MG457E     
Foundations of Management 2: Financial Control and Governance (modular)

This information is for the 2024/25 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Yally Avrahampour

Availability

This course is compulsory on the Executive Global MSc in Management. This course is not available as an outside option.

The information in this course guide pertains to the 2024-2026 cohort.

Course content

This course teaches, over two modules, topics relating to financial accounting and management accounting.  In so doing the course also examines the relationship between the exercise of financial control within organizations and the setting of external standards relating to governance, and the implications of this for the organization of firms.  In the first module the course covers topics such as the construction of the financial statements, and then considers topics relating to measurement, for example the contrast between historical cost and fair value and the recognition of intangible assets.  In the second module the course examines topics relating to the determination of the cost of a product or service, balanced performance measurement and economic value added.

Teaching

Eight sessions of 3.5 hours each, composed of lecture and case discussions. Four sessions in module 1 and four sessions in module 2. 

Formative coursework

Formative assignment after module 2.

Indicative reading

Kaplan, R. & Atkinson, A. (2014) Advanced Management Accounting, Weetman, P. (2019) Financial Accounting: An Introduction, 8th ed

Assessment

This course will not be assessed.

Key facts

Department: Management

Total students 2023/24: Unavailable

Average class size 2023/24: Unavailable

Controlled access 2023/24: No

Value: Non-credit bearing

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