Module overview
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: MANG1045
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- specific aspects of management accounting, and the ancillary skills to support those features within organisations.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically discuss some technological developments that have impacted management accounting.
- critically discuss the significance of non-financial management accounting information;
- critically evaluate the usefulness of specific management accounting techniques in organisations;
- analyse and conduct a detailed examination of specific aspects of management accounting;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse and synthesise short case studies in management accounting.
- apply management accounting techniques in decision making;
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lecture | 22 |
Follow-up work | 22 |
Revision | 16 |
Completion of assessment task | 26 |
Seminar | 12 |
Wider reading or practice | 30 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 22 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
W. Seal, R. Garrison and E. Noreen (2012). Management Accounting. McGraw-Hill.
Drury. C., and Tayles. M. (2021). Management and Cost Accounting. Cengage Learning EMEA.
Bhimani. A., Horngren. C.T., Datar. S., and Foster. G. (2011). Management and Cost Accounting. Financial Times/Prentice Hall.
Merchant K. A. and Van der Stede W. A. (2012). Management Control System – Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives. Prentice Hall.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
In-class activities
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: The following (activities) will provide the opportunity for students to get meaningful formative feedback: - In-lecture illustrative/review questions/problems/case studies. - Weekly in-class (workshop style) solving or discussion of exercises and review questions/problems and case studies. - At the end of each week, suggested solutions of weekly in-class exercises and review questions/problems will be uploaded to the module’s Blackboard website. - Tutor (students’) responses to students’ questions during lectures, classes or through other means (e.g. email and Blackboard-Discussion Board).
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Multiple choice Test | 30% |
Examination | 70% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
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