Unit PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Course
Business administration
Study-unit Code
A001408
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
Accounting strategy and control
Teacher
Luca Bartocci
Teachers
  • Luca Bartocci
Hours
  • 63 ore - Luca Bartocci
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2021
Offered
2022/23
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Aziendale
Academic discipline
SECS-P/07
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
English
Contents
- General outline on public management evolution
- Financial management: characteristics and main issues of accounting in the public realm
- Budgeting
- Focus: engaging citizens in budgeting
- International standards for financial reporting
- Consolidation of financial reports
- Financial Auditing
Reference texts
- Boivard T., Loeffler E. (2016), Public management and governance, Routledge, London and New York, chapters 1-4 and 8
- Budding T., Grossi G., Tagesson. T, Public Sector Accounting, Routledge, London and New York, 2015
- Additional material is provided by the professor
Educational objectives
- To be aware of peculiarities of management in public domain and of the main stages of public management evolution in Western countries
- To be able to read and interpret a public budget
- To explore differences between public an private spheres in terms of financial reporting, consolidation of accounts and financial auditing
- To learn the basics of the IPSAS
- To acquire a “research-oriented ” and “critical thinking” approach to understand scientific papers and design a possible thesis
Prerequisites
No
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars and workgroups
Other information
Slides presented in the lessons and any additional material will be uploaded on the website:
https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/course/view.php?id=18080
Learning verification modality
Groupwork presentations and written exam
Extended program
Introduction to the course and syllabus
Understanding Public Sector and Public Management
The Changing Shape of the Public Sector
The Changing Context of Public Policy
Public Management Reforms Across the World
A framework to interpret the public financial management evolution
Introduction to Public Sector Accounting
Basics of Accounting Theories
Public Sector Budgeting
Participatory Budgeting
Financial reporting and international accounting harmonization
IPSAS & EPSAS
IPSAS Conceptual Framework, IPSAS 1, IPSAS 2
An overview of IPSAS on Public Sector specific topics
Financial Consolidated Statement
in the Public Sector
Financial Audit
in the Public Sector
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