Question 3
As a recently hired Management Accountant, you have been asked to write a report on the following article provided by your senior manager:
Lapsley, I. and Rekers, J.V., 2017. The relevance of strategic management accounting to popular culture: The world of West End Musicals. Management Accounting Research, 35, pp.47–55.
Your senior manager is currently working on a project to better understand strategic management accounting. He indicated that your report will be shared with the whole team and has asked you to address the following points in your report:
a.What is the main aim of the article?
(5 marks)
b.How do the authors seek to achieve this aim?
(10 marks)
c.What do the authors do to enhance previous research?
(10 marks)
d.What do the article’s results show?
(10 marks)
e.Provide the team with a brief critique of the article. Your critique should consider different aspects of the article, such as: research questions, data collection, authors’ analysis, discussion, limitations and summary of results.
(10 marks)
Marks will also be awarded for report presentation, clarity of expression and correct use of referencing.
(5 marks)
Total: 50 marks
The word limit for this question is 1,200 words. Do not exceed this by more than 10%
