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    Overview

    The preparation and uses of accounting information for internal and external financial decision-making, including extensive use of Excel spreadsheet skills that lend support for this.

    The paper provides students with an understanding of the nature of the firm's financial decisions and the role of accounting inputs to these decisions. It is also concerned with the preparations and uses of accounting information for internal and external financial decision making. The paper will focus on developing financial knowledge and fundamental skills, including the extensive use of Excel spreadsheet skills for the building and application of financial decision models, concerning all the key responsibilities of a financial manager.

    About this paper

    Paper title Fundamentals of Accounting for Financial Decisions
    Subject Accounting
    EFTS 0.15
    Points 18 points
    Teaching period Semester 1 (On campus)
    Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) $937.50
    International Tuition Fees Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website.
    Prerequisite
    All of ACCT 102, (BSNS 102 or BSNS 112), (BSNS 107 or BSNS 115), (BSNS 108 or BSNS 114)
    Restriction
    ACCT 213, ACFI 201, FINC 201
    Schedule C
    Commerce
    Contact

    zihan.liu@otago.ac.nz

    Teaching staff

    Dr Zihan Liu

    Teaching Arrangements
    This paper will be taught using lectures, computer labs, and tutorials.
    Textbooks

    Principal of Managerial Finance, Chad J. Zutter and Scott Smart, Global Edition (16e), Pearson, 2021.

    Course outline
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    Graduate Attributes Emphasised
    Communication, Critical thinking, Self-motivation.
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    Learning Outcomes
    You should be able to use the financial tools and techniques and other skills necessary to undertake important financial management decisions in order to help maximise a firm's value.

    Timetable

    Semester 1

    Location
    Dunedin
    Teaching method
    This paper is taught On Campus
    Learning management system
    Blackboard

    Computer Lab

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend one stream from
    A2 Tuesday 16:00-16:50 10-13, 15-21
    A3 Tuesday 13:00-13:50 10-13, 15-21
    A4 Tuesday 14:00-14:50 10-13, 15-21
    A5 Tuesday 15:00-15:50 10-13, 15-21

    Lecture

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend
    L1 Monday 13:00-14:50 9-13, 15-22
    Thursday 11:00-11:50 9-13, 15-16, 18-22

    Tutorial

    Stream Days Times Weeks
    Attend one stream from
    T1 Thursday 13:00-13:50 10-13, 15-16, 18-22
    T2 Thursday 15:00-15:50 10-13, 15-16, 18-22
    T3 Thursday 16:00-16:50 10-13, 15-16, 18-22
    T4 Thursday 09:00-09:50 13
    Friday 09:00-09:50 10-12, 15-22
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