ASSESSMENT: In Class Test 1 - Alternative Assessment

Module Code:

BFA0055

Module Title:

Management and Cost Accounting

Assessment Type

Individual Coursework

Academic Year

2020/21 Term 1

Assessment Task

Identify and explain the uses of budgets within a manufacturing business then

analyse and evaluate the main behavioural issues usually associated with

budgetary control.

Task specific guidance:

As part of the assessment for this module you are required to produce an

individual coursework in essay format. This represents 25% of the module mark.

You are expected to review the module materials and the recommended text and

read widely from a variety of different sources (e.g. textbooks, journal articles).

You are not expected to write a detailed introduction or conclusion but instead

make relevant points that demonstrate your understanding of the assessment task.

Credit will be given for relevant, topical examples that illustrate the theory you are

explaining.

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Learning Outcomes

This section is for information only.

The assessment task outlined above has been designed to address specific validated

learning outcomes for this module.

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On completion of this module, students will need to demonstrate:

Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes

1.

Identify and explain basic cost concepts and methods, and the roles,

principles, and applications of management and cost accounting techniques in

planning and control purposes.

2.

Analyse and evaluate the purposes, usefulness and limitations of

management accounting and costing information for decision-making, planning and control purpose