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On completion of this module students should be able to: Explain how management accounting differs from financial accounting; outline and explain bases for classifying costs and revenues and systems of accounting for materials, labour and overheads; explain the principles and use the methods of cost-volume-profit analysis and of investment analysis; describe budgetary control systems and construct simple departmental and functional budgets; discuss the strengths and limitations of traditional and more modern costing and managerial accounting methods; outline the information needs of business managers and discuss behavioural and other issues in designing and specifying management information systems.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 30 |
Specified Learning Activities | 15 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
Total | 105 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Exam (In-person): End of trimester exam | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 75 |
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Quizzes/Short Exercises: Mid trimester continuous assessment. Timing of assessments is indicative and may be subject to change. |
n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 25 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Continuous Assessment: Detailed class feedback available post assessment with individual feedback provided by request only and by appointment with the lecturer. Final Examination: Individual feedback provided by request only