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Accounting Information for Decision-Making - ACCG106

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
When Offered:

D2 - Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde

E2 - Evening; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde

Staff Contact(s): Accounting and Corporate Governance staff
Prerequisites:

 

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): ACCG100, ACCG105, ARTS105, MMCS105
Unit Designation(s):

Commerce; Economics

Engineering

Information Technology

Science

Technology

Unit Type:
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance

Faculty of Business and Economics

Timetable Information

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