ACC40660 Enterprise based research SMA

Academic Year 2019/2020

Students must submit an enterprise research project report in part fulfillment of the requirements for the MSc in Strategic Management Accounting degree. An enterprise research project report is a comprehensive, well structured, critical and reasoned exposition of SMA programme knowledge for an approved organisational issue, usually with regard to an organisation’s management control system or part of it. It should provide evidence of the student's knowledge of the relevant literature and concepts and her/his ability to integrate and to apply it to a well defined organisational situation

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Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of this module participants should be able to
• To engage in a sustained piece of individual, empirical research on a chosen topic and organisation within the field of strategic managerial accounting and control studies
• To read widely and critically reflect on extant research in the chosen area in an appropriate and thorough manner
• To adopt the necessary approaches suitable to the area being researched
• To produce an enterprise research report that evaluates and synthesises written materials, and displays evidence of independent learning and research skills, transferable to a variety of empirical organisational situations, enhancing the student’s ability for lifelong learning.

Indicative Module Content:

Students must submit an enterprise research project report in part fulfillment of the requirements for the MSc in Strategic Management Accounting degree. An enterprise research project report is a comprehensive, well structured, critical and reasoned exposition of SMA programme knowledge for an approved organisational issue, usually with regard to an organisation’s management control system or part of it. It should provide evidence of the student's knowledge of the relevant literature and concepts and her/his ability to integrate and to apply it to a well defined organisational situation

Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

300

Total

300

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Project Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

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