| Unit name | Management Accounting |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ACCG20011 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Bottausci |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Introduction to Accounting (ACCG10052) or Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 1 (EFIM10005) or Accounting and Finance for Managers (EFIM10030) plus Mathematical and Statistical Methods (EFIM10008) or Quantitative Analysis in Management (EFIM10014) or Mathematic for Economics (EFIM10023) |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Accounting and Finance - Business School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit covers a number of accounting control and decision-making techniques relevant to managing an enterprise efficiently and effectively. These include budgeting and standard costing to control operations; divisional performance measures and transfer pricing to control divisions and techniques for pricing and resource allocation. The unit also includes the techniques of absorption costing, marginal costing and process costing. In general the emphasis is on concepts that underpin techniques, use of the information generated and the implications of using the techniques.
To develop a coherent understanding of the management accounting techniques which are used within organisations to evaluate and develop strategy. In particular students will be encouraged to critically evaluate the appropriateness of different techniques in a changing commercial environment and their benefit and behavioural effects in both short and long term decision making.
Students will develop an understanding of the following:
Specific costing techniques such as standard costing and process costing
Forecasting techniques such as learning curves
Theoretical and practical pricing policies
The concept of divisionalisation including transfer pricing.
Product mix decisions using linear programming
The effect on employees of adopting different management accounting styles and techniques.
Students will be actively encouraged to discuss management accounting techniques in practical business situations.
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions including lectures, tutorials, drop-in sessions, discussion boards and other online learning opportunities
This unit will be assessed by 100% exam
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
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Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
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