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Accounting for Business Decisions

Postgraduate | RMI-OMBA610 | 2018

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Add accounting skills and knowledge to your arsenal and use them to inform your business decisions. Run through accounting reporting and recording methods. Zero in on working capital. Explore this study area from the perspective of a business manager.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Accounting for Business Decisions

About this subject

  • On successful completion of this subject you will be able to:

    1. assess the financial reports of an organisation to to identify areas that need to be improved and provide opportunity to consider how to respond
    2. select, communicate and advocate desirable strategies that will address complex financial problems and opportunities
    3. analyse and interpret organisational budget reports to ascertain the financial status of a business
    4. implement basic cost accounting tools to improve business outcomes
    5. apply research principles and design thinking to ascertain ethical and sustainable solutions for a given accounting problem.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Prior study

To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:

one of

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • RMI-OMBA220 (Not currently available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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