Course Outline

RSM 222 H1 F
Management Accounting
Fall 2020

Course Delivery: This course will be offered online synchronously and asynchronously. The
synchronous online meetings will be held on a weekly basis according to the times outlined in
the course table below.

Course Table:
SECTION TIME & DAY PROFESSOR
L0101 M: 11-1 Hai Lu
L0201 M: 1-3 Daehyun Kim
L0301 M: 1-3 Hai Lu
L0401 M: 4-6 Hai Lu
L0501 T: 9-11 Daehyun Kim
L0601 T: 1-3 Daehyun Kim
L0701 W: 9-11 Catherine Barrette
L0801 W: 11-1 Catherine Barrette
L0901 W: 2-4 Catherine Barrette
L1001 R: 4-6 Scott Douglas
L5101 R: 6-8 Scott Douglas

Tutorial Table:
SECTION TIME & DAY TA
T0101 R: 1-2 Katherine
T0201 R: 2-3 Vincent
T0301 R: 3-4 Vincent
T0401 R: 4-5 Anne-Marie
T0501 F: 10-11 Urvi
T0601 F: 11-12 Urvi
T0701 F: 12-1 Bronwyn
T0801 F: 1-2 Bronwyn
T0901 F: 2-3 Max
T1001 F: 3-4 Max
T5101 R: 5-6 Anne-Marie
Contact Information:
Instructor Email* Office Hours
Catherine Barrette [email protected]
Course Coordinator
Instructor Each professor will
Contact [email protected] communicate their office
Scott Douglas
Info hours policy through an
[email protected] announcement on
Daehyun Kim Quercus.
[email protected]
Hai Lu

Head TA
Max Ji ([email protected])
Contact
Info please remember to include “RSM222” at the beginning of the email subject line

Course Website:
Course Site http://q.utoronto.ca

Connect Site https://connect.mheducation.com/class/r-rsm222-fall-2020

Course Scope and Mission

Management accounting focuses on the use of accounting information to facilitate the success
of manufacturing, service, governmental, and not-for-profit organizations. Business processes
and organizations have been changing in response to increased global and domestic
competition. These changes include aggressive cost reduction, outsourcing, rightsizing and
reengineering, total quality management, advanced manufacturing technologies, and increased
use of information technologies. As a result, management accountants play a strategic role in
developing and presenting both financial and non-financial information that is critical for the
organization’s success.
The primary objective of this course is to enable you to make effective use of management
accounting data. A secondary objective is to develop the analytical skills necessary to diagnose
complex business problems in accounting context. You will study how accounting information
can be used intelligently to make business decisions in a global business environment. The
world of management accounting is dynamic, and you will combine the study of traditional
concepts and techniques with that of the most recent advances in management accounting.
The course is designed to help you understand the concepts and applications of cost
management principles, and to provide an opportunity for you to develop skills in applying these
principles through exercises and cases.
The course also incorporates the development of professional skills with some basic data
analytics in Excel and analysis of business news. Students will be asked to sort through a
large data set in order to provide meaningful management reports on internal accounting
information.

Course Prerequisites
RSM219H1 : Introduction to Financial Accounting
Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The University of Toronto is committed to equity, human rights and respect for diversity. All
members of the learning environment in this course should strive to create an atmosphere of
mutual respect where all members of our community can express themselves, engage
with each other, and respect one another’s differences. U of T does not condone discrimination
or harassment against any persons or communities.

Required Technology
For Fall-Winter 2020-21, this course will be conducted entirely online. To participate fully and to
complete the course successfully, you must ensure you have a computer with a working
webcam, microphone and reliable access to an internet connection. For further details, please
visit this link: Recommended Technology Requirements for Remote/Online Learning

Required Readings
Textbook: Garrison, Libby, Webb, Managerial Accounting, Eleventh Canadian Edition with
Connect, McGraw Hill Ryerson, 2018.

On-Line Connect Registration – purchase a code from the UofT Bookstore and go
to: https://connect.mheducation.com/class/r-rsm222-fall-2020 (Link to an external site)
See information posted on the course website for purchasing options.

Evaluation and Grades

Grades are a measure of the performance of a student in individual courses. Each student shall
be judged on the basis of how well they have command of the course materials.

