Courses / Module

On successful completion of the module, students should be able to:

• Describe and evaluate the management accountant’s role, organisational environment, accounting information systems and possible ethical issues they face.
• Define and apply cost and revenue classification, terms and behavioral patterns for planning, control, decision making and evaluation.
• Apply and evaluate appropriate cost accounting techniques to indentified circumstances
• Select, generate, explain and interpret decision making techniques to evaluate business choices
• Describe and evaluate the role of budgets and budgetary control, as a tool to enable organizations to develop and assess performance and use budgetary techniques to prepare budgets and financial plans
• Use standard costing systems to measure and control business performance and to identify remedial action

Delivery methods	Hours
Lectures	24
Labs / Practicals	0
Tutorials	12
Planned learning activities	0
Independent student activities	114
Total	150

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded

Assessment type	Weighting	Duration
Continuous Assessment	100%
University scheduled written examination	0%
Other	0%
Total	100%

• Pass standard: 40%
• Maynooth University School of Business Overall Mark Calculation and Continuous Assessment Policy applies to this module.
• Penalties: Standard School of Business penalties apply for late submission of assignments.

• Are Supplemental registrations permitted? Yes
• Students repeating this module must sit their supplemental paper as part of Maynooth University's examination sitting in Autumn. This examination is worth 100% of your final grade.
• University scheduled written examination (Autumn): 90 minutes
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment registration permitted? No
• Is Supplemental Continuous Assessment capped? No

• AC151 or AC210

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