MGT564 Managing Financial Information (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Management (MANAG)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Develops the participant 's skills in seeking out and interpreting the financial and other data they need to help them effectively manage projects and their work unit. Topics include strategies for managing the organisation's knowledge resources, project management, managing investments and finance, tracking financial position and performance, and managing budgets and costs.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
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| Distance | Aust Graduate Mgt Consorti | Session 2 |
| Distance | Aust Graduate Mgt Consorti | Session 3 |
| Distance | Aust Graduate Mgt Consorti |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MGT564
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Available only for Australian Graduate Management Consortium (AGMC) students.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
Be able to manipulate and evaluate information for decision making; Be able to facilitate the identification, formalisation and management of projects; Be able to develop skills in planning the stages of investing and financing projects and identify critical tasks in the information management process to ensure the objectives of projects investment are achieved; Be able to analyse and interpret relevant operational performance reports that impact upon financial performance; Be able to manage project cost information for the purposes of planning, controlling and measuring the outcomes of a project; Be able to use budget to plan, control and communicate financial progress of a project.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
The following are the titles of each learning area in the order in which they are offered: Managing Knowledge Managing Projects Managing Investment and Financing Managing Financial Position and Performance Managing Budgets Managing Costs The subject is split into six interlocking themes of 7 hours face to face duration. Though each team is a discrete learning area, there are inter relationships between the various learning areas.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.