Module BUSI52415: Business Economics and Accounting

Department: Business School (Business)

BUSI52415: Business Economics and Accounting

Tied To

• N2P109: Management
• N2P209: Management (Finance)
• N2P409: Management (Human Resource Management)
• N2P609: Management (International Business)
• N2P709: Management (Innovation, Technology and Operations Management) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2012-2013 for details)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To develop skills in the application of economic analysis in business decision-making and planning
• To provide students with a critical understanding of key economic aspects of the business environment and the impact of changes in that environment at national and international level
• To provide students with an understanding of accounting information; its forms, purpose and the needs of its users

Content

• Markets, information and transaction costs
• Organisations, costs and the profit motive
• Competition and welfare
• Strategic behaviour by firms
• Global business and the macroeconomic environment
• Performance and business decisions
• Corporate financial statements and their interpretation
• The role of management accounting information

Learning Outcomes

• Have a specialist knowledge and understanding of: the importance of, and interaction between demand, costs and prices at the level of the firm and the market; the interrelationship between the competitive environment, government policy and business decisions.
• Have a critical understanding and appreciation of the complex nature of the economic business environment.
• Have a critical knowledge and understanding of the use of financial data within organisations.
• Have an appreciation of the management accounting function and its role within an organisation.
• Have a specialist knowledge and understanding of corporate financial statements and their analysis.

• Be able to apply economic understanding in the analysis of business decisions.
• Be able to apply management accounting techniques.
• Be able to evaluate corporate performance and position through analysis of financial statements.

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, guided reading, individual exercises and group discussion of case studies.
• The summative assessment will be in two parts. The ‘takeaway assessment’ will test students’ knowledge and understanding of the Economics subject-matter, and will be issued only a short time (i.e. several days) before the submission date. The examination will test students’ understanding and appreciation of accounting information and its uses.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Participation in DUO-based self-assessment exercises.