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Unit Overview

Description

The unit focuses on the nature and scope of business reporting and the need for financial and non-financial information for business decision-making. It provides students with fundamental financial management knowledge in the contemporary business environment. The unit commences with an introduction to the use of business reports and the role of accounting in decision making for various users. Financial reports are then discussed, with a focus on the preparation and analysis of financial statements from the perspectives of business report users (stakeholders). The unit also includes an introduction to the basic financial decision tools, the use of past and future-oriented information, capital budgeting techniques and the application of cost-volume-profit analysis.Limitations of financial data will also be discussed in the unit.

Credit
6 points
Offering
(see Timetable)
AvailabilityLocationMode
Semester 2UWA (Perth)Face to face
Semester 2AlbanyFace to face
Details for undergraduate courses
  • Level 1 core unit in the Agribusiness and Agricultural Science; Agribusiness major sequences
Outcomes

Students are able to (1) explain the role of accounting in decision making for various users.; (2) explain the difference between income, expenses, assets, liabilities and equity.; (3) describe the characteristics of business transactions and the concept of duality.; (4) apply principles of financial statement analysis for decision making purposes; (5) explain the role of cost-volume-profit techniques on profit planning; (6) explain the nature and scope of investment decisions and understand three principal capital budgeting techniques; (7) described the importance of appropriate methods of financing the business and describe short and long-term methods of finance.; and (8) describe the limitations of financial information..

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) quizzes; (2) group assignment including presentation; and (3) student reflection. Further information is available in the unit outline.



Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)
Dr Nikki Schonfeldt
Unit rules
Incompatibility
Enrolment in
, one level 1 6 points Unit(s) ACCT1101 Financial Accounting
Successful completion of
, one level 1 6 points Unit(s) ACCT1101 Financial Accounting
Contact hours
Up to 3 hours per week
Texts

Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making, 7th Edition (Birt, Bond, Chalmers, Brooks, Oliver)

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