Managing People and Sytems

As you should know by now, that Dr Beverley Lee is examiner for this Paper 5. I have done extensive coverage about this paper, and discover that it combines a number of themes including: issues of organisation structure and design, environmental influences, office and accounting systems and practice (including some IT aspects), internal control and internal audit, management, leadership, teams, learning theory, health, safety, and security.Probably the problem that student might face here is the internal control and internal audit which is note to paper 8,however, the syllabus here does not require student to know a detail procedure,what a relief!nonetheless,it is very much a hybrid paper and covers a very broad syllabus.The first title when student start learning this paper is that you must understand the paper are: ‘To develop a knowledge and understanding of the role of the manager in an effective, efficient, safe and secure accounting environment.’ This includes the coordination of work activities, the maintenance of an effective accounting system, people management, personal effectiveness and health and safety issues within the workplace.But warning,to those textbookholics, rote learning material from study guides and textbooks is unlikely to equip you with adequate information to be able to pass this paper..the best way is understand the situation,apply and best recommendation is pratice and pratice past year questions,but not memorising each questions and answers,in fact; learn how examiner approach to questions, and construct the answers.
Syllabus provided is there are five key syllabus areas and all areas are equally important. You can expect to be examined in each of the five areas. The five areas are:
1)the business and accounting environment
2)effective management of business and accounting systems
3)management theory, principles and techniques
4)individual effectiveness at work
5)health, safety and security in the working environment.
but the examiner higlights that he may be examined on security issues associated with data management and protection and you may be examined on the role of IT in effective organisational communications etc. The key theme is that IT can be seen as an enabler in organisations and he may examine it in this context. but note that – he will not be examining any of the technical aspects.