21801051 - ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC AND NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

The aims of this course is to explain public sector management and accounting by an integrated approach, such as drawing together accounting theory and practice for each of the main areas (modules) of financial accounting, management accounting and audit. This course is designed to help students develop specific public sector accounting skills.
Module I – Introduction: In the first section, the objective is to explain the managerial developments in the public sector, by give a brief history of these;
Module II – Management accounting: In the second section the objective is to explain developments in the use of internal markets and compulsory competition and the more recent emphasis on public-private concept and the introduction of the private concept in the public sector;
Module III – Financial accounting: In the third section the object is to explain updates and internationalizes the discussion of financial accounting theory and regulation.
Module IV – Auditing: In the fourth section are explained the international developments of audit in the public sector.
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Fruizione: 21201488 ECONOMIA DELLE AZIENDE E DELLE AMMINISTRAZIONI PUBBLICHE E NON PROFIT in Economia e gestione aziendale L-18 GRANDIS FABIO GIULIO

Programme

Module I – Introduction
1. the nature of public sector accounting;
2. public sector accounting;
3. economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
Module II – Management accounting
1. planning and control;
2. the role of management accounting;
3. management accounting and planning;
4. management accounting and control;
5. the annual revenue budget;
6. line-item budgeting and programme budgeting;
7. budget preparation.
Module III – Financial accounting
1.accounting theory;
2. accounting theory and public sector organisations;
3. stewardship and accountability;
4. objectives in public sector accounting theory;
5. the reporting unit;
6. accounting policy-making;
7. different accrual accounting policies;
8. the major techniques of financial accounting;
9. budgetary accounting;
10. cash accounting;
11. accruals accounting;
12. annual reports and accounts;
13. accounting uniformity;
14. performance measurement.


Core Documentation

R. Jones, N. Pendlebury – Public sector accounting. Pearson Education, 2000. It could be excluded: from pag. 48 to 57; from pag. 69 to 124; from pag. 185 to 207; from pag. 233 to 245.

Type of delivery of the course

Frontal lesson with illustration of business cases

Attendance

Recommended but not mandatory

Type of evaluation

Oral interview on three topics of the program, one chosen by the student As long as the emergency COVID 19 remains, the exams will be carried out in the oral form "at a distance", in accordance with the provisions contained in the D.R. 703/20 of the University of Roma Tre. The oral interview consists of at least three questions that will be asked by the teacher on the entire examination program. The questions may also require the development of written solutions (numerical exercises, accounting records, formulas, graphs). For this reason, the candidate must have a blank sheet of paper and a pen available between himself and the computer. At the end of the written exercise, the candidate must expose the sheet with the solution, in favor of the camera.