Core Text
Kimmel, P. D. (2012) Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 7th Edition

Recommended Text
Pinson, L. (2007) Keeping the Books: Basic Recordkeeping and Accounting for the Successful Small Business Drury, C. (2012), Management and Cost Accounting, 8th edition, UK: Cengage
Atrill, P., and E. McLaney, (2009) Management Accounting for Decision Makers (6th ed).,Prentice Hall.
LaFolette, H. (2000) The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory, Oxford:Blackwell
Blackburn, S. (2001) Being Good ¿ A short introduction to ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Topics will be drawn from

- Accounting and reporting systems
- Accounting and finance functions
- Controls and compliance
- Role of IT in financial system and accounting
- Leadership theories and leadership styles
- Groups and teams
- Motivational theories in organisations
- Introduction to Ethics and the Organisation
- Ethical theory and decision-making
- Assessing current skills and competencies against defined role requirements and organisational objectives

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 300 learning hours, of this there will be 75 hours of class support and 225 hours of independent and self directed study.

Lectures/ Workshops/ Presentations /Tutorial
Student managed learning/ directed learning

Apart from the lecture each week, various other methods as mentioned above will be used as learning strategies.
There will be workshop and tutorial sessions, students will be required to discuss and present various topics of the module in the class. Students are expected to be able to structure their own work and to work relatively independently under the guidance of the module teaching staff.

The VLE (NETED)
The Internet
Word Processing software for use in the coursework
Printed and electronic journals.

Details - Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4 and 5:
Examination
Time Constraint Examination (TCA)

To pass this module student must obtain 40% marks.