Offered

Gippsland First semester 2008 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2008 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Topics include overview of business environment, accounting reports, capital investment analysis, financial decisions, sources of finance, management of working capital, tools of financial analysis, budgeting and performance measure.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• prepare basic financial reports for a small- to medium-size business;
• analyse, communicate and present arguments based on accounting information;
• critically assess the performance of a business through cost volume profit analysis, budgeting and performance evaluation;
• apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with financial management.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact hours

Approximately 12 hours per week

Co-requisites

This unit is for students not enrolled in Business and Economics degrees.

Prohibitions

Not available to Bachelor of Business and Commerce students.