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Title | PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT | ||
Code | ACUL607 | ||
Coordinator |
Miss JA Moore Management School Julie.Moore@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2019-20 | Level 6 FHEQ | Second Semester | 10 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on a required basis: |
Programme(s) (including Year of Study) to which this module is available on an optional basis: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
56 |
3 |
59 | ||||
Timetable (if known) | |||||||
Private Study | 41 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 100 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
Written assessment There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. Assessment Schedule (When) :Semester two | 3 hours | 100 | ||||
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
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Aims |
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To develop knowledge and skills in the application of management accounting techniques to quantitative and qualitative information for planning, decision-making, performance evaluation, and control. |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) Students will be able to explain and apply cost accounting techniques. |
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(LO2) Students will be able to select and appropriately apply decision-making techniques to facilitate business decisions and promote efficient and effective use of scarce business resources, appreciating the risks and uncertainty inherent in business and controlling those risks. |
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(LO3) Students will be able to identify and apply appropriate budgeting techniques and methods for planning and control and use standard costing systems to measure and control business performance and to identify remedial action. |
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(LO4) Students will be able to identify and discuss performance management information and measurement systems and assess the performance of an organisation from both a financial and non-financial viewpoint, appreciating the problems of controlling divisionalised businessess and the importance of allowing for external aspects. |
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(S1) Adaptability |
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(S2) Problem solving skills |
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(S3) Numeracy |
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(S4) Commercial awareness |
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(S5) Organisational skills |
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(S6) Communication skills |
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(S7) International awareness |
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(S8) Lifelong learning skills |
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(S9) Ethical awareness |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Interactive lectures Teaching Method 2 - Formative Feedback (e.g. peer, revision sessions) Self-Directed Learning Description: Follow-up suggested work and wider reading |
Syllabus |
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A) Specialist cost and management accounting techniques B) Decision-making techniques C) Budgeting and control D) Performance management and control Library resources will be accessible through 'Reading Lists @ Liverpool' Vital Will be used to support the course. Practice question and soultions will be provided. |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |