GSB702 Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance for Managers
This unit aims to provide insights into how various accounting and financial techniques impact on the financial statements of an entity.
No prior knowledge of accounting is assumed and the unit employs a conceptual approach to thinking about issues in accounting and financial management.
Students successfully undertaking this unit will obtain an understanding of the nature of accounting, conflicting stakeholder issues and contemporary accounting schools of thought.
In order to provide variety and food for thought, the unit has a number of readings from the popular press and professional literature incorporated into each topic.
Each topic begins with a number of related historical quotes and ends with a series of thought provoking logic challenges.