Brief description of aims and content

 

·         To enhance students' understanding of the role of accounting information in the decision-making processes of an organization

  • To develop an understanding of the context of management accounting, and the behavioral implications of management accounting information.
  • To develop their abilities to prepare, analyze and interpret accounting information relevant to performance and control systems

·         To enhance their understanding of the interplay management accounting and organizational management

·         To develop students' ability to rigorously appraise and evaluate the information available in financial statements and annual reports.

·         To develop students' ability to understand, interpret, analyze, critically evaluate and use financial statements

·         To provide students with an understanding of regulatory environment for financial reporting, sources of finance and merger and acquisition activity

To familiarize students with a range of financial statement analysis techniques