MBAZ601-15T1 (C) Term One 2015

Managerial Accounting

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 2 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 12 April 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 15 February 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 22 March 2015

Description

The generation, analysis and interpretation of financial statements as well as the use of financial information for internal and external decision-making.

The programme focuses on the generation and interpretation of published financial statements as well as the use of financial information for managerial planning and control purposes.

Learning Outcomes

  • Students should be able to:

    o  Identify the key components of published financial statements.
    o  Understand the terminology used in financial accounting and the reporting of financial information.
    o  Analyse financial statements from different users’ perspectives.
    o  Evaluate different dimensions of financial performance.
    o  Enter general transactions and events into a transaction based accounting process and produce a set of financial statements as a result of that process.
    o  Evaluate the quality of an organisation’s cash flows and make critical decisions regarding the overall liquidity and solvency of the organisation.
    o Understand the role that different Acts of Parliament and oversight organisations play in ensuring that financial statements meet the overall needs of different stakeholders.

  •  Students will be able to understand the challenges faced by preparers, users and those that perform an oversight role when considering the preparation and communication of financial information.
  •  Using a number of current issues in accounting and business, students will develop a deeper understanding of the types of terminology and technical issues users of financial information face when reviewing company annual reports.
  •  Students will be able to use cost and management accounting information to aid short and long term decision-making.
  •  Students will be able to understand the importance accounting plays in supporting sustainable business practices and identify ethical issues that could arise in business.
  •  Students will evaluate current New Zealand company financial information from published New Zealand annual reports.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director of Postgraduate Management Development

Restrictions

MBUS611, MBAD601

Lecturer

Oliver Hille

Assessment

Class tests                           3 quizzes on Learn          weight 30%
Group Presentation                                                   weight 20%
Individual Assignment                                               weight 20%
Final Exam                                                              weight 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Marshall, D.H., McCartney, J.P., Van Rhyn, D., McManus, W.W. and Viele, D.F., Accounting: What the numbers mean, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill.

Additional material will be supplied

Please read assigned chapters BEFORE coming to class

Course links

Learn

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,092.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Business Taught Masters Programmes .

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