Module Catalogue

ACC3022 : SA Sem 2 Management Accounting: Performance and Evaluation

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Josephine McLaren
  • 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 2 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

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

(1) Critically evaluate the appropriate management accounting systems, tools and techniques to deliver effective control in an organisation.
(2) Assess the consequences of these systems, tools and techniques for managerial behaviour.
(3) Evaluate the impact of relevant issues on the management accountant and the management accounting function, including challenges relating to environmental accounting and sustainable development.
(4) Provide research-led teaching that integrates findings from the literature with practical issues.

Outline Of Syllabus

1. Business planning and control - budgeting and beyond budgeting
2. Behavioural aspects of management accounting
3. The balanced scorecard and critique
4. Management accounting in not-for-profit organisations

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture91:3013:30In-person lectures
Guided Independent StudyDirected research and reading133:0033:00N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching31:003:00PiP Seminar Sessions
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study149:3049:30N/A
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesScheduled on-line contact time11:001:00Live online sessions
Total100:00
Jointly Taught With
Code Title
ACC3002Management Accounting
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Lecture materials are used to explain the issues, and to introduce concepts and techniques.
Small group teaching helps to improve students' skill development and offers 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 and through attempting practice questions.

Assessment Methods

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

Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Case study2M100N/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 exercises2MSeminar questions provided
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Students are able to show their in-depth understanding of one or more of the issues covered via the assignment involving essay/problem questions.

Reading Lists

Timetable