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This document provides instructions for a course assignment on strategic cost management and business analysis techniques. Students are asked to discuss how such techniques are applied in their own organization, or could be applied, in a paper of up to 2,000 words. The document outlines formatting requirements, references, and notes that plagiarism will result in a ban from resubmitting assignments for 2 years.

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Generic Assignment For 10 Year Rule Attendees-2023

This document provides instructions for a course assignment on strategic cost management and business analysis techniques. Students are asked to discuss how such techniques are applied in their own organization, or could be applied, in a paper of up to 2,000 words. The document outlines formatting requirements, references, and notes that plagiarism will result in a ban from resubmitting assignments for 2 years.

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GENERIC TOPIC FOR COURSE PARTICIPANTS ELECTING TO UNDERTAKE

ASSIGNMENT BASED ASSESSMENT

“The tools and techniques that were covered in the Strategic Cost Management
and Strategic Business Analysis courses are very useful in providing decision-
oriented information to senior management in my organisation and such
information will ultimately enhance its corporate value.”

Discuss the above statement in depth, by reviewing, comparing and contrasting recent approaches to
management accounting, and the applicability of such in the organisation you work for. Do you agree
with the statement? Please indicate if such techniques are already in use in your organisation, and if so,
describe them in detail. If not, discuss their applicability, and your possible role in introducing some key
tools and techniques and bringing about organisational change.

Length: 2,000 words, excluding bibliography, notes, figures and tables.


Assessment: A pass mark of 50% or above is required to satisfy the educational requirements for CMA
certification and membership.
Due Date: After One Month after completion of CMA programme and a Maximum Three Months
from date of completion of programme attended.
Note: Late assignments will only not be accepted, unless in exceptional circumstances. Those
late will need to undertake the CMA Examination when they are next scheduled to be
held.
Assignment Cover Page:

The Assignment Cover Page must show the following:

Name of Student
CMA Batch Number
Country
Date Program Completed
Title of Assignment
Name of Current Employer
Position in Organisation
Name of Organisation
Analysed in Assignment
Name of Past Company Used
in Assignment (if any)
Full CV provided Yes

Points to Note:

1. The assignment must be the student’s own work.


2. The assignment must be about the company the student currently works for.

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3. Students must clearly state (at the start of the assignment) that they currently work (or have
previously worked) in the company that is the focus of the assignment and what their current
position is.
4. A student must provide a current CV showing the current organisation they work for. If using a
previous company or a company in which a consultancy was carried out this must show on CV. The
CV must show educational achievements.
5. If the student uses a fictitious company name, they must submit a separate document (to their
assignment report) as to what the actual name of the company is, and the student’s relationship to
it.
6. Any detailed or confidential information must be averaged or modified in order to remove
sensitivity.
7. Students must limit the assignment to 2,000 words, excluding bibliography, notes, figures and
tables, etc.
References:

1. All references must be in the Harvard Style, e.g. the following sentence will be referenced as
follows:

A greater focus on market forces is also becoming evident, and this orientation has
been stressed by a number of researchers and investigative bodies (Nelson et al, 1998;
Moore & Diamond, 1995; Elliott, 1992).

2. The Bibliography will show as follows (in alphabetical sequence):

Elliott, R. K. (1992), “The third wave brakes on the shores of Accounting”, Accounting Horizons, Vol.12,
No.3, June, pp. 61-85.

Moore, M. R. and Diamond, M. A. (1995), The Strategic Planning Partnership among Business Schools and
Accounting Program Stockholders, Plenary session at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Federation of
Schools of Accounting, Las Vegas, NV.

Nelson, I. T., Bailey, J.A. and Nelson, A. T. (1998) “Changing Accounting Education with Purpose: Market
Based Strategic Planning for Departments of Accounting”. Issues in Accounting Education Vol.13, No.2,
May, pp 23-44.

3. You should make every attempt to source at least 5-10 relevant and more recent journal
articles, especially from (but not limited to) the following Journals:

a. Journal of Cost Management


b. Journal of Management Accounting Research
c. Management Accounting Frontiers
d. Journal of Applied Management Accounting Research
e. Financial Management (USA)
f. Harvard Business Review
g. Sloan Management Review
h. Long Range Planning
i. Accounting and Business Research
j. Journal of Marketing
k. European Marketing Journal
l. Journal of Advertising Research

4. Plagiarism

With the advent of the Internet and Google, plagiarism in assignments has become a serious
issue.

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Any one of the following is considered plagiarism:

a. turning in someone else's work as your own


b. copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
c. failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
d. giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
e. changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
f. copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your
work, whether you give credit or not.

Therefore, even though a student enumerates ALL the sources used on the Reference page of
the paper, he/she would plagiarize as per points (3) and (6).

Those found to plagiarise will be banned from resubmitting their assignment for 2-
years, and will not be given any form of membership of the ICMA.

5. The assignment must be emailed in electronic form, as a word document, to your Provider
Institution. They will forward it to ICMA for grading.

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