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Financial Decision Making G

Available teaching periods	Delivery mode	Location
View teaching periods	Online self-paced	Bruce, Canberra
EFTSL	Credit points	Faculty
0.125	3	Faculty Of Business, Government & Law
Discipline	Study level	HECS Bands
Canberra Business School	Graduate Level	Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan Social Work_Exclude 0905) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021)

Introduction

Accounting and financial systems are fundamental elements of organisations across sectors and understanding the management of financial resources is a necessary skill for organisational leaders. Taking an approach that explores core elements of managerial and financial accounting will equip leaders with the ability to create and manage financial processes and resources and make these relevant to internal and external decision-makers. Knowledge of accounting approaches and systems will be used as a foundation to explore key elements of finance and financial market operations.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse complex information, including behavioural factors, to develop models to foster and apply informed financial decision making in a variety of contexts;
2. Apply management accounting techniques, to solve a range of business decisions; and
3. Analyse and interpret the impact a range of transactions and events will have on business resources.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

11396 Business Decision Making G

Assumed knowledge

None.

Availability

Availability for enrolment in 2026 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.

Year	Location	Teaching period	Teaching start date	Delivery mode	Unit convener
2025	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	28 July 2025	Online self-paced	Dr Hao Yang
2026	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 1	16 February 2026	Online self-paced	Prof Lorne Cummings
2026	Bruce, Canberra	Semester 2	10 August 2026	Online self-paced	Dr Hao Yang

Timetable

The information provided should be used as a guide only. Timetables may not be finalised until week 2 of the teaching period and are subject to change. Search for the unit timetable.

Resources

Required texts

There is no required textbook for this unit.

This has important implications for how you study. This is a unit that expects you to engage with the lecture materials, the module exercises and to actively participate and prepare for your tutorials. Each of these elements will help you succeed in the assessment. This is not a unit where you should focus on 'learning what the textbook says'

As you work through the Modules, you will see that we have suggested you access, read and consider a range of materials inlcuding a series of websites, short academic and professional articles and other information.

We do not require you to purchase a textbook. Note, though, that we have made use of certain chapters from textbooks that are available through the library website and especially those books and chapters from these available as e-books.

You can access these e-books for free from the University's library website. https://www.canberra.edu.au/library

You will likely need your student ID number and your University password to access the book. Note also that you are able to download chapters from the e-book should you wish to consult a copy at a later point in time.

There are a large number of business decision-making and introductory accounting texts targeted towards managers and non-accountants. Some of those textbooks may be useful for your study and development, but we have not prescribed any particular book:

Textbooks that you may find useful:

Kourdi, J. (2015). Business Strategy a guide to effective decision making. London: Profile (available online and in print)

Birt, J. et al. (2023) Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making. Eighth edition. Milton, QLD: John Wiley & Sons (available online and in print)

Ugarte, R. (2022) Bulletproof Decisions: How Executives Can Get It Right, Every Time. New York: Routledge (available online)

Drascek, M., Mesner-Andolsek, D. and Rejc, A. (2023). Ethical Decision-Making in Management: Perspectives of the Philosopher, the Sociologist and the Manager. Edition 8, [Australian version]. Melbourne: Pearson Education Australia (available online).

Atrill, P., McLaney, E. J., & Harvey, D. (2018). Accounting for non-specialists (7th edition). Melbourne: Pearson Australia (available online).

Robbins, S., (2014). Decide and Conquer: The Ultimate Guide for Improving Your Decision Making. (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Pearson Education Limited (available online)

Winston, W (2022). Microsoft Excel Data Analysis and Business Modeling (Office 2021 and Microsoft 365). (7th edition). Microsoft Corporation (available online)

There are many other books and articles that you may wish to consult. If you are unsure or need assistance, please reach out to the UC libraians, your tutor or your unit convener.

Assessment requirements

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

Students who achieve an overall mark of at least 50 per cent of the total available marks will pass the unit.

Academic integrity

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Student responsibility

Learner engagement

There are five types of work that you need to consider in the unit:

a) Lectures. The lecture material is pre-recorded and 'chunked' into short sections. You should watch, consider, take notes and reflect on each video section;

b) Online Module Activities: There are a set of prompt activities online for you to develop your understanding and work on developing relevant skills. Some of these activities require your read and reflect on stimulus material, watch a video or complete an activity or calculation. Some of this will be familiar to you, but we encourage you to set time aside to complete these activities;

c) Optional Drop-in sessions: Drop-in sessions are opportunities to perfect your knowledge and skills and are essential for your success in the unit. We would expect and encourage you to attend the optional drop-in sessions. They are 1-hour long and focus on skill and knowledge relevant to the unit. These are opportunities to reflect on lecture material and also to prepare for assessment work and success.

d) Further reading and practice: We do not know what you do not know. Thus, you may be expected to read further and complete more study. We have provided links to further materail to support your learning should you want more reinforcement;

e) Assignment preparation: You will need to set aside time for assignment work. Success will come to those who take initiative, reach out to your tutors or the unit convener when you are unsure and be prepared to put in the requisite effort.

Participation requirements

Please see above.

Required IT skills

Students need to know how to access the University of Canberra's UCLearn (Canvas) system. Students need to know how to use Microsoft Word. We will demonstrate introductory level Microsoft Excel techniques.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None.

Unit outlines

Semester 2, 2025, Online self-paced, UC - Canberra, Bruce (229413)

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Financial Decision Making G (12174.1)

Introduction

Learning outcomes

Graduate attributes

Prerequisites

Corequisites

Incompatible units

Equivalent units

Assumed knowledge

Availability

Timetable

Resources

Required texts

Assessment requirements

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

Academic integrity

Student responsibility

Learner engagement

Participation requirements

Required IT skills

Work placement, internships or practicums

Unit outlines

Next step

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