MBA specialisation 1

Learning Outcomes:

1. 1. 1. Integrate knowledge from various sources to make judgements about how companies and public sector and ‘not-for-profit’ sector organisations can raise finance.
      2. Learn independently about the different features of financing instruments.
      3. Carry out a financial ‘risk-mapping’ exercise of a company or organisation, and assume responsibility for it.
      4. Propose a financial risk management strategy and assume responsibility for it.

Mode of Teaching:

Lectures, discussions, asynchronous forums

Mode of Assessment:

4K assignment (70%); presentation (30%)

Total Contact Hours:

70

Supervised Placement and Practice Hours:

0

Self-Study Hours:

100

Assessment Hours:

80

Learning Outcomes:

1. 1. 1. Learn independently about auditing concepts, principles and objectives, and about the different types of auditing.
      2. Learn independently and instruct trainees about the basic analytical procedures on a set of financial statements, including when to use sampling and non-sampling.
      3. Prepare an audit plan by determining materiality, audit risk, and audit strategy, and assume responsibility for it.
      4. Make judgements and recommend improvements on the various elements of internal controls
      5. Develop tests of controls and tests of balances and audit procedures, and assume responsibility for decisions taken.
      6. Learn independently about the nature of other assurance and compilation engagements and identify the appropriate report for these engagements.
      7. Act professionally in view of the legal obligations faced by auditors under various types of law and assume responsibility for your actions.

Mode of Teaching:

Lectures, discussions, asynchronous forums

Mode of Assessment:

4K assignment (70%); presentation (30%)

Total Contact Hours:

70

Supervised Placement and Practice Hours:

0

Self-Study Hours:

100

Assessment Hours:

80

Learning Outcomes:

1. 1. 1. Act independently and take the appropriate steps towards understanding and implementing digital currencies into the financial services landscape.
      2. Integrate knowledge from various fields and judge the relevance of cryptocurrencies as digital assets as opposed to alternative assets.
      3. Integrate knowledge from various sources to gain a deep understanding of the benefits and risks of the implementation of digital assets into a company that was predominantly physical.
      4. Learn through self-directed study how to handle regulatory oversight, the potential for illicit use through its anonymity within a new under-developed exchange system, and infrastructural breaches influenced by the growth of cyber criminality in the context of cryptocurrencies.
      5. Integrate knowledge from various sources to gain a deep understanding of the impact of ‘‘blockchain technology’’ on the nature of financial transactions from a business ethics perspective.

Mode of Teaching:

Lectures, discussions, asynchronous forums

Mode of Assessment:

4K assignment (75%); online forum discussion (25%)

Total Contact Hours:

70

Supervised Placement and Practice Hours:

0

Self-Study Hours:

100

Assessment Hours:

80