CONTACT CSU

MBA504 Accounting & Financial Management (8)

Abstract

This subject introduces students to the accounting and financial management disciplines in an integrated manner dealing with financial accounting, management accounting,  social and environmental accounting and finance and business decision making using quantitative information technology and business communication skills. Students will gain an understanding of the accounting principles underlying the accounting process and the uses and limitations of financial statements published by business entities. Accounting and financial management issues faced by management and some of the techniques used by managers in decision making will also be addressed.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 2
InternalCSU Study Centre Melbourne
DistanceWagga Wagga Campus
Session 3
DistanceWagga Wagga Campus
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: MBA504
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Accounting and Finance

Enrolment restrictions

Master of Business Administration Students only. Not available to students who have completed ACC501.
Incompatible subject(s)Related subject(s)
ACC501 ACC501 There is some content overlap

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to critique basic accounting and financial management ideas that underlie and limit the usefulness of accounting and finance information;
  • be able to explain the nature of, and apply, the measurement of assets, equities, revenues, expenses and income;
  • be able to critically evaluate and analyse some of the interpretative techniques used in accounting and financial management;
  • be able to explain and evaluate the concepts behind the management decision making processes associated with the efficient allocation of business resources; and
  • be able to integrate skills in information technology, communication and the use of quantitative techniques for management decision making.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • the history of accounting;
  • an introduction to financial accounting, concepts, techniques and conventions;
  • accounting applications of information technology;
  • corporate annual reports, the nature and objectives of financial accounting;
  • financial analysis and interpretation of accounting reports;
  • business communication and report writing;
  • social and environmental disclosures;
  • introduction to management accounting including environmental management accounting, panopticism, and management control issues;
  • cost behaviour and cost-volume-profit (CVP) analysis;
  • inventory control systems including inventory flow assumptions and economic order quantity models;
  • relevant management accounting information for decision making;
  • costs and special decisions;
  • budgeting; and
  • capital budgeting decisions.

Back

The information contained in the 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 06 September 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.