There are no pre-requisites for this module to be added

This module will help you to gain an understanding of a number of approaches to the managing of organisations. The particular focus of this module will be on the management of operational and financial activity. We will critique the 'traditional' measures of these activities and introduce alternative approaches to their management: we will focus on the Balanced Scorecard throughout the module as, firstly, a mechanism to help an organisation examine its success before, secondly, investigating how even such a balanced measure can lead to dysfunctional management and, thirdly, exploring some suggestions of how to combat such issues, including for example the role of assurance, and of audit in improving governance and performance

LO1 Calculate, and discuss the use of, financial ratios to analyse organisational performance
LO2 Evaluate the role of finance in an organisation’s success
LO3 Critically evaluate traditional financial measures of success against more ‘balanced’ measures of performance
LO4 Critically evaluate different approaches and methods of managing the performance of organisations (including consideration of accounting systems)
LO5 Critically assess the role of audit in improving governance and organisational performance