Key information
Credit value: 15
Restrictions: This module is only available to UCL MBA students. You must have first completed the Accounting and Finance for Managers module.
Issues in Corporate Reporting
Credit value: 15
Restrictions: This module is only available to UCL MBA students. You must have first completed the Accounting and Finance for Managers module.
Description
The module provides you with the ability to demonstrate a critical understanding of major current issues in corporate reporting. The module will specifically address the disruptive nature of accounting regulation and its impact upon current practice. The efficacy of corporate financial reports for markets, management and other stakeholders will be critically evaluated.
Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this module, you should be able to:
- analyse and evaluate current financial reporting practice
- discuss the implications of changes in accounting regulation on corporate financial reporting
- analyse and critically evaluate the financial performance of entities
- identify the role, and discuss the utility of, accounting information in the analysis of financial statements.
Module deliveries for 2022/23 academic year
Teaching and assessment
Methods of assessment:
- Class interaction (20%)
- Classwork: Group-based case study (20%)
- Classwork: Individual paper (20%)
- Final test (40%)
Other information
Who to contact for more information: admissions@onlinelearning.ucl.ac.uk