Module ACCT1071: The Accountant in Business

Department: Accounting

ACCT1071: The Accountant in Business

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To provide students with an understanding of how businesses operate and how accounting and finance functions support businesses in achieving their objectives.

Content

• Business objectives, management and strategy.
• Organisational and business structures.
• An overview of the work of the various business functions to include human resources, marketing, operations management, finance and accounting.
• Corporate governance, responsibility, sustainability and ethics.

Learning Outcomes

• On completion of this module students should:
• Have an understanding of the general objectives of businesses and the functions and tasks that businesses perform in order to meet their objectives.
• Have knowledge of the nature, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of different forms of business and organisational structure.
• Have an understanding of the purpose of financial information produced by businesses.
• Have an understanding of the role of the accountancy profession and why its work is important.
• Have an understanding of the role that governance plays in the management of a business, and how a business can promote corporate governance, sustainability, corporate responsibility and an ethical culture.

• On completion of this module students should:
• Apply theories, models, frameworks and basic research methods to examine issues related to the business environment and the functions of an organisation.

• Problem solving
• Team working
• Written communication
• Self-management

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

• Teaching is by lectures and seminars. Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in seminars and independent study.
• Formative assessment is by means of a practice test.
• Summative assessment is by means of a written examination.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Practice test.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University