
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- 4. Organizational Structures, Centralization and Decentralization (12:40)
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- 5. Debit and Credit - Grace Part 1 (44:13)
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- 6. Double Entry Recap (08:31)
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- 7. Ledger Accounting (07:45)
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- 8. Interlocking and Integrated Accounting Systems (10:32)
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- 9. Computerized Accounting Systems (17:04)
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- 10. Practice Questions (22:10)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Business Organisation and Accounting
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Chapter 2 - Introduction to management information
8 Lessons
- 1. Introduction of Management Information (24:12)
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- 2. Characteristics of Good Information (10:04)
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- 3. Sources and Categories of Information (22:29)
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- 4 Revision (44:24)
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- 5. BPP Kit Practice Questions Part 1 (16:13)
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- 6. BPP Kit Practice Questions Part 2 (21:25)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Introduction to management information
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Chapter 3 - Cost units, cost classification and profit reporting
16 Lessons
- 1. Business Costs and Cost Units (37:35)
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- 2. Cost Classification (12:49)
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- 3. Direct and Indirect Cost (29:26)
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- 4. Cost Behavior and Fixed Costs (14:32)
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- 5. Variable Costs (11:12)
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- 6. Stepped Fixed Costs (06:08)
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- 7. Semi Variable or Semi Fixed Costs (11:04)
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- 8. Revision (28:30)
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- 9. Kaplan Kit Questions 45 to 51 (32:35)
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- 10 . Kaplan Kit Questions 51 to 54 (14:17)
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- 11. Kaplan Kit Question 52 to 54 (26:37)
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- 12. BPP Kit Questions (33:25)
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- 13. Absorption and Marginal Costing Questions (30:34)
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- 14. Absorption and Marginal Example Question - Part 2 (11:15)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Cost Units, Cost Classification and Profit Reporting
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Chapter 4 - Management responsibility and performance measurement
13 Lessons
- 1. Responsibility Centers and Perforamance Measurement (08:35)
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- 2. Cost Centers (18:56)
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- 3. Profit Centre and Investment Centre
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- 4. Performance Measures and Cost and Profit Centres
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- 5. Concept of Standard Hour (09:31)
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- 6. Efficiency, Capacity and Production Volume Ratios (26:59)
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- 7. BPP Kit Part 1 (22:02)
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- 8. BPP Kit Part 2 (29:59)
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- 9. BPP Kit Part 3 (20:07)
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- 10. BPP Kit Part 4 (21:46)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Theory - Management Responsibility and performance measurement
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- Quiz - Management Responsibility and performance measurement
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Chapter 5 - Source documents and coding
10 Lessons
- 1. Introduction to Codes (20:41)
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- 2. Documents for Buying and Selling (25:32)
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- 3. Documents for Recording Materials (14:07)
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- 4. Wages, Salaries and Staff Costs (4:20)
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- 5. Documents for Recording Labor Costs (19:58)
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- 6. BPP Kit 5.1 To 5.5 (19:35)
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- 7. BPP Kit 5.6 To 5.16( 16:59)
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- 8. BPP Kit 5.17 To 5.25 (17:56)
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- 7. Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Source documents and coding
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Chapter 6 (a) Accounting for Materials
8 Lessons
- 1. Introduction to Material Costs (4:13)
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- 2. Classification of Materials (12:52)
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- 3. Ordering Inventory (12:29)
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- 4. Accounting for Materials (18:32)
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- 5. Inventory Valuation Methods (24:35)
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- 6. Inventory Questions Revision (80:00)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Accounting for Material and Labour 1
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Chapter 6 (b) Accounting for Labour Costs
11 Lessons
- 1. Remuneration Methods (20:29)
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- 2. Gross and Net Earnings (10:27)
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- 3. Direct and Indirect Labor Cost (20:11)
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- 4. Labour Kaplan Questions - Part 1 (37:12)
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- 5. Labour Kaplan Questions - Part 2 (16:04)
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- 6. BPP Kit 6.2 And 6.6 (17:33)
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- 7. BPP Kit Questions - 6.12 and 6.13 (21:41)
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- 8. BPP Kit Question 6.12 (23:17)
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- 9. Kaplan and BPP mixed Kit Questions (32:35)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Accounting for Material and Labour 2
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Chapter 7 - Overhead costs
10 Lessons
- 1. What are Overheads (18:37)
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- 2. What is Absorption Costing (15:35)
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- 3. Re Apportionment (22:10)
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- 4. Overhead Absorption Rate (OAR) (26:20)
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- 5. Under or Over Absorption (18:38)
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- 6. BPP Kit 7.1 to 7.9 with detailed explanation (78:00)
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- 7. BPP KIT 7.9 to 7.16 (20:14)
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- 8. BPP Kit Question Query 7.1 And 7.2 (24:25)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Overheads
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Chapter 8 - Job, batch and process costing
13 Lessons
- 1. Job Costing (8:18)
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- 2. Batch Costing (6:07)
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- 3. Introduction to Process Costing (15:11)
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- 4. Cost Per Unit Without Loss (12:46)
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- 5. Normal Loss and Cost Per Unit (21:01)
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- 6. Abnormal Loss, Abnormal Gain and Cost Per Unit (24:40)
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- 7. Question Videos Job and Batch Costing (47:48)
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- 8. BPP Kit Practice Questions 8.1 - 8.7 (24:59)
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- 9. BPP Kit Practice Questions 8.7 - 8.10 (18:02)
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- 10. BPP Remaining Kit Questions - Revision (79:00)
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- 11. Process Costing Kaplan Question Part 1 (15:19)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Job, batch and process costing
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Chapter 9 - The basics of using spreadsheets
4 Lessons
- 1. Introduction to Spreadsheets (17:40)
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- 2. Spreadsheet Questions (17:59)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - The basics of using spreadsheets
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Chapter 10 - Using spreadsheets to present information
4 Lessons
- 1. Quick Recap (16:49)
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- 2. Spreadsheet Questions (27:44)
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- Complete Study Notes
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- Quiz - Using spreadsheets to present information
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Progress Test
4 Lessons
- MA1 Progress Test 1
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- MA1 Progress Test 2
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- MA1 Progress Test 3
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- MA1 Progress Test 4
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MA1 Mock
2 Lessons
- MA1 Mock 1
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- MA1 Mock 2
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Live Session Recordings
2 Lessons
- 1. Chapter 2 - BPP Kit Practice Questions (16:13)
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- 2. Chapter 2 - BPP Kit Practice Questions Part 2 (21:25)
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