Module manager: Andreea Bordianu
Email: A.Bordianu@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
| LUBS1915 | Introduction to Financial Accounting |
| LUBS1925 | Introduction to Management Accounting |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
The module aims to build on students' knowledge of business strategy, budgeting and performance evaluation and the practical difficulties that companies can encounter in implementing a strategy in a competitive environment primarily through the development of skills. It enables students to create their own strategy and business plan which they can apply to a real life structured scenario.
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
- Summarise alternative business strategies and the implications of these for shareholders
Upon completion of this module students will be able to:
Transferable
- Extract and analyse relevant information from structured and unstructured scenarios and data in order to identify problems and define solutions
- Competently apply numerical and statistical skills to manipulate and interrogate financial and other numerical data
- Work effectively in a team
- Prepare quantitative and qualitative information, together with analysis, argument and commentary
- Construct and strategize a business plan
Subject specific
- Confidently articulate their own strengths and weakness working as part of a group and reflect on and evaluate their own learning experience including business performance
Indicative content:
- Introduction to alternative business strategies and the implications of these for shareholders
- Data analysis techniques for strategic decision making
- Strategic risk assessment and management techniques
- Introduction to competitive advantage and marketing strategies
- Preparation of a business plans: format, content, language
- Performance reporting and monitoring
- Reflective writing
- Case study analysis
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 5 | 1.5 | 7.5 |
| Seminar | 4 | 1.5 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 86.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 13.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100 | ||
This could include a variety of activities, such as reading, watching videos, question practice and exam preparation.
Your teaching methods could include a variety of delivery models, such as face-to-face teaching, live webinars, discussion boards and other interactive activities. There will be opportunities for formative feedback throughout the module.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Reflective log | Individual reflective piece of 1,000 words - group performance/learning experience | 30 |
| Group Project | 1,500 word group report and 10 min group presentation | 70 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
The resit for this module will be 100% by 3,000 word coursework.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 4/29/2024
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