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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. By the end of the unit 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: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening S2 Evening - Session 2, North Ryde, Evening MQC1 Evening - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 1, Undergraduate, Evening, March to June MQC2 Day - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 2, Undergraduate, Day, July to October |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Samantha Sin |
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| NCCW(s): | ACCG100, ACCG105, ARTS105, MMCS105 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance Faculty of Business and Economics |
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