Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

This week’s topics

Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing

1. Unpacking the assignment brief and criteria
2. Finding and evaluating sources
3. Planning and referencing

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Define management accounting,
• 1.2 Explain requirements for various management accounting systems used in business.
• 1.3 Explain the function of cost accounting in business accounting.
• 1.4 Explain the relationship between cost accounting and management accounting.
• 1.5 Explain how cost accounting, management account and financial accounting are coordinated to aid effective decision-making in business.
• 2.1 Explain the contribution of budgeting-setting and monitoring to business performance.
• 2.2 Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different types of budget-setting.
• 2.3 Explain how to apply the techniques for managing working capital management.
• 2.4 Explain the methods used to depreciate non-current assets.
• 3.1 Explain the purpose of standard costing for a selected organisation.
• 3.2 Calculate standard costs for given data.
• 3.3 Calculate variances for given data.
• 3.4 Discuss the advantages and limitations of standard costing.
• 4.1 Explain how to calculate break-even analysis using formula.
• 4.2 Explain how a business organisation can apply cost, volume and profit analysis.
• 4.3 Explain the limitations of break-even analysis.

Activity

Plan the unit assignment against every criterion; source and reference the evidence.

Study materials

Further resources

• Writing for Success, ch. 8.1–8.3: Prewriting, outlining and drafting · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 281–318 · for registered students
• Harvard Referencing quick guide 2025 (York St John University) · PDF · Other, report · for registered students
• Evaluating Information: Applying the CRAAP Test · PDF · Other, report · for registered students