Description Due Date % of final grade

Weekly Connect Homework Ongoing 12%
Group Project – Data Analytics & Due November 16th @6pm. 13%
Board Report Submit in Dropbox on Quercus.

Current Events Journal December 4th @1pm 10%

Submit in Dropbox on Quercus.
Mid-Term Assessment October 26th 30%
(see section below for details)
Final Assessment TBD – during Final Assessment 35%
period as determined by Faculty
of Arts & Science.

Description of Deliverables:

Weekly Connect Homework

You are required to complete homework for the chapter(s) covered following the lecture. The
homework must be completed individually. Homework will be accessed through the Connect
website. The due dates for the quizzes will vary so ensure that you look at the Course
Schedule or the Connect website to keep track of the upcoming due dates.
There will be 9 homework chapters in total between Chapters 2-13 to complete, as well as one
optional practice chapter (Chapter 1). Your lowest score of the 9 will be dropped. Late
submissions will not be accepted and failure to successfully complete and submit your
homework before the deadline will result in a mark of zero.
Given that students have multiple days to complete and submit their homework, missed
submissions will be considered only in extreme situations (and mark will be allocated to other
homework submissions). Details on how to register for Connect are provided on Quercus.
For any issues with the connect platform, you should contact the head TA Max Ji (contact info
above).

Mid-term Assessment
The mid-term assessment will be held on Monday October 26th, and will consist of multiple
choice questions, short answer questions and problems. The mid-term assessment will cover
material from Class 1 to 5. The midterm test will be administered online via the Quizz function
of the Quercus Submission Portal. It is therefore critical that students have access to a
computer and a stable internet connection for the duration of the mid-term test.
To accommodate students in different time zones, there will be two different versions of the test
administered on October 26th.

• Version 1: 7am to 8:30am

• Version 2: 1pm to 2:30pm

During the second week of class, students will be asked to complete a survey to register for one
of the two timeslots. Students will only have access to one version of the test. Students
MUST attend the test at the time they have selected. Requests to change times will not be
awarded after the survey is completed.

If you have a conflict with the above times, please email the Head TA
([email protected]) a copy of your ACORN timetable by the 3rd class so we can
make alternative arrangements.

Make-up Mid-term Assessment

A make-up mid-term assessment will be held on Friday October 30th at 8am for students with a
valid reason for missing the mid-term test or for students with a proven conflict for both versions
of the midterm test.
For the procedures to follow in case of a missed midterm, please refer to the policies and
procedures section of this course outline.
Group Project – Data Analytics

The project is to be completed in a team of 5 students. The B.Com office will be selecting the
groups. In order to accommodate students in different time zones, students will be asked to
complete a short survey about their location so that we can consider working schedules when
setting up the teams.

Additional instructions for the assignment will be communicated via Quercus. It is important for
students to attend the week 7 lecture on Excel Introduction as this will cover many of the
technical aspects needed to complete the assignment.

Note that the assignments submitted will be processed through Turnitin. Refer to the course
expectation section for more information on this process.

The assignments are due on November 16th by 6pm via the dropbox on the Submission Portal
page on Quercus.

Current Events Journal:

Starting this year, B.Com students receive a complimentary subscription to the Globe and Mail
Newspaper. In an effort to encourage students to keep up with current events and read
business news from a credible source, you will be asked to write a short analysis on relevant
news stories shared by your instructor on a weekly basis. This assignment will be completed in
a group (same group as the data analytics project).
You will be asked to submit a journal with all the articles analyzed over the course of the term.
The journal is due on December 4th at 1pm. Refer to the Current Events Journal Guidelines
document on Quercus for additional information on this assignment.

Final Assessment
The final assessment will be held during the formal assessment period. The date and time of the
final assessment will be announced by the Faculty of Arts and Science. It will be two hours in
duration and may consist of multiple choice questions, short answer questions, problems,
and/or a case. It will cover all materials from the entire course.
As the assessment will be online, you may consult your notes and textbooks. You are not
however, allowed to contact classmates or any other individual while taking the exam.

