CPA Contemporary Business Issues
PostgraduateTAS-BFA7312023
Course information for 2023 intake
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
CPA Contemporary Business Issues
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Encourage an attitude of professional curiosity by challenging assumptions about contemporary and emerging issues, and how they should be addressed.
- Critically evaluate current research and practice on the origins and effects of contemporary and emerging global issues.
- 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.
- Week 1 - Future Accounting Skills-Module 1 Readings & Questions
- Week 2 - Contemporary Innovation & Technology-Module 2 Readings & Questions Parts A, B & C
- Week 3 - Contemporary Innovation & Technology-Module 2 Readings & Questions Parts D, E & F
- Week 4 - Contemporary Business Models & Financing-Module 3 Readings & Questions
- Week 5 - Contemporary Human Resource Management-Module 4 Readings & Questions
- Week 6 - Future of Natural Resource Management-Module 5 Readings & Questions
- Week 7 - Contemporary Stakeholder Management-Module 6 Readings & Questions
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.
- Final Exam (100%)
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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
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2023 - Postgraduate Single Subjects
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
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
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE