Curricula

Objectives

After completion of this course, you will be aware of the current academic debates and practitioner discourses in the discipline of managerial accounting and also be able to observe and analyze them in real life. You display an ability to critically follow and analyze the information in the field and area of study. You recognize the challenges in the discipline of managerial accounting and you are able to develop your knowledge and practical skills in managerial accounting. Based on this, you are able to make interpretations and draw inferences in the field of corporate finance, corporate governance, and financial management.

The course aims to develop your following competences:

Ethics:
You will promote a moral and ethical mindset and conduct to ascertain and disclose true and unbiased financial health of the company. You will safeguard the interests of different stakeholders in an unbiased manner to promote a corporate value system that is humane, fair, and equitable.

Learning to learn:
You will learn to read and analyze the financial statements of corporates to ascertain their financial health by applying various techniques and methods in the field of Management Accounting. You will review academic literature critically, analyze and evaluate financial and other business data, and make value-additive informed business decisions and action plans.
You will create and produce indicators describing the success of operations based on cause/consequence logic, as well as be able to collect information pertaining to corporates needed for measurement. You will identify the economic requirements and the resource requirements related to personnel, necessary to achieve the above-mentioned objectives. You will use budget information as a tool for examining and evaluating the results to analyze the financial risks of a firm and manage them.

Proactive development
• You identify development areas by anticipating the future of your field.
• You apply existing knowledge and utilize appropriate research methods in development projects.
• You develop the ability to think out of the box and challenge the limits to come up with creative and innovative solutions.

IBM competence:
Sustainable global business management
• You critically review and understand core concepts of global business management and sustainability from multidisciplinary perspectives of marketing, sales, strategy, finance, and management.
• You apply disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge to analyze global business challenges and propose sustainable business solutions to grow new ventures in global markets.

Content

Theoretical aspects of accounting, financial statement analysis, financial performance measurement, regulatory framework, corporate governance and ethical issues of accounting, financial ratio analysis, corporate valuation, balanced scorecard as a tool for strategic budgeting, economic value added (EVA), cost concepts, absorption costing, pricing, planning and budgeting, fundamental of financial management, capital investment appraisal, financial risk management, cash flow, forecasting, sensitivity analysis.

Time and location

Timetable 28.8. - 19.12.2023

Learning materials and recommended literature

Additional study material is available in Moodle, which is JAMK's e-learning environment.

Course books are:
Barry Elliott, Jamie Elliott: Financial Accounting and Reporting, Pearson Education. 2017, 8th ed.
Proctor, Ray: Managerial Accounting for Business Decisions. Prentice Hall. 2006, 2nd ed.
Russell, David & Patel, Ashok & Wilkinson-Riddle, Gregory: Cost Accounting An Essential Guide. Pearson Education Ltd. 2002.
Brealey, Richard A., Myers, Stewart C. and Allen, Franklin: Principles of Corporate Finance. McGraw-Hill. 2020, 13th ed.
Oliver, M. Suzanne, Horngren, Charles T. Managerial Accounting. Pearson. 2010.
Groot, Tom, Selto, Frank. Advanced Management Accounting. Pearson cop. 2013.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Literature
Video material
Exercises and assignments
Guidance and feedback

Exam dates and retake possibilities

The course does not include an exam.

Alternative completion methods

A corresponding course completed in another university may be accredited partially or completely. Competence acquired through informal learning may be recognized and accredited on the basis of competence test. More precise instructions can be found in Degree Regulations and in Study Guide.

Student workload

Allocation of time on various tasks and student work load in total 135h
Lectures 14h
Independent familiarization with literature and videos 40h
Independent exercises and assignments 81h

Content scheduling

The course includes independent familiarization with literature and videos as well as lectures and exercises and assignments.

Further information for students

The assessment of the course is based on the following credits:
1) exercises and assignments (100%, 5 ECTS)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Sufficient (1):
You have demonstrated a basic level of knowledge, skills, applications in all the three competences: Learning to learn, Proactive development and Sustainable global business management.

Satisfactory (2):
You have demonstrated an intermediate level of knowledge, skills, applications in one and basic level in the remaining two competences out of a total three competences: Learning to learn, Proactive development and Sustainable global business management.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3):
You have demonstrated an excellent level of knowledge, skills, applications in one and intermediate level in the remaining two competences out of a total three competences: Learning to learn, Proactive development and Sustainable global business management.

Very good (4):
You have demonstrated an excellent level of knowledge, skills, applications in two and intermediate level in the remaining competence out of a total three competences: Learning to learn, Proactive development and Sustainable global business management.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

You have demonstrated an excellent level of knowledge, skills, applications in all the three competences: Learning to learn, Proactive development and Sustainable global business management.

Prerequisites

Bachelor degree