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Unit of Study ACC10707 - Accounting and Finance for Business (2018)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Anti-requisites

    ACC00150 Using Financial Information AND ACC10249 Financial Information for Decision Making

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Introduces the concepts, principles and techniques of accounting and finance used by internal and external decision makers through teacher-directed activities. This unit focuses on providing the fundamental knowledge and skills to enable students to appreciate how accounting and finance is used for planning and control in organisations. 

Unit content

Topic 1: Introduction to the accounting environment

Topic 2: Recording business transactions

Topic 3: Overview of the financial statements I

Topic 4: Overview of the financial statements II

Topic 5: Financial statement analysis

Topic 6: Budgeting

Topic 7: Cost volume profit

Topic 8: Capital investments

Topic 9: Working capital management

Topic 10: Financing the business

Topic 11: Performance management

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
China - TUST N/A Session 1
Coffs Harbour Session 2 Session 2
Gold Coast Session 2,  3 Session 2,  3
Lismore Session 2 Session 2
Melbourne N/A Session 2,  3
Melbourne - The Hotel School Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3
Online Session 2,  3 Session 2,  2,  3,  3
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Enga N/A Session 2
Papua New Guinea - IBSU Port Moresby N/A Session 2
Perth N/A Session 2,  3
Sydney N/A Session 2,  3
Sydney - The Hotel School Session 1,  2,  3 Session 1,  2,  3

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe the regulatory, social and ethical context of the business environment
2 record basic business transactions and produce the four key financial statements
3 use financial statement analysis techniques to aid internal and external decision making
4 apply basic costing, budgeting, working capital and capital investment techniques to organisational decision-making
5 distinguish and compare alternative sources of business financing
6 discuss the measurement of organisational performance
7 identify and apply basic accounting and finance tools and techniques in a routine setting.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe the regulatory, social and ethical context of the business environment
    • GA4:
  2. record basic business transactions and produce the four key financial statements
    • GA4:
  3. use financial statement analysis techniques to aid internal and external decision making
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. apply basic costing, budgeting, working capital and capital investment techniques to organisational decision-making
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. distinguish and compare alternative sources of business financing
    • GA4:
  6. discuss the measurement of organisational performance
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  7. identify and apply basic accounting and finance tools and techniques in a routine setting.
    • GA1:

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