Financial Management (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

The Course focuses on topics in the field of Management Accounting and Financial Statements (Protif/Loss Statement + Balance Sheet) and their Key Figures (what they are and what they mean in theory and in practice for a manager).

The two contact days are:

On Friday 8.10.2021, between 9-16 o´clock, in Turku, in the classroom: LEM_B309.
On Friday 12.11.2021, between 9-12 o´clock, in Turku, in classroom:. ICT_B1026_GAMMA
between 12-13: LUNCH
between 13-16 (17): Several Groupworking rooms: LEM_A308, LEM_A312 and LEM_A306

If Covid19 pandemic does not allow physical contact teaching, we arrange on the same days ZOOM-online teaching.
Please check classrooms from calender before comming to contact teaching !

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to:
-understand Basics of Financial and Management Accounting and Reporting
-understand Basics of Duple Entry (Bookkeeping) System, Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow -Calculation and Financial Key Figures
-understand Basics of Management Cost Accounting and Reporting
-understand Different kind of Unit Costing Methods and Their Effects on Inventory Values and on Profit and Loss Statement
-manage the budgeting process and knows how to make sub- and main budgets
-do investment calculations and suggestions and evaluated them

Content

What is the difference between Financial and Management Accounting and Reporting
Basics of Duple Entry (Bookkeeping) System, Profit and Loss Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Calculation and Financial Key Figures
Basics of Management Cost Accounting and Reporting
Different kind of Unit Cost Accounting Methods and Their Effects on Inventory Values and on Profit and Loss Statement
Budgeting
Investment calculations and suggestions

Materials

Will be mentioned in ITSLEARNING System later. The execution plan of the course will be open for students in ITSLEARNING system about two weeks before the first contact teaching day.

The "reference" book in the course is: ”MANAGEMENT AND COST ACCOUNTING” BY COLLIN DRURY (THOMSON, 2005 or newer)

Other materials, which has been put into ITSLEARNING -system.

Teaching methods

Multi-Form Pedagogy (InnoPeda): Two (2) contact teaching days plus individual and group home assignments, which reports will be submitted into ITSLEARNING -system and evaluated By the teacher.

The group assignment is an investment decision making exercise where groups of 3-5 students must do investment calculation and suggestion from the case, which the teacher gives. The case is same for all groups. These groups are selected randomly during the first contact teaching day.

The teacher will send to students a survey about 2-3 weeks before the first contact teaching day. He wants to know what kind of previous studies, expertise and experiences students have from the field of management accounting.

Students must put their answers to this survey as a file into ITSLEARNING -system by Monday 27.9.2021. The teacher tries to focus the content of the contact teaching days based on the results of this survey.

Exam schedules

No tests.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Multi-Form Pedagogy (InnoPeda): Two (2) contact teaching days plus individual and group home assignments, which reports will be submitted into ITSLEARNING System and evaluated By the teacher.

Completion alternatives

No optional ways to complete the course.

Student workload

Home assignments will be described in ITSLEARNING System and introduced during the first contact teaching day.

Evaluation methods and criteria

All assignments will be evaluated by the teacher by using the grading scale 1-5. The grading is based on the content and correctness of the home assignments. The final grade of the whole course is the mean of the grades of all home assignments done during the course.

Further information

keijo.varis@turkuamk.fi