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Postgraduate TAS-BFA731-2021

CPA Contemporary Business Issues

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$2,701 $0

Your upfront cost: $0

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Duration

12 weeks

Study method

100% online

Available loans

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Assessments

Subjects may require attendance

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

  • 22 Feb 2021
  • 12 Jul 2021
UTAS
Australia’s fourth oldest university, the University of Tasmania, is highly regarded internationally for teaching and academic excellence. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate degrees and more than 50 postgraduate programs across a range of disciplines. The university offers students a diverse range of opportunities, the chance to learn from leading experts, and excellent preparation for their future careers.

QS RANKING 2021

19

Times Higher Education Ranking 2021

25

  • 2021

Subject details

What you'll learn

Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to: 


  1. Encourage an attitude of professional curiosity by challenging assumptions about contemporary and emerging issues, and how they should be addressed.
  2. Critically evaluate current research and practice on the origins and effects of contemporary and emerging global issues.
  3. Judge the effects that disclosure requirements will have on financial and non-financial reporting and consider the overall impact that a shift towards non-financial, sustainability and integrated reporting will have on organisations and accounting functions.
Topics covered
    • Contemporary Innovation & Technology
    • Contemporary Business Models & Financing
    • Contemporary Human Resource Management
    • Future of Natural Resource Management
    • Contemporary Stakeholder Management
Entry requirements

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

The CPA as an innovator. The Contemporary Business Issues (CBI) subject examines a number of contemporary and emerging global issues in order to familiarise you with the business environment you are likely to be operating in as an accountant. It also uses contemporary issues as a vehicle for advancing the development of professional values, ethics and attitudes. In particular, attitudes that:

  • value learning combined with well-developed personal communication, networking and information technology skills;
  • acknowledge the importance of professional curiosity as a means of avoiding imprudent decision-making; and
  • welcome divergent opinions and creative approaches to problem-solving as a means of gaining insights into an increasingly complex and dynamic business world.

This subject will offer you the challenges and opportunities presented by contemporary issues— such as operating in a carbon-constrained economy and in an environment of tight liquidity and dwindling resources. The aims of the subject are to:

  • promote the development of professional values, ethics and attitudes by using complex, real-life scenarios that highlight how professional values, ethics and attitudes underpin all facets of an accountant’s work; and
  • develop a broader awareness of the origins and effects of contemporary and emerging global issues that are affecting the business environment.
Assessments

  • Final Exam (100%%)
Textbooks

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Check the learning management system (LMS) of your university for textbook details.

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