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NOZMUL HUSSAIN

STUDENT NUMBER: 2489340

PROFESSIONAL ACCA ACCOUNTING COURSE YEAR 1

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING 1

SUMMER RESIT COURSEWORK (2005/06)

UNIT LEADER: JONATHAN ROOKE

Management Accounting Essay

Q1: Discuss the management accounting issues that affect the business concerned in relation to the news paper article. (www.butlersinthebuff.co.uk)

From reading the article it's quite clear that the business has developed very rapidly over a very few years are on a successful businenss idea but as any business grows in size operations become more complicated, no longer is just having a good idea enough to progress and protect what has been achieved. Good management and skilled labour are necessary to be able to grow. For managers to be able to make good decisions they require up to date financial information which is related to the issue they are examining, this is the role of management accountants to provide relevant financial data to managers.

From reading the article entitled: 'Starting Out' 1 and looking at the business's website2 I've got a good understanding of the nature of the business and its history. There was

very little financial data provided in the article and website