Undergraduate Course: Advanced Management Accounting (ACCN10002)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Advanced aspects of accounting for management. Studies of models for management accounting in cost allocation, decision-making and performance assessment. Problems of control in complex organisations. |
| Course description |
The course extends upon the knowledge acquired by students in the third year management accounting course. The course aims to highlight the historical development of management accounting in order for students to critically appraise the current applications. Students will engage with theories that provide a reading lens for the experiences they will investigate, gaining also further awareness of the organisational and economical influences along with the social one, for example. The course aims to engage students with the current debate characterising management accounting.
Syllabus
Theories and management accounting
Management accounting: history and future
Control system and management accounting
Management accounting and sustainability
Strategic management accounting
The words of numbers
The intelligible management accounting and risk management
Accountability
Ethics in accounting
Accounting ambiguity and moral accounting (employees)
Student Learning Experience
Through the use of class presentation, group work, and independent study, the course attempts to foster the knowledge and understanding of key theories within the discipline and the ability to critically appraise them.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students must have at least 4 Accountancy courses at grade B or above. This MUST INCLUDE at least one Accounting course at advanced level. This course cannot be taken alongside 'Accountancy 2A'; 'Accountancy 2B'; 'Accountancy 1A' or 'Accountancy 1B'. We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically evaluate and apply different theories to assess management accounting implementations.
- Critically appraise current management accounting applications, including control systems, strategic management accounting, and risk management
- Critically discuss the relationships between management accounting and accountability, ethics, accounting ambiguity and moral accounting
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Reading List
| A reading list will be provided for each session at the start of the course. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
At the end of the course students should
- have acquired skills that allow to critically develop context specific management accounting applications;
- be able to identify and assess the challenges that an effective management accounting system encounters, accounting for strategies and control system. |
| Keywords | AMA |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Iris Bosa
Tel: (0131 6)51 3025
Email: Iris.Bosa@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Jen Wood
Tel: (0131 6)50 8335
Email: J.Wood@ed.ac.uk |
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