2007 EMBA Beijing Course Outline2007 EMBA Beijing Course Outline.doc

HOW THE CLASSES WILL BE CONDUCTED Lectures will be supplemented with power point slide presentations. Experienced-Based Learning* -- Students will make presentations regarding how specific topics are dealt with in their own company. After the completion of each module, students will break out into their assigned group to analyze short problems or cases Groups may be selected to present the results of their analysis to the class. *Experience-Based Learning Some students bring with them relevant experience from their particular job related activities. These students may be asked to make a presentation on selected topics in order to illustrate how management accounting is working in practice. The presentations (15 minutes or less) will be professional and include the use of overheads or PowerPoints. Students should begin thinking about a topic now as part of the experienced-based learning and when groups are formed one of these topics will be chosen for the group. Presentation topics to be covered in this learning experience may include the following: Ethical considerations Performance Evaluation Transfer Pricing The Balanced Scorecard Capital Investment Analysis Budgeting PRIOR STUDENT PREPARATION Students are expected to come to class with a certain amount of prior preparation. Before DAY 1, the tutor should cover the following topics with the students: Basic Cost Concepts Cost Classifications Cost of Goods Manufactured Statement Application of Manufacturing Overhead Disposition of Over- and Under-Applied Overhead Basic Present Value Concepts (a basic understanding of Present and Future Value Tables in Appendix to Chapter 16 in the Hilton textbook Students are expected to come to class having read the relevant textbook chapters for the current day, as well as having previewed the cases to be covered that day. It is imperative that students attend the tutoring sessions prior to the first day of class – basic managerial concepts will be co