Advanced Management Accounting

Code

BUSI3162

School

Nottingham University Business School

Level

3

Credits

20

Semesters

Full Year Malaysia

Summary

This module will discuss some or all of the following topics:

Pricing decisions and profitability analysis;

Measuring business performance;

Strategic management accounting (including strategic cost management);

Issues in management accounting and control;

Current issues in management accounting

Target Students

Available to all Part II NUBS students who have the required pre-requisites BUSI2152 Management Accounting.

Classes

• One 2-hour seminar each week for 6 weeks
• One 1-hour-30-minute lecture each week for 22 weeks

Assessment

• 25% Coursework 1: 10-15 minutes group work presentation
• 75% Exam (2-hour): One 2-hour examination

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding

This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:

• The dynamic and changing nature of business and the consideration of the future of organisations within the global business environment, including the management of risk.
• The management of customer expectations, relationships and development of service excellence.
• The use of accounting and other information systems for planning, control, and decision making.
• The management of resources.
• The management of quality systems.
• The development, management, application and implementation of information systems and their impact upon organisations.
• The comprehension and use of relevant communications for application in business and management, including the use of digital tools.
• The development of appropriate policies and strategies within a changing environment to meet stakeholder interests.
• The development of strategic priorities to deliver business at speed in an environment where digital technology has reshaped traditional revenue and business models.
• Decision analysis, performance measurement and management control.

Intellectual skills

This module develops:

• The ability to analyse facts and circumstances to determine the cause of a problem and identifying and selecting appropriate solutions.
• Conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Professional practical skills

This module develops:

• Numeracy and quantitative skills to manipulate data, evaluate, estimate and model business problems, functions and phenomena.
• Qualitative skills, including the ability to work with case studies.

Transferable (key) skills

This module develops:

• Self-management and a readiness to accept responsibility and flexibility, to be resilient, self-starting and appropriately assertive, to plan, organise and manage time.
• Articulating and effectively explaining information.

Conveners

• Dr Woan Ting Hung