BUS310: Corporate Governance and Accountability

Develops higher-level analytical and thinking skills through extensive use of case studies. Contemporary accounting issues will be explored in depth. Topics: communication, the Internet, triple bottom line, measurement systems and the importance of understanding user needs and company impediments to financial reporting. The unit emphasises the acquisition of fundamental problem solving and communication skills and the link of governance, financial reporting and accountability to the fast changing corporate business environment. Corporate governance, ethics and innovation issues will also be explored.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 1 hour per week; workshops: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	C256/BUS256 Contemporary Financial Accounting.
School	School of Business
Unit Coordinator	Dr David Holloway Position: Senior Lecturer - Accounting E-mail: D.Holloway@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 4.028 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2704
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Ms Jo-Anne Kestel Lecturer in Accounting (J.Kestel@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6041 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 4.024 MURDOCH S2: Internal (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)