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Cost Accounting and Effective Cost Management

This course covers the principles of cost accounting and how to use cost information to manage and reduce spending. Participants learn costing methods and how to turn cost data into better decisions.

What you will be able to do

  • Classify costs by behaviour, function and traceability
  • Apply job, process and activity based costing
  • Absorb overheads into products and services
  • Use cost information to set prices and margins
  • Identify opportunities to reduce and control costs
  • Support decisions with relevant cost analysis

Course outline

  1. 01Fundamentals of cost accounting
  2. 02Cost classification and behaviour
  3. 03Job and process costing methods
  4. 04Overhead absorption approaches
  5. 05Activity based costing in practice
  6. 06Marginal and absorption costing compared
  7. 07Relevant costs for decision making
  8. 08Cost reduction and value analysis
  9. 09Using cost data for pricing
  10. 10Reporting cost performance

Who should attend

Cost accountants, management accountants, finance officers and operational managers who work with cost information.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 21 Aug 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800
24 to 28 Aug 2026Pretoria5R18,000
31 Aug to 4 Sep 2026Cape Town5R18,000
14 to 18 Sep 2026Online5US$900
21 to 25 Sep 2026Mozambique5US$1,800
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Cairo5US$1,800
5 to 9 Oct 2026Accra5US$1,800
12 to 16 Oct 2026Lusaka5US$1,800
19 to 23 Oct 2026Kigali5US$1,800
26 to 30 Oct 2026Nairobi5US$1,800
2 to 6 Nov 2026Durban5R18,000
9 to 13 Nov 2026Johannesburg5R18,000
23 to 27 Nov 2026Mauritius5US$1,800
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026Dubai5US$1,800
7 to 11 Dec 2026Lagos5US$1,800
14 to 18 Dec 2026Harare5US$1,800
21 to 25 Dec 2026Kampala5US$1,800

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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