Financial Information for Decision Making
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 1 | Higher Ed. Semester 2 | |
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HOL Study Period 2 | HOL Study Period 4 | |
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Swinburne Online
Teaching Period 1 | Teaching Period 2 | |
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Corequisites
Aims and objectives
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
2. Online Tests (Individual) 20 - 30% (In class test will still occur at Sarawak in semester 1 2020)
3. Final Examination (Individual) 40 - 60%
General skills outcomes
- problem solving skills
- Teamwork skills
- communication skills
- people skills
- ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
- ability to work independently
Content
- Business Reporting - Financial reporting – Introduction to financial reports and their use in decision making
- Business Reporting - Recording & reporting business transactions using accrual accounting
- Business Reporting - Preparation and use of Cash Flow Statement
- Performance Assessment - Analysis & Interpretation of Financial Reports
- Performance Assessment - Introduction to Performance Evaluation – business unit & business unit manager
- Business Planning - Revenue & Cost Determination
- Business Planning - Cost Behaviour & Cost Volume Profit Analysis (CVP)
- Business Planning - Operational Decision Making
Study resources
- Reading materials.