Course Format and Expectations

Turnitin.com:
Normally students will be required to submit their course essays to Turnitin.com for a review of
textual similarity and detection of possible plagiarism. In doing so, students will allow their
essays to be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database, where they
will be used solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism. The terms that apply to the
University’s use of the Turnitin.com service are described on the Turnitin.com website.
Written Assignments:
Please note that clear, concise and correct writing will be considered in the evaluation of the
Data Analytics Group Assignment. You may lose points for writing that impedes
communication: poor organization, weak paragraph development, excessive wordiness, hard-to-
follow sentence structure, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. Students who require
additional support and/or tutoring with respect to their writing skills are encouraged to visit the
Academic Success Centre (http://www.studentlife.utoronto.ca/asc) or one of the College Writing
Centres (writing.utoronto.ca/writing-centres). These Centres are teaching facilities – not editing
services – where trained staff can assist students in developing their academic writing skills.
There is no charge for the instruction and support.

Rotman Commerce Centre for Professional Skills Teamwork Support:

The Data Analytics Assignment requires students to work in teams of 5. Working as a team is
challenging; this is true both in the real world and in your academic classes. However, learning
to work together in teams is an important aspect of your education and preparation for your
future careers. You are encouraged to review the teamwork resources available to all Rotman
Commerce students at https://rotmancommerce.utoronto.ca/teamwork-resources while
navigating these challenges, but keep in mind that supports are also available for when you
think you may need extra help.

New in the 2020-2021 academic year, the Rotman Commerce Centre for Professional Skills
(RC-CPS) will offer appointments with Teamwork Mentors for any teams encountering
challenges in their teamwork. Some possible reasons you might book an appointment with a
Teamwork Mentor include:
- Team members have identified constraints on their time, work or accommodations they
require that conflict with necessary timelines for the team.
- Teams are unsure how to divide their workload for a team project.
- Teams are concerned about how to integrate the individual contributions of each
member and how to ensure team members are contributing equally.
- Teams are concerned about how to ensure all group members are aware of academic
integrity guidelines (e.g. properly attributing sources) and follow them.
- Teams would like to be able to communicate more effectively with each other,
particularly when navigating a remote work academic environment.

To book a meeting with a Teamwork Mentor, send an email to

[email protected] with the course code (e.g. RSM222) and team
number (if available) in the subject line of the email. Any member of the team may reach out
individually to book an appointment, but we also encourage teams to book their appointments
as a team. You will normally receive a response within 24-36 hours, but note that during busy
times of the semester the waiting period may be longer. Be proactive in booking your meeting,
and do so as soon as challenges arise!

If you are a student registered with Accessibility Services, and extensions are one of your
academic accommodations, you should consult with your Accessibility Advisor about this
course. For considerations pertaining to teamwork and accessibility, please see information in
the section on Accessibility Needs below under the Policies and Procedures heading.

Electronic Course Materials

This course will be using the following electronic course materials:
 - McGrawHill Connect

These materials will cost a total of $60.00. The use of these materials complies with all
University of Toronto policies which govern fees for course materials.

Weekly Schedule
Connect
Date Topic Readings
Homework
Practice HW: Ch.1
Course overview and
Due Sept 23rd
Week of Sept 14 Introduction to
1 Chapter 1 & 2
(R: Sept 10) Management Accounting Required HW: Ch 2
and Cost Concepts.
Due Sept 25th
Connect HW: Ch 3 &
Week of Sept 21 Cost Behaviors, Cost Flows
2 Chapter 3 & 4 4
(R: Sept 17) and CVP Analysis. Due Oct 2nd
Costing System Part I: Job- Required HW: Ch 5
Week of Sept 28
3 Order Costing & Process Chapter 5 & 6 &6
(R: Sept 24) Costing Due Oct 9th.
Required HW: Ch 7
Week of Oct 5 Costing Systems Part II:
Due Oct 16th.
4 ABC Costing
Chapter 7
(R: Oct 1)
Costing Systems Part III: Required HW: Ch 8
**Week of Oct 12
Variable Costing and Cost Due Oct 25th
5 (R: Oct 8 & Systems – Case
Chapter 8
M: Oct 19) Application
**Note that there is no class on Monday October 12th due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. A Make-
up class will be held on Monday October 19th.
Section 101 to 401: Class will be held on Monday Oct 19th during
regular time (see week 5 for reference to content).
Week of Oct 19
All other sections: No class. Use this time to prepare for midterm
test of Monday October 26th.

