The module will introduce students to the principles and practices of financial and management accounting. It will enable students to identify how accounting techniques can be used to support the management processes of planning, controlling and decision-making.

The module will help the student to understand, analyse and appraise the systems used by organisations to measure and manage their performance and to implement their strategies in a changing environment. The module will encourage students to consider why organisations measure, what the characteristics of good measures and good measurement systems are.

The module is aimed at developing knowledge and skills in the application of accounting techniques to information for planning, decision-making, performance evaluation and control. The module also aims to provide students with a good grounding and appreciation of accounting essentials that any analyst, manager or business owner should possess and in doing so, develop the students ability to assemble, from data available, relevant information and prepare appropriate reports.

 

This seminar is designed for PhD students and emphasizes theory and research related to organizations, with specific emphases on innovation, creativity and...

Seminar in Organisation Theory (MSIN0132)

This seminar is designed for PhD students and emphasizes theory and research related to organizations, with specific emphases on innovation, creativity and social networks. The seminar draws from both organizational behavior and organization theory, but focuses on topics that cross micro/macro boundaries and represent novel contributions from organizational perspectives.

There is no required text for the class, but if this is your first organization course, you will benefit from reading a basic organizational behavior or organization theory survey text. The class readings consist of 3 or 4 articles or book excerpts each week as a basis for active discussion. The focus is on promoting the research interests and capabilities of participants.