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BUS160: Introduction to Accounting

This unit provides an introduction and overview of corporate and management reporting. In the corporate reporting area, accounting will be set in its economic framework and topics such as the accounting equation, cash vs. accrual, accounting standards, financial ratio analysis, intercompany comparisons and performance evaluation will be considered. Management reporting will cover an introduction to budgeting, C-V-P analysis, financial and non-financial indicators, performance evaluation and interdivisional comparisons.

Points

3

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external

Contact Time

Lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week.

Prerequisites

Nil.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

School

School of Business

Unit Coordinator

Ms Anne Clear

  • Position:
Associate Lecturer
  • E-mail:
A.Clear@murdoch.edu.au
  • Location:
Murdoch Campus
Economics, Commerce and Law
Room 3.022
  • Phone:
    Prefix: +618
9360 6021
Unit Contacts
Contact Phone
Prefix: +618
Location
Teaching Period(s)
Mr Arthur Griffiths
(Arthur.Griffiths@murdoch.edu.au)
Murdoch Campus

Economics, Commerce and Law Building
MURDOCH S1: Internal
(15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)
 
MURDOCH S1: External
(15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)
 
Contact Phone
Prefix: +618
Location
Teaching Period(s)

Contact the Unit Coordinator

MURDOCH S2: Internal
(02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)
 
MURDOCH S2: External
(02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)
 
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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:

APMISIN

Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)

CEJTOKYO

Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)

JKURASHIKI

NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)

KDUPG

KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)

KDUPJ

KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)

SGP-REPOLY

Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)

SMANUFED

Singapore Manufacturing Federation

ZHENGZHOU

Zhengzhou University (China)