School of Management, Unit Catalogue 2010/11 |
MN30469: Advanced management accounting |
 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 25%, EX 75% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take MN20019 |
| Description:
| Aims: The aim of this unit is to develop students understanding of management accounting in terms of: 1. its role and limitations in decision making, strategic development and managerial control. 2. its relevance in the context of globalisation, international competition, technological and organisational change, and emerging issues such as the sustainability agenda. 3. theoretical frameworks which have been used to advance our understanding of management accounting techniques. Learning Outcomes: On completion of this unit students should be able to: 1. Prepare costing information using a variety of costing techniques for a range of purposes in a range of modern business environments. 2. Use appropriate management accounting information and techniques in a range of decision making scenarios and to interpret the results. 3. Evaluate a number of budgetary control techniques and to compute budget information using them. 4. Critically appraise methods and techniques of costing etc, assess the implications of their use and the circumstances in which each technique is most appropriately use. Skills: Intellectual skills * Use appropriate financial analysis and computational techniques to compute financial information which is useful in a management accounting context (TFA) * Evaluate and assess the relative merits of quantitative techniques used (TFA) * Identifying financial information and analytical techniques relevant to a particular purpose (T/A) * Interpreting the results of analysis in a manner pertinent to a specified problem/objective (T/A). Professional/Practical Skills * Recommend courses of management action based on an assessment of financial implications (T/A); * Construction of relevant costing, financial analysis and budget statements in a format suitable for general readership (T/F/A); Transferable/Key Skills * Applying a range of quantitative analysis techniques in a variety of business environments(F) * Critical skills in the application of techniques and the interpretation of results (FA). Content: 1. The role of management accounting in pricing decisions (including transfer pricing). 2. Responsibility accounting and divisional performance measurement (behavioural consequences integrated). 3. Strategic management accounting including multi dimensional performance measurement systems. 4. Globalisation, technological and organisational change and strategic perspectives on cost management. 5. Performance measurement and management. 6. Theoretical perspectives on management accounting. |