Postgraduate Course: Accounting, Planning and Strategy (CMSE11173)
Course Outline
| School | Business School | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 15 | 
 
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This course is focussed on teaching the principal discipline within the Financial Control function, that of Management Accounting.  In the management of a business within a competitive environment Management Accounting fulfils a highly significant strategic role and so this course is designed to teach the principles of management accounting within the strategic context. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15  Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
12/01/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
150
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 Lecture Hours 20,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
125 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
65 %,
Coursework
10 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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| Exam Information | 
 
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 2:00 |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to: 
 
Explain the strategic context of management accounting 
 
Construct a cash flow forecast 
 
Construct a budget 
 
Calculate and explain standard cost variances 
 
Calculate and explain contribution and break-even-point 
 
Explain the risk and return profile of differing cost structures 
 
Explain current strategic management accounting techniques 
 
Discuss how manager behaviour can be influenced by performance based incentives and the measurement issues that arise.  
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Assessment Information 
Examination 65% 
Group Assignment 25% 
Individual Class Participation 10% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | fin-APS | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Paulo Quattrone 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5541 
Email: Paolo.Quattrone@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757 
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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