Learning outcome: To understand, be able to think critically, to be aware of the contemporary issues about a business in management accounting. Assignment Brief 1. This assignment is concerned with assessing your ability to seek, gather and analyse current issue in management accounting. It also assesses your ability to present a report concerning the latest development of management accounting in related topics. 2. This is a group assignment and each group comprise THREE/FOUR members. You cannot do this assignment individually. 3. This assignment carries 30% of the available marks for this module. Task 1 30% 1. You are required to submit a written report based on the literature readings according to the due date (assigned). 2. Your group is required to prepare a written report on one of the topics below. a) Changes to external business environment to pricing decisions/strategies. b) c) Changes in manufacturing environment to pricing decisions/ strategies. Significance of management accounting information for pricing, decision making and profitability analysis. 3. Your assignment should include following: a) Summary of your literature readings. b) The main issues of the paper. c) The author/s's views. d) Students' views and opinion based on the issues. e) Reference list f) Hardcopy of original journal or article.