Mid-Term Test – Monday October 26th

Version 1: 7am to 8:30am
6 Version 2: 1pm to 2:30pm

Section 101 to 401: Monday class cancelled due to mid-term test.

R: Oct 15
Excel Introduction &
T: Oct 27 No readings, refer to
7 Effective communication of
class notes
W: Oct 28 financial data.
M: Nov 2
R: Oct 29 Required HW: Ch 9
T: Nov 3 Planning and Control : Due Nov 22th
8 Budgeting
Chapter 9
W: Nov 4
M: Nov 16
 No Classes week of November 9th – Fall Break

MONDAY NOVEMBER 16th by 6pm – ALL STUDENTS & ALL SECTIONS – REMINDER TO
SUBMIT GROUP ASSIGNMENT ON DATA ANALYTICS VIA DROPBOX ON QUERCUS

R: Nov 5 Required HW: Ch 10

Planning and Control: Due Nov 29th
T: Nov 17
9 Standard Cost & Variance Chapter 10
W: Nov 18 Analysis
M: Nov 23
R: Nov 19 Required HW: Ch 12
T: Nov 24 Relevant Cost for Decision Due Dec 6th
10 W: Nov 25 Making
Chapter 12
M: Nov 30
R: Nov 26 Required HW: Ch 12
T: Dec 1 Capital Budgeting Due Dec 10th
11 Decisions
Chapter 13
T: Dec 2
M: Dec 7
R: Dec 3 No homework
T: Dec 8 Reporting for Control – The submission.
12 balanced scorecard
Chapter 11 Prepare for the final.
T: Dec 9
M: Dec 10
Section 101 to 401: Note that you will have class twice during the week of December 7 th as
Thursday December 10th is the make-up class for Thanksgiving Monday.

TBA by FAS Final Assessment

Please note that the last day you can drop this course without academic penalty is
November 9, 2020.

Policies and Procedures

Missed Assessments and Assignments (including mid-term and final-term
assessments)
Students who miss a test or assignment for reasons entirely beyond their control (e.g. illness)
may request special consideration.

 In such cases, students must:

1. Notify the instructor AND the Rotman Commerce Program Office on the date of the
missed course deliverable, e.g. missed test, final assessments, assignment or class (in
the case of participation marks).
2. Complete a Request for Special Consideration Form and submit it along with supporting
documentation this may include either your Self-Declaration of Absence on ACORN,
or Verification of Student Illness or Injury form to the Rotman Commerce Office within 2
business days of the originally scheduled course deliverable.

Students who do not provide appropriate or sufficient supporting documentation will be given a
grade of 0 (zero) for the missed course deliverable.
Note that documentation must clearly establish that you were ill or had other
circumstances that prevented you from attending on the date in question. After-the-fact
reports are not sufficient.

Students who miss the mid-term test will be scheduled to write the make-up mid-term test on
Friday October 30th at 8am.

Late Assignments
All assignments are due on the date and at the time specified in Quercus. Late submissions will
normally be penalized by 10% if the assignment is not received on the specified date, at the
specified time. A further penalty of 10% will be applied to each subsequent day.

Students who, for reasons beyond their control, are unable to submit an assignment by its
deadline must obtain approval from the instructor for an extension before the deadline passes.
Supporting documentation will be required as per the policy on missed tests and assignments.

Accessibility Needs
The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations for a
temporary or ongoing disability or health concern, or have any accessibility concerns about the
course, the classroom or course materials, please contact Accessibility Services as soon as
possible at [email protected] or studentlife.utoronto.ca/as.

For courses with deliverables that require you to work in teams, please note the following. If you
are a student registered with Accessibility Services, and extensions are one of your academic
accommodations, requests for extensions impact everyone in the group. As a result, requests
for late submissions of any component of teamwork will require compelling reasons, advance
notice, and must work for everyone in the team. You are encouraged to discuss with your
course instructor, Accessibility Advisor, and other team members what you need in order to
successfully complete your coursework. Additionally, the Rotman Commerce Centre for
Professional Skills offers Teamwork Mentors (see section above) who can help you and your
team discuss how to support you effectively and how to develop a work plan that meets the
needs and constraints of all team members.

Volunteer Notetaking
If you’re interested in helping to make our classroom more accessible, volunteer to be a
notetaker!

