ACC40670 Management Control Systems

Academic Year 2023/2024

Management Control Systems builds on the Performance Measurement and Management course offered in the first trimester. MCS aims to develop each student's appreciation of the importance of control in organisations and ensure that each student understands the implications of strategy for the design of management control systems. The course aims to allow students to develop an in-depth understanding of performance, control and compensation system design, and to ensure that each student has a high-level of expertise in preparing and analysing accounting information for control purposes.

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Curricular information is subject to change

What will I learn?

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants should:(i) understand the different forms of control which exist in organisations(ii) have a detailed knowledge of the various forms of financial and non-financial control systems that are in wide-spread use (iii) be able to critically evaluate these systems(iv) be able to prepare and analyse accounting information for control purposes(v) have a detailed knowledge of the more commonly-found compensation systems(vi) and be able to critically evaluate compensation system designs.

How will I learn?

Student Effort Type	Hours
Specified Learning Activities	60
Autonomous Student Learning	66
Lectures	24
Total	150

Am I eligible to take this module?

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.

How will I be assessed?

Assessment Strategy

Description	Timing	Open Book Exam	Component Scale	Must Pass Component	% of Final Grade
Presentation: Group presentations	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	20
Examination: Final Exam	2 hour End of Trimester Exam	No	Standard conversion grade scale 40%	No	60
Assignment: Case study reports	Throughout the Trimester	n/a	Graded	No	20

Carry forward of passed components
Yes

What happens if I fail?

Resit In	Terminal Exam
Summer	Yes - 2 Hour

Assessment feedback

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback is provided to students after the presentations and case reports.

When is this module offered?


Spring
Lecture	Offering 1	Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33	Mon 11:00 - 12:50