Business and technology qualifications, Levels 3-6, in Brussels. Explore qualifications
Portal login
Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Accountancy

Applying Management Information in practice: case studies

AB302 · Management Information — Week 12 of 16

CourseAB302
Week12 of 16
SemesterI
TutorOnline in the course chat

This week’s topics

Applying Management Information in practice: case studies

  1. Case analysis
  2. Linking theory to practice
  3. Evaluating evidence
  4. How to Use the Case Study Information & Data | Live Revision for BTEC National Business Unit 6

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Compare cost and management accounting processes with those required for external financial reporting.
  • 2.3 Analyse trends for gross and net earnings.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

  • How to Use the Case Study Information & Data | Live Revision for BTEC National Business Unit 6 · YouTube · tutor2u · 54 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Academy trust management accounting: good practice guide (DfE/ESFA, 2024) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Optimizing costs for gamma knife radiosurgery: a cost and breakeven analysis · Reading · Reading, article · for registered students
  • Writing Guide with Handbook, ch. 8.5: Writing an analytical report · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 254–267 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
Week 11Week 13
Course chat

Admitted students ask questions on this week’s page in the student portal: an AI assistant trained on the course answers first, and during the course’s timetabled classes Connect to your tutor brings your tutor into the chat, who may start a call if needed.

Open this week in the portal
Course plan
  • Week 1: Accounting systems in business organisations
  • Week 2: Purpose of management information
  • Week 3: Management accounting versus financial reporting
  • Week 4: Labour remuneration systems
  • Week 5: Accounting for labour costs
  • Week 6: Analysing gross and net earnings
  • Week 7: ICT applications in management information
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Factors influencing ICT adoption
  • Week 10: Evaluating ICT in management information
  • Week 11: Integrated management information review
  • Week 12: Applying Management Information in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
Back to the course
Scroll