Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Accountancy
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Dr The Legal Reps of the Late Christoph Drechsler
ACC40350 Management Accounting
Academic Year 2021/2022
Management Accounting is important for implementing and controlling an organization's strategy. This course focuses in particular on the technical and behavioural attributes of management accounting systems to allow the participants to develop their understanding of, and their ability to act upon the use and design of management accounting systems for decision-making and planning and controlling operations within an organization's strategy.Show/hide contentOpenClose All
Curricular information is subject to change
Learning Outcomes:
On completing this module participants should be able to:- know and master some key instruments and tools such as, for example, cost behaviour and causal analysis, critical success factor identification, anticipatory management, ex-post analysis and evaluation;- evaluate the relevance of the key instruments and tools so as to know when to use them appropriately for decision-making;- explain how the cost and managerial information system that supports decision tools operates;- understand how information, including accounting data, affects behaviour and decision-making;- modify or request modifications in the managerial information system to meet the specific decision-making needs of any organizational unit.
Indicative Module Content:Management Accounting is important for implementing and controlling an organization's strategy. This course focuses in particular on the technical and behavioural attributes of management accounting systems to allow the participants to develop their understanding of, and their ability to act upon the use and design of management accounting systems for decision-making and planning and controlling operations within an organization's strategy.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Specified Learning Activities | 16 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 85 |
| Total | 125 |
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Not applicable to this module.
Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
Assessment Strategy
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous Assessment: Group case assignment | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
| Continuous Assessment: Individual written assignment | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 55 |
| Continuous Assessment: Individual class participation and interaction | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 15 |
Carry forward of passed components
No
No
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
Feedback Strategy/Strategies
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
How will my Feedback be Delivered?
Not yet recorded.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Jack Massey | Tutor |
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