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IB9NK-10-2024

The IB9NK-10 Corporate Reporting and Decision Making module at Warwick Business School focuses on management accounting and corporate reporting over a 10-week period, assessed entirely through coursework. It aims to enhance students' understanding of financial statements, corporate reports, and decision-making processes, while also developing analytical skills. The module includes online learning and private study, with no additional costs identified.

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IB9NK-10-2024

The IB9NK-10 Corporate Reporting and Decision Making module at Warwick Business School focuses on management accounting and corporate reporting over a 10-week period, assessed entirely through coursework. It aims to enhance students' understanding of financial statements, corporate reports, and decision-making processes, while also developing analytical skills. The module includes online learning and private study, with no additional costs identified.

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IB9NK-10 Corporate Reporting and

Decision Making
24/25
Department
Warwick Business School
Level
Taught Postgraduate Level
Module leader
Graham Sara
Credit value
10
Module duration
10 weeks
Assessment
100% coursework
Study location
Distance or Online Delivery

Description

Introductory description
This module introduces the key management areas of management accounting and corporate
reporting. The use of financial information, whether used internally, or reported externally is crucial
for any manager wishing to move up through their company to grasp.
The intention of this module is not to try to turn students into accountants, but to try to enable them
to understand and interpret financial and other corporate information, enter into intelligent
discussion with financial partners and to be able to appreciate the bigger picture rather than get
lost in the detail. It is inevitable that there will be some calculations but there is also a heavy
emphasis on understanding the issues around the numbers and the context in which they are set.
The assessments will strike a balance between calculation, interpretation and discussion.

Module web page

Module aims
The objectives for this module are to:
(1) Develop students' understanding of the key financial statements: profit and loss account,
balance sheet and cash flow statement.
(2) Develop students' ability to interpret the key financial statements in order to assist in decision
making
(3) Develop students' understanding of the contents of corporate annual reports and other
corporate published information
(4) Develop students' understanding of the importance of cash flow management
(5) Provide students with the skills to use costing information to make short- and long-term
decisions
(6) Develop students' understanding of the key issues of current ‘hot topics’ (that is, significant
areas of current debate) in accounting and finance.

Outline syllabus
This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be
covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Understanding Financial statements


Measuring and Reporting Performance and Position
Analyzing and interpreting financial statements
Relationship between Cash Flow and Earnings
Costing Systems
Cost Information for Decision Making
Performance Evaluation
Current Issues in Accounting

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the basics of corporate financial information


• Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the use of accounting information in the context
of management decision making and for the purpose of external publication.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive awareness of the wider professional duties on corporate
social reporting and ethical responsibilities of the preparer of financial statements and other
corporate reports to the stakeholders of an organisation
• Develop and demonstrate analytical, and problem solving skills in relation to key accounting
and finance issues

Indicative reading list


Core Text:
Atrill, P. and McLaney, E. (2019) Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists (11th edn), London,
Pearson

Supplementary Texts:
Rice, A. (2015) Accounts Demystified: The Astonishingly Simple Guide to Accounting, London:
Pearson
Healy, P., Palepu, K., and Peek, E. (2019)
Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS Edition

Subject specific skills


Identify, analyse and interpret relevant corporate information to facilitate internal and external
decision making.
Assess the nature of accounting information and be able to describe the relationships between
different types of financial statements and behavioral consequences of accounting decisions.
Apply key accounting and finance concepts and practices to evaluate business problems.

Transferable skills
Demonstrate written communication skills

Study

Study time
Type Required
Online learning (scheduled sessions) 6 sessions of 1 hour (9%)
Online learning (independent) 21 sessions of 1 hour (30%)
Private study 43 hours (61%)
Total 70 hours

Private study description


Preparation for lectures and self-study; prep for the module

Costs
No further costs have been identified for this module.

Assessment
You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A

Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification


Individual assignment 100% 30 hours Yes (extension)
Feedback on assessment

Assessments are graded using standard University Postgraduate Marking Criteria and written
feedback is provided. Feedback for individual essays includes comments on a marksheet.

Availability

Post-requisite modules

If you pass this module, you can take:

• IB806-10 Management Accounting

There is currently no information about the courses for which this module is core or optional.

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