Accounting for Business Decisions
PostgraduateRMI-OMBA6102023
Course information for 2023 intake
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.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Accounting for Business Decisions
About this subject
On successful completion of this subject you will be able to:
- assess the financial reports of an organisation to identify areas that need to be improved and provide opportunity to consider how to respond
- select, communicate and advocate desirable strategies that will address complex financial problems and opportunities
- analyse and interpret organisational budget reports to ascertain the financial status of a business
- implement basic cost accounting tools to improve business outcomes
- apply research principles and design thinking to ascertain ethical and sustainable solutions for a given accounting problem.
- Please refer to RMIT University's Learning Management System - Canvas, for further details.
This subject provides you with knowledge and skills of the fundamentals of accounting in the financial decision-making process. You will examine the accounting recording and reporting system, and analyse and interpret accounting information to make decisions within an organisation. You will investigate the key measures of financial performance and develop your ability to use accounting data to make informed business decisions. You will learn to prepare a budget, undertake cash flow analysis and learn how to implement basic cost accounting tools. This subject will also introduce sustainability accounting.
This subject draws on student experience as managers in industry (including experience in operating internationally and locally), and emphasises the importance of accounting in a business context.
This subject also emphasises the importance of the practice of sound business ethics as organisations seek to achieve their business goals and objectives.
- Assessment Task 1 (Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 5) (20%)
- Assessment Task 2 (Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 5) (30%)
- Assessment Task 3 (Linked CLOs: 3 ,4, 5) (50%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2023 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
RMI-BUSM4521-Design Thinking for Business (Executive) (no longer 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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Professional Practice
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE