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

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

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.