CO5115 - Business Strategy and Leadership for Accountants
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject covers material of direct relevance to the Business Strategy and Leadership segment of the CPA Professional Program. The subject provides candidates with a detailed understanding of the basic concepts and principles that underlies the practices of strategy and leadership within an accounting framework. Specific areas covered include: characteristics of outstanding leaders; developing and operationalising strategic plans; monitoring performance against strategic plans. Students will require to have completed all 12 subjects of the Master of Professional Accounting degree to be eligible to enrol in this subject, unless otherwise permitted by the Pro-Vice Chancellor.
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Learning Outcomes
- Appreciate the key role of sound, long-term strategic thinking in the success of companies;
- Develop their own strategic plans and be aware of the pitfalls to avoid;
- Understand different techniques available to effectively monitor performance against strategic plans;
- Understand benchmarking and strategic analysis.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
- The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
- The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse.
Availabilities | |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 4 | |
| Census Date 20-Mar-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 27-Mar-2009 to 05-Apr-2009 (Face to face dates are Fri 27/3 & 3/4 (6-9pm); Sat 28/3 & 4/4 & Sun 29/3 & 5/4 (9-5pm). Exam date to be determined.) | |
| Coord/Lect: | Professor Lyndal Drennan. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | None |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 9 | |
| Census Date 09-Oct-2009 | |
| Non-standard start/end 11-Sep-2009 to 20-Nov-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 11-Sep-2009 to 20-Sep-2009 (Face to face dates are Fri 11 & 18/9 (6-9pm); Sat 12 & 19/9 & Sun 13 & 20/9 (9-5pm). Exam date are yet to be determined.) | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | None |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.