Students will have acquired knowledge about the basic concepts of:
Ongoing assessments to monitor academic progress will be carried out in the form of facsimile tests or meetings between the lecturer and a group of students developing teamwork.
By the end of the course, students will know how:
Small projects will be carried out in order to understand how to use the most relevant practices. Students will have to prepare and present a written report that documents the results of the project activity. Furthermore, exercises will be used by the students during the sessions.
Students will acquire an awareness of management, financial accounting and managerial accounting issues. Students will acquire leadership skills and team building capabilities through the analysis of business cases and team works.
During the sessions, the accuracy and precision of the activities carried out will be evaluated. During teamwork, the methods of management and organisation during the project phases will be evaluated.
No initial knowledge is needed.
The course provides notions on the main functions of management, as well as drivers of performance and the most relevant practices. The course also approaches the main issues related to financial accounting, with particular emphasis on the accounting recording process and the preparation of financial statements. Lastly, the course focuses on the managerial accounting, covering the cost concepts, the common methods for determining unit product costs, the cost-volume-profit relationships and the rationale for budgeting. For more information about the syllabus, please see on E-learning Website.
Jones G.R. and George J.M., Contemporary Management, 10th ed., McGrawHill, 2018.
Brewer et al., Introduction to Managerial Accounting, McGrawHill, 2019
Carlon et al., Financial Accounting, Wiley, 2016
Written final exam with open and multiple choice questions (either theory based and brief exercises).