Financial Decision Making G (12174.1)

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

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

11396 Business Decision Making G

Assumed knowledge

None.