Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description



CODE MRK1203

 
TITLE Financial Aspects of Marketing

 
UM LEVEL 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course

 
MQF LEVEL Not Applicable

 
ECTS CREDITS 4

 
DEPARTMENT Marketing

 
DESCRIPTION Objectives

The focus of this course is the organizational environment with which marketing decisions are made. A number of financial and strategic planning tools are essential elements of planning and evaluating marketing activities. The course provides an overview of financial aspects of marketing decision-making such as forecasting, budgeting, optimizing, valuing, and auditing results. Students will practice applying these tools to marketing decisions.

Content

The course will be organised around the following topics:
- Financial statements analysis;
- Planning finance;
- Cost concepts and cost behaviour;
- Break-even analysis, marginal costing, absorption costing;
- Budgetary Control;
- Standard Costing and variance analysis;
- Assessment of Capital Projects;
- Responsibility accounting (Cost Centres, Profit Centres, Investment Centres).

Reading List

Core Textbook:

- Kimmel, P.D., Weygandt, J.J. & Kieso, D.E., (2005) Principles of Accounting – Tools for Business Decision Making, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 30%
Examination (1 Hour) Yes 70%

 
LECTURER/S Joseph Micallef

 

 
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