Module Catalogue

ACC3021 : SA Sem 1 Management Accounting

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Josephine McLaren
  • Lecturer: Dr Doris Xin
  • Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

The module is designed around the theme of business planning, and the aims are to:

Critically evaluate the appropriate management accounting systems, tools and analytical techniques to deliver effective planning and control in an organisation.

Assess the consequences of these systems, tools and techniques for managerial behaviour.

Evaluate the impact of relevant issues on the management accountant and the management accounting function, including challenges relating to sustainable development risks and technological shifts such as big data.

Provide research-led teaching that integrates findings from the literature with practical issues.

Outline Of Syllabus

1. Big data and management accounting
2. Risk and uncertainty in planning and decision-making
3. Analytical techniques for planning and decision-making
4. Scarce resources and limiting factors
5. Environmental and sustainability factors

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion130:0030:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture101:3015:00PiP Lectures
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading132:0032:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching31:003:00PiP Seminar Groups
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study119:0019:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesScheduled on-line contact time11:001:00Live online session
Total100:00
Jointly Taught With
Code Title
ACC3002Management Accounting
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Formal lectures are used to explain the issues and to introduce concepts and techniques. Seminar sessions provide feedback on student-centred learning, by going through worksheets that have been prepared in advance. Students have the opportunity to develop and practise key skills in these sessions. Students are able to judge their progress in the module through feedback in these sessions.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination901M100N/A
Formative Assessments

Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.

Description Semester When Set Comment
Prob solv exercises1MSeminar questions provided
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

A 90 minute written assessment held at the end of first term. This has been changed from previous years due to the growing concern of AI impact on essay-like coursework.

Reading Lists

Timetable