| Type: | Postgraduate Subject |
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| Code: | GMBA71-201 |
| Faculty: | Bond Business School |
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| Credit: | 10 |
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Description
This course prepares managers in their use of accounting information to aid in making evidence based decisions. This includes developing and understanding of financial statements from a user perspective to examine the financial reporting process. Particular emphasis is given to the underlying concepts and forms of both external and internal reporting. Concepts and methods involved in the preparation and interpretation of balance sheet as a statement of business value, profit and loss reports, and cash flow statements are examined, as well as an introduction to cost accounting through coverage of the roles of budgeting (preparation of a master budget), cost concepts, classifications and cost-behaviour patterns, and systems to accumulate and allocate costs are also considered with case studies and examples of their use in management decision making.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Read financial statements, know their uses, and be aware of their limitations. As such, students will be able to communicate in the "language of business".
- Perform and communicate a critical analysis of financial performance using contemporary ratio analysis.
- In managerial positions, better appreciate the impact of their day-to-day decisions and policies on the performance of their organisation and understand how parties, internal and external to their organisation, will interpret the reporting of those decisions.
Enrolment requirements
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Nil |
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| Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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| Restrictions: |
This subject is not available to
Must be admitted into a BBT/MBA Program This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure. |
Subject outlines
- January 2025 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2024 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2024 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- September 2023 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2023 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2023 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- September 2022 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2022 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2022 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- September 2021 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2021 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2021 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- September 2020 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2020 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2020 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2019 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2019 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2018 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- January 2018 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
- May 2017 [Online - Accounting for Decision Making]
Subject dates
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January - Bond-BBT MBA 2024
Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023 Semester start: 15/01/2024 Subject start: 15/01/2024 Cancellation 1: 30/01/2024 Cancellation 2: 03/02/2024 Last enrolment: 28/01/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 14/02/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 03/03/2024 Teaching census: 13/02/2024 -
May - Bond-BBT MBA 2024
Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT Enrolment opens: 19/03/2024 Semester start: 13/05/2024 Subject start: 13/05/2024 Cancellation 1: 27/05/2024 Cancellation 2: 31/05/2024 Last enrolment: 25/05/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 10/06/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 27/06/2024 Teaching census: 09/06/2024 -
January - Bond-BBT MBA 2025
Non-Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024 Semester start: 20/01/2025 Subject start: 20/01/2025 Cancellation 1: 03/02/2025 Cancellation 2: 07/02/2025 Last enrolment: 01/02/2025 Withdraw - Financial: 17/02/2025 Withdraw - Academic: 06/03/2025 Teaching census: 16/02/2025
| Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 12/11/2023 |
| Semester start: | 15/01/2024 |
| Subject start: | 15/01/2024 |
| Cancellation 1: | 30/01/2024 |
| Cancellation 2: | 03/02/2024 |
| Last enrolment: | 28/01/2024 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 14/02/2024 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 03/03/2024 |
| Teaching census: | 13/02/2024 |
| Non-Standard Offering - Bond-BBT | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 19/03/2024 |
| Semester start: | 13/05/2024 |
| Subject start: | 13/05/2024 |
| Cancellation 1: | 27/05/2024 |
| Cancellation 2: | 31/05/2024 |
| Last enrolment: | 25/05/2024 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 10/06/2024 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 27/06/2024 |
| Teaching census: | 09/06/2024 |
| Non-Standard Offering | |
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| Enrolment opens: | 10/11/2024 |
| Semester start: | 20/01/2025 |
| Subject start: | 20/01/2025 |
| Cancellation 1: | 03/02/2025 |
| Cancellation 2: | 07/02/2025 |
| Last enrolment: | 01/02/2025 |
| Withdraw - Financial: | 17/02/2025 |
| Withdraw - Academic: | 06/03/2025 |
| Teaching census: | 16/02/2025 |