Programme

Strategic Cost Management

The importance of managing costs and aligning them with the business strategy of an entity is critical especially in the midst of challenging economic times faced by businesses today. Recognising that different costing systems and strategies need to be used for different managerial decisions, this programme aims to:

  • Develop understanding of costing terminology, costing systems and break-even analysis
  • Provide frameworks for evaluation of different types of alternative choice decisions like: make versus outsource, accept or not a customer order, continue a product line or drop, etc.
  • Provide a comprehensive view on management control covering control structure issues like profit centres/SBUs and control process issues like budgeting, variance analysis, and performance evaluation.
  • Provide tools for tracking organisational performance.

 

For more information or any questions, contact Ms. Gloria Rose Raibin: gloria-exed@iima.ac.in | +91 63579 94542

  • Relevant  costs for different decision-making situations.

  • Activity-based costing and management and customer profitability analysis.

  • Profit centres / SBUs and issues related to transfer pricing and profitability.

  • Budgeting.

  • Performance evaluation using strategic variance analysis.

  • Role of costing in managing organisational performance.

Functional/departmental heads involved in strategy formulation and implementation in various functional areas of operations, production, quality control, marketing, HR, accounting, costing, corporate finance, etc.

Faculty Chair(s)
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Prof. Sobhesh Agarwalla

Introduction

The importance of managing costs and aligning them with the business strategy of an entity is critical especially in the midst of challenging economic times faced by businesses today. Recognising that different costing systems and strategies need to be used for different managerial decisions, this programme aims to:

  • Develop understanding of costing terminology, costing systems and break-even analysis
  • Provide frameworks for evaluation of different types of alternative choice decisions like: make versus outsource, accept or not a customer order, continue a product line or drop, etc.
  • Provide a comprehensive view on management control covering control structure issues like profit centres/SBUs and control process issues like budgeting, variance analysis, and performance evaluation.
  • Provide tools for tracking organisational performance.

 

For more information or any questions, contact Ms. Gloria Rose Raibin: gloria-exed@iima.ac.in | +91 63579 94542

Programme Highlights
  • Relevant  costs for different decision-making situations.

  • Activity-based costing and management and customer profitability analysis.

  • Profit centres / SBUs and issues related to transfer pricing and profitability.

  • Budgeting.

  • Performance evaluation using strategic variance analysis.

  • Role of costing in managing organisational performance.

For Whom

Functional/departmental heads involved in strategy formulation and implementation in various functional areas of operations, production, quality control, marketing, HR, accounting, costing, corporate finance, etc.

Faculty Chair
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Prof. Sobhesh Agarwalla

Dates

06 Oct 2025

to

10 Oct 2025

Duration

5 Days

Programme
Fees

INR 1,70,000

Plus 18% GST

Application Deadline

23 Sep 2025

Early Bird
Fees

INR 1,58,100

Plus 18% GST

Early Bird Deadline

19 Sep 2025

Registration closed

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