Consideration of more complex topics in management planning and control. Emphasis is on cost accumulation systems, performance evaluation, control models and case analysis of situations involving complex management accounting systems. The general structure of a business and the role of a manager in that structure. The course provides an introduction to the core business disciplines.
Students develop a full business proposal for a new business.
Cases were used to augment the learning experience. Cases and computer projects were utilized. The behaviour of individuals and groups in organizational settings. The effect of personality, perception, learning and motivation on individual performance. The interaction between individual determinants of behaviour and group dynamics.