3000 word Accounting/Financing Assignment

AF4S135: Research for Finance and Accounting

(2013-2014)

MSc MANDIF, Islamic Banking, Finance, Finance and Investment

MSc Accounting, Forensic Accounting & Audit

MSc Associate Accounting Nurtingen (Term 1 only)

1: Contact details for teaching team

	Room	Phone	Email
Martyn Jarvis	A112	01443 482983	[email protected]

2: Reading list

Recommended texts:

Collis, J. and Hussey, R. (2009) Business Research, 3rd Edition, Palgrave

Field, A. (2013) Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, 4th Edition, Sage Publications: London

Additional texts:

Research Methods:

Humphrey, C. and Lee, B. (2008) The Real Life Guide to Accounting Research, Elsevier

Ryan, B., Scapens, R.W. and Theobald, M.. (2002) Research Method and Methodology in Finance and Accounting, Thomson

Saunders, M., Thornhill, A. and Lewis, P. (2009) Research Methods for Business Students, FT Prentice Hall

Smith, M. (2011) Research Methods in Accounting, Sage Publications: London

SPSS:

Pallant Julie, (2013) SPSS Survival Manual (5th Edn) OUP

Any Statistics Book but the following are good texts:

Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Freeman, Shoesmith (2007) Statistics for Business and Economics Thomson Learning

Wisniewski Mik (2006) Quantitative Methods for Decision Makers (4th Edn) FT Prentice Hall

Bradley Teresa (2006) Essential Statistics for Economics, Business and Management Wiley

3: Lecture programme

Week	Week commencing	Topic	Reading* Chapters
1	30th Sept 2013	Literature review and Harvard referencing	C 13 & 6
2	7th Oct 2013	Research paradigm and methodology	C 4 & 5
3	14th Oct 2013	Collecting and analysing qualitative data	C 8 & 9
4	21st Oct 2013	Collecting and analysing quantitative data	C 10, 11, 12
5	28th Oct 2013	Research proposal to research project (dissertation)	C 3
6	11th Nov 2013	The use of SPSS to analyse quantitative data	F
7	18th Nov 2013
8	25th Nov 2013
9	2nd Dec 2013
10	9th Dec 2013

* C = Collis and Hussey (2009), F = Field (2013)

4: Tutorial programme

Week	Week commencing	Topic	Activity
1	30th Sept 2013	Introduction Research output	Module outline PowerPoint slides Clatworthy and Jones (2008)
2	7th Oct 2013	Literature review and Harvard referencing	Clatworthy and Jones (2008) Exercise
3	14th Oct 2013	Research paradigm and methodology	Sarens et al (2009)
4	21st Oct 2013	Collecting and analysing qualitative data	Linsley and Shrives (2006)
5	28th Oct 2013	Collecting and analysing quantitative data	Clatworthy and Jones (2008)
6	11th Nov 2013	The use of SPSS to analyse quantitative data
7	18th Nov 2013
8	25th Nov 2013
9	2nd Dec 2013
10	9th Dec 2013

Articles

Clatworthy, M. and Jones, M.J. (2008) “Overseas equity analysis by UK analysts and fund managers”. British Accounting Review, 40 (3), pp.337-355.

Linsley, P. And Shrives, P. (2006) “Risk reporting: A study of risk disclosures in the annual reports of UK companies” British Accounting Review, 38 (3), pp.387-404.

Sarens, G., Beelde I. and Everaert P. (2009) “Internal audit: A comfort provider to the audit committee” British Accounting Review, 41 (2), pp. 90–106.

5: Assessment

Two assignments, each carrying 50% weighting of the overall mark.

MSc Associate Coursework 1 only

Coursework 1

Assignment issue date (Start Date) 1st October 2013 Assignment hand-in date (Due Date) 1st December 2013 Assignment return date (Post Date) 20th January 2014

Coursework 2

Assignment issue date (Start Date) 12th November 2012 Assignment hand-in date (Due Date) 9th February 2014 Assignment return date (Post Date) 10th March 2014