MPAC606-14T4 (C) Term Four 2014

Management

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 October 2014
End Date: Sunday, 14 December 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 October 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 28 November 2014

Description

Describe and analyse business management structures, theories and techniques, and provides an insight to the skills required to develop strategic management direction, solve organisational problems and encourage positive growth and productivity.

This course introduces management to the Master of Professional Accounting (MPA) students. The course will cover business management structures, theories and techniques, and provides students with the insight, understanding and practical skills to develop strategic management direction and solve organisational problems and encourage positive growth and productivity.

By applying this advanced knowledge to their general business understanding the student will gain the ability to understand and manage the structures and demands of an organisation within their professional accounting career.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the role of management within organisations, and apply and evaluate different management theories*

2. Explain and evaluate the management process within varying types of organisations and
industries*

3. Compare and contrast the knowledge of management theories to case studies *

4. Communicate details of management theories, restrictions and applications in language
appropriate to the audience, demonstrating an advanced understanding and engagement
with the topic

5. Critically evaluate current management practice in response to academic research

*Aligned with Tertiary Learning Outcomes for the CA and ACA required Topic Areas: NZICA

This demonstrates level 8 learning by integrating academic research and applied practice in a
way that allows students to gain an understanding of the influence and potential of management theories and techniques in organisations and their processes.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Director of Postgraduate Management Development

Lecturer

Sanna Malinen

Assessment

Paper summaries 20% (10% per summary) Throughout the term

Essay 30% Monday, November 10, 1pm

Group assignment
50% report (30% group report, 10% presentation, 10% individual reflection)
Presentations, Monday, December 8. Group report and individual reflection, Wednesday, December 10, 5pm.

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Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,050.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Business Taught Masters Programmes .

All MPAC606 Occurrences

  • MPAC606-14T4 (C) Term Four 2014
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