MN30469: Advanced management accounting
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 25%, EX 75% |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take MN20019 OR take MN20485 OR take MN20690 |
| 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. Critically appraise methods and techniques of costing etc, assess the implications of their use and the circumstances in which each technique is most appropriate. 4. Critically appraise the historical and cultural context of contemporary management accounting techniques; 5. Harness an appreciation of the current management accounting research agendas, their limitations and their relevance to modern business environments. |
| 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. |
| Skills: | Intellectual skills
* Synthesise, compare, contrast and contextualise key features of management accounting techniques. * 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. Modern costing techniques: Activity based costing
2. Strategic management accounting including multi dimensional performance measurement systems such as the Balanced Scorecard 3. The role of management accounting in pricing decisions (including transfer pricing) 4. Responsibility accounting and divisional performance measurement (behavioural consequences integrated) 5. Globalisation, technological and organisational change and strategic perspectives on cost management. 6. Current issues in Management Accounting 7. Theoretical perspectives on management accounting will be integrated into each topic where appropriate. |
| Course availability: |
MN30469 is Optional on the following courses:School of Management
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