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Module Title
LI Accounting, Management and Accountability
School
Birmingham Business School
Department
Accounting
Module Code
07 31731
Module Lead
Lohrasp Sadri
Level
Intermediate Level
Credits
20
Semester
Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
None
Exclusions
Description
This module is designed to build on the 1st Year module ‘Managing financial Resources’.
It will further develop and apply both technical and analytical skills used by managers of modern organisations when making financial decisions. As well as covering the key techniques of management accounting and their limitations, it also explores the behavioural and organisational issues which have to be considered by management accountants in order to develop tailored and organisation-specific recommendations.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
Apply a range of both established and emerging Management Accounting techniques;
Discuss how management accounting and the role of management accountants is changing;
Analyse the nature and role of management accounting in different organisational contexts;
Assess the behavioural issues which have to be considered by management accountants;
Evaluate the usefulness of management accounting techniques and reports in specific contemporary situations.
Assessment
31731-01 : Individual Essay : Coursework (25%)
31731-02 : Group Work : Coursework (25%)
31731-03 : Final Exam : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions
Assessment: 1000 word individual essay (25%) Group Poster (25%) 2 Hour Exam (50%)
Reassessment: Students given the opportunity to re-sit the failed element