Postgraduate Course: Advanced Management Accounting (CMSE11050)
Course Outline
| School |
Business School |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
The Advanced Management Accounting course is based on a series of sessions covering seminal issues in research and practice. The sessions comprise:
* The multiple Roles of Management Accounting
* Cost Allocation
* Activity Based Costing
* Throughput Accounting & Variable Costing
* Japanese Management Accounting
* Variance Analysis & Performance Measurement
* The Balanced Scorecard and Performance Measurement
* Strategy and Management Accounting
* Management Accounting - Difference and Change
The objective is to provide students with an appreciation of the main research developments in management accounting and to explore how they have impacted on practice. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course students will be able to:
- Be familiar with many of the seminal contributions in management accounting research.
- Have a knowledge of contemporary research in the discipline
- Understand the role played by management accounting in the modern organisation.
- Have developed skills in the critical analysis of research.
- Appreciate very practical issues in the application of management accounting
Students will develop skills in analysing research and in appreciating the practical issues involved in operating management accounting systems.
Students will gain skill in accessing the strengths and weakness of a range of management accounting techniques (both established and new).
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Assessment Information
An examination will count for 100% if the course assessment.
The examination questions will be narrative although students may use numerical illustrations in their answers. The exams take place between the 7th of December and the 18th of December with the exact date to be determined by the University during the first semester. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Falconer Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)50 8340
Email: F.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Claire Local
Tel: (0131 6)50 3574
Email: Claire.Local@ed.ac.uk |
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