This module helps you to develop a deeper knowledge and build skills in understanding corporate governance theories, principles, and mechanisms. Focusing on how to improve the governance of public companies, and how to apply and understand accounting standards the module explains the theoretical frameworks required to prepare financial statements for a number of entities, including groups. Integrated reporting, and how to analyse and interpret those financial statements, are also covered in this module.

You will learn how to implement corporate governance codes, mechanisms, and principles to develop a sound monitoring system that ensures greater transparency and accountability that safeguards the interests of stakeholder groups in public companies. The module also introduces the conceptual and regulatory framework of Financial Reporting to broaden your understanding so that you can analyse and discuss topical issues and challenges facing the profession today.

This module prepares you to deal with key accounting transactions by following International Accounting and Reporting standards. Upon the successful completion of this module, you will be able to prepare financial statements for a single entity and groups as per ISA and IFRS. You will also be capable of analysing and interpreting financial statements for internal and external purposes.

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The tools and techniques used to apply strategic management accounting and decision-making theory are covered in this module. You will explore management accounting’s position within the strategic management of businesses and how these techniques can be integrated into the strategic decision-making process. The module places particular emphasis on the implementation of appropriate management accounting systems to complement different strategies. Applications, cases, and examples include multinational organisations, SMEs, non-profit and governmental organisations.

On the successful completion of this module, you will have a good understanding of how management accounting contributes to organisational strategic decision-making. You will also understand both the theoretical principles of strategic management accounting and its practical application, which assists in the analysis of management accounting data and the development and monitoring of business strategy.

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Leadership, management, project management, investment, financing, and dividend policy decisions are all skills which a finance manager requires. This module covers these areas and also helps to develop a deeper understanding of firms’ financial management, long-term investment, and working capital management, which will help you to understand financial decision-making in enterprises.

Appreciating different types of leadership and management styles and their impact on performance and relationships in organisations are covered in this module. You will also consider the concepts and phases of project management, project management techniques, and management and leadership of the project.

Finally, this module will guide you on how to use corporate financial theory, project management techniques and leadership and management styles and their application in real-life scenarios encountered by entrepreneurs and decision-makers in the corporate world.

You will be able to explain capital budgeting techniques, sources of short and long-term finance and dividend policies that assist public companies to achieve shareholder wealth maximisation objectives upon the successful completion of this module. You will also understand the impact of leadership and management styles on firm performance and the project management techniques required to lead and manage projects successfully.

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Your MSc dissertation is an independent piece of research. You will be graded on your ability to identify a topic relevant to the programme, design and execute research and present it as a dissertation. The core integrative element of the MSc Finance and Wealth Management programme, your dissertation is the final stage of the master’s degree and provides an opportunity to demonstrate that you have gained the necessary knowledge, understanding, conceptual awareness and skills required to organise and conduct academic research.

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