Accessibility Services needs dependable volunteer notetakers to assist students living with a
disability to achieve academic success. All you have to do is attend classes regularly and
submit your notes consistently.
1. Register online as a Volunteer Note-Taker at:
ttps://clockwork.studentlife.utoronto.ca/custom/misc/home.aspx
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2. Follow the link that says “Volunteer Notetakers”
3. Select your course and upload a sample of your notes
4. Once you have been selected as a notetaker, you’ll get an email notifying you to upload yo
ur Notes.

If you have any questions or require assistance, please email [email protected] or

call 416-978-6186.

Volunteers may receive co-curricular credit or a certificate of appreciation.

Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity is a fundamental value essential to the pursuit of learning and scholarship at
the University of Toronto. Participating honestly, respectively, responsibly and fairly in this
academic community ensures that the U of T degree that you earn will continue to be valued
and respected as a true signifier of a student's individual work and academic achievement. As a
result, the University treats cases of academic misconduct very seriously.

The University of Toronto’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters outlines the behaviours
that constitute academic misconduct, the process for addressing academic offences and the
penalties that may be imposed. You are expected to be familiar with the contents of this
document. Potential offences include, but are not limited to:

In papers and assignments:

• Using someone else's ideas or words without appropriate acknowledgement.
• Submitting your own work in more than one course without the permission of the
instructor.
• Making up sources or facts.
• Obtaining or providing unauthorized assistance on any assignment (this includes
collaborating with others on assignments that are supposed to be completed
individually).

On test and exams:

• Using or possessing any unauthorized aid, including a cell phone.
• Looking at someone else's answers
• Misrepresenting your identity.
• Submitting an altered test for re-grading.

Misrepresentation:
• Falsifying institutional documents or grades.
• Falsifying or altering any documentation required by the University, including (but not
limited to) medical notes.

All suspected cases of academic dishonesty will be investigated by the following procedures
outlined in the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters. If you have any question about what is
or is not permitted in the course, please do not hesitate to contact the course instructor. If you
have any questions about appropriate research and citation methods, you are expected to seek
out additional information from the instructor or other U of T resources such as College Writing
Centres or the Academic Success Centre.

Email
At times, the course instructor may decide to communicate important course information by
email. As such, all U of T students are required to have a valid UTmail+ email address. You are
responsible for ensuring that your UTmail+ email address is set up and properly entered on
ACORN. For more information visit help.ic.utoronto.ca/category/3/utmail.html.

Forwarding your utoronto.ca email to a Gmail or other type of email account is not advisable. In
some cases, messages from utoronto.ca addresses sent to Gmail accounts are filtered as junk
mail, which means that important messages from your course instructor may end up in your
spam or junk mail folder.
Quercus and the Course Page
The online course page for this course is accessed through Quercus. To access the course
page, go to q.utoronto.ca and log in using your UTORid and password. Once you have logged
in, you will be at the Quercus Dashboard. On this page you will see all of the courses you are
presently enrolled in. If you don’t see the course listed here but you are properly registered for
the course in ACORN, wait 48 hours.

Recording Lectures
Lectures and course materials prepared by the instructor are considered by the University to be
an instructor’s intellectual property covered by the Canadian Copyright Act. Students wishing to
record a lecture or other course material in any way are required to ask the instructor’s explicit
permission, and may not do so unless permission is granted. Students who have been
previously granted permission to record lectures as an accommodation for a disability are
excepted. This includes tape recording, filming, photographing PowerPoint slides, Quercus
materials, etc.

If permission for recording is granted by the instructor (or via Accessibility Services), it is
intended for the individual student’s own study purposes and does not include permission to
“publish” them in any way. It is forbidden for a student to publish an instructor’s notes to a
website or sell them in any other form without formal permission.

FIPPA Language
Notice of video recording and sharing (Download permissible; re-use prohibited)
This course, including your participation, will be recorded on video and will be available to
students in the course for viewing remotely and after each session.

Course videos and materials belong to your instructor, the University, and/or other source
depending on the specific facts of each situation, and are protected by copyright. In this course,
you are permitted to download session videos and materials for your own academic use, but
you should not copy, share, or use them for any other purpose without the explicit permission of
the instructor.

For questions about recording and use of videos in which you appear please contact your
instructor.