University of Buckingham Virtual Learning Environment

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the nature of management accounting, its fundamental concepts and principles and its role in organisational planning, control and decision-making.

After taking this module, students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate understanding of the principles of cost analysis and analyse their relevance for planning and decision making.

2. Explain the principles and problems of product costing.

3. Communicate the principles of capital budgeting and evaluate the main financial appraisal techniques employed in this area.

4. Recognise the control function of accounting, especially working capital management and budgeting.

This is an introductory module on the subject of marketing. It covers the fundamental marketing principles, concepts, and theories that students need to understand as a foundation for further marketing modules. The module includes the marketing environment, the marketing mix, basic aspects of buyer behaviour, market segmentation, and methods of gathering information for making marketing decisions.

This module aims to give you an introduction to Latin America as a region with specific political characteristics and to help you develop the skills to identify forces that have shaped Latin American political development in general and of specific countries in particular. In-depth study of the region is also intended to sharpen your understanding, in a comparative way, of the economic, political and cultural factors that have shaped your own countries and regions.