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ACCG106: Accounting Information for Decision-Making
This unit equips students to understand accounting as a useful tool for management decision making. Students develop an understanding of the principles of financial and management accounting from a user perspective. Topics include: the environment of accounting; recording business transactions; information on the income statement and balance sheet; analysis and interpretation of financial reports; budgeting; cost-volume-profit analysis; and financing a business. Students are able to explain the usefulness of financial and management accounting information and describe different types of accounting information for both internal and external users. Students develop graduate capabilities in a range of areas including critical analysis of accounting information, problem-solving skills and written and oral communication skills.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year E2 - Evening; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Accounting staff |
| Prerequisites: | |
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| NCCW(s): | ACCG100, ACCG105, ARTS105, MMCS105 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Accounting and Finance |
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