EXPORT-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT - IMC Fachhochschule Krems

Course Description
Financial performance and financial reporting will be the major topics of this semester.
The students will be introduced to the basic tools necessary to analyze a business and,
therefore, to make more enlightened managerial decisions. Using the basic accounting
statements, the student should be able to dissect a company, isolate areas of strengths
and weaknesses and make recommendations on how to resolve the weaknesses and
capitalize on the strengths.
Literature
REQUIRED TEXT:
DYSON, J.R: Accounting for Non-Accounting Students. 7th ed. Pitman Publishing
Lecturer handouts (All handouts, exercises, results to exercises and other information will
be made available on the IMC eLearning platform).
Dictionaries:
A guide to the jargon, concepts and the uncertainties of Accounting:
NOBES Christopher: Pocket Accounting. The Economist Books
A detailed introduction to British accounting:
WOOD Frank: Business Accounting I. 11th ed. Prentice Hall 2008
Understanding Accounting:
RICE Anthony: Accounts demystified. Prentice Hall 2007
Internet:
Prentice Hall‘s student resources:
http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/ema_uk_he_dyson_accnas_7
Evaluation
Exam, Assignments
Teaching Methods
The course consists of a mix of classroom lectures, group work and discussions and also
some self-learning units accompanied by the lecturer using eLearning tools and the IMC
eDesktop/Courseware. An extra 50 minutes per week will be dedicated to review and
additional exercises. Depending on the material covered in the lectures the exercise work
will consist of individual problem solving, group work or dealing with case studies.
Software Applications II
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Spring 1 SWA 1
Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives
After this course students are able to work with databases and web based collaboration
tools.
Prerequisites / Level
ACTE 2
Course Description
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