Centre for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning

Accounting and Finance

Strategic Business Leader

Strategic Business Leader

Overview

This course will focus on leadership within the organisation through the examination of factors such as qualities of leadership, leadership and organisational culture as well as professionalism and ethical responsibilities. Additionally, the course will analyse various aspects of governance including    agency, stakeholder analysis and social responsibility, and public sector governance. In this course, students will be introduced to the importance of strategy and risk management, and the role that technology and data analytics play in today’s business world. Moreover, the course will cover topics such as organisational control and audit, financial decision making in the organisation, and innovation and change management.
 

What will I Learn?

 
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:

  • Apply advanced technical, practical, professional and ethical skills to various real-world accounting and business challenges.
  • Apply sound leadership skills to create a positive, productive organisational culture.
  • Demonstrate working knowledge of the theories and models of team working, motivation and leadership through the application of theory to real- world and scenario-based cases.
  • Identify key risks facing an organisation including financial and audit risk.
  • Manage various types of risk in an organisation.
  • Develop feasible, viable strategies to improve organisational performance.
  • Implement feasible, viable strategies to improve organisational performance.
  • Analyse financial information using various financial techniques.
  • Analyse factors affecting the organisation’s value chain by applying relevant information technologies and data analytics.
  • Evaluate internal control and audit systems to ensure compliance with and achievement of organisational goals and information safety measures.
  • Solve issues of innovation and change management in an organisation.

Who Should do this Course

Important Information

 Strategic Business Leader is an essential component of the ACCA syllabus and a compulsory component of the M.Sc. Accounting and Finance programme. This course will enable students to develop a combination of technical, professional and ethics skills through the evaluation of real- world scenarios and accounting decision making. This course will also enable students to develop the competences needed to function in positions of senior management within the workplace.
 

At a Glance

  • Admissions Term: 2021/2022 Semester I
  • Registration: Open
  • Date: TBA
  • Time:
  • Duration: 1 semester
  • Certificate Awarded: Postgraduate Professional Development Certificate of Competence
  • Course Code: ACCT 6029
  • Capacity:
  • Cost: BDS $2,050 (US $1,025) {with assessment} ; BDS $1,750 (US $875) {without assessment}

The following topics will be addressed:

  • Leadership
  • Governance
  • Strategy
  • Risk
  • Technology and Data Analytics
  • Organisational Control and Audit
  • Finance in Planning and Decision Making
  • Innovation, Performance Excellence and Change Management
  • Professional Skills

 
 

This course will be delivered using a mixture of face-to- face and online lectures, face-to-face and online practice sessions, case discussions, assigned readings, and mock exams.

This course will be assessed using coursework and a final examination weighted as follows:
Coursework – 50%
Group Assignment – 20%
2 Case Analyses – 30%
Practice Mock Exams (not weighted)
Final Examination – 50%
The final 3-hour exam may comprise case analyses and various accounting and business-related scenarios requiring analytical and problem-solving skills.

Diana Weekes-Marshall