Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- describe, critically evaluate and apply a range of management accounting practices;
- apply accounting principles and theories to current issues in management accounting.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Contemporary techniques to business problems;
- contemporary developments in management accounting;
- Management accounting research and practice.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Communicate complex ideas and arguments fluently and effectively in a range of different formats to a variety of different audiences;
- Critically evaluate qualitative and quantitative information.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 126 |
Teaching | 32 |
Total study time | 158 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Mowen, M.M., Hansen, D.R., Heitger, D.L. (2016). Cornerstones of Cost Management.
Atrill, P., McLaney, E (2018). Management Accounting for Decision Makers.
Collier. Paul, M. (2015). Accounting for Managers: Interpreting accounting information for decision making.
Burns et al (2013). Management Accounting.
Drury, C. (2018). Management and Cost Accounting.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Problem solving
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Formative feedback will be provided during the lectures and classes on the students’ performance in problem solving exercises and multiple choice questions.
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 80% |
Group Coursework | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External