Many university graduates aim to become managers, either of their own business, or as part of the management team of other entities. A critical attribute of management is the ability to incorporate financial and non-financial data in a range of decisions, such as pricing products, setting budgets, and evaluating performance.

However, the majority of these people have not studied accounting and information systems. This unit aims to address this gap by showing you how to identify, obtain, manipulate and analyse data to make informed business decisions.

This unit is co-taught with 11009 Business Decision Making.

Learning outcomes

After successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse complex information, apply a systems approach and develop spreadsheet models to facilitate business decision making in a variety of contexts;
2. Evaluate a range of behavioural factors and demonstrate how they influence decision makers;
3. Apply management accounting techniques, including capital budgeting, budgeting, CVP and costing to solve a range of business decisions; and
4. Analyse and interpret the impact a range of transactions and events will have on business resources.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
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
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
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 - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

10264 Finance for Managers G 11009 Business Decision Making 5617 Accounting for Managers 9501 Financial Management G.

Equivalent units

6221 Accounting for Managers G and 9501 Financial Management G.

Assumed knowledge

None.