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QB2002: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 2 (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

This course extends the operational tools and techniques introduced in AC1514.  It develops more complex problem-solving techniques in the planning, control and decision-making process.  It shows how quantitative methods and analytical techniques can be applied in management accounting solutions to management problems.  It also emphasises the diverse industrial, commercial and not-for-profit settings in which management accountants work.  It seeks to develop in students an understanding the organisational context as well as the nature of management accounting information.  The focus is to enhance students’ problem-solving and communication skills, and develop their ability to select and apply appropriate techniques in specific contexts.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Offshore Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Senior Lecturer (Sch Alexander Arthur

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

  1. Cost volume profit analysis
  2. Pricing
  3. Cost estimation
  4. Inventory management
  5. Total Quality Management
  6. Budgeting and planning
  7. Process costing
  8. Activity Based Costing
  9. Standard costing and variance analysis
  10. Decentralisation, divisionalisation and transfer pricing
  11. Capital expenditure and long term planning

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 70
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Learning Outcomes
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Class Test

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
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One-hour class test.

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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
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Feedback

Verbal feedback will be provided during tutorial discussions. Individual submissions of coursework and class test will be marked and returned to students, and the marks of coursework could include brief additional comments where considered necessary. Feedback of formal assessments will be provided in line with the University Common Grade Scale (CGS).

Word Count 1500
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Course Learning Outcomes

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