NS5341 - Business and Finance for the Health Manager
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | College of Healthcare Sciences |
This subject provides the student with tools and skills needed to assume effective business and financial management functions. Health care is a business, and health managers must be able to manage their units in a fiscally appropriate way. This subject will explore topics such as building, understanding and monitoring budgets; accounting tools; capital investment management; and reporting.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify challenges for financial managers in a healthcare context;
- Apply the principles of financial information and control to healthcare administration;
- Recognise and interpret the types of budgets used in healthcare settings;
- Identify and apply key accounting principles, terms and language;
- Interpret the information contained in basic financial statements to formulate conclusions about financial performance, financial position, liquidity, and risk of firms in the healthcare sector.
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| External, Study Period 85 | |
| Census Date 13-Sep-2018 | |
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| Method of Delivery: | Online - JCU |
| Assessment: | assignments (20%); business case development (40%); business case proposal (40%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | The assessments are authentic tasks that demonstrate the learner's understanding of the principles and skills required to conduct effective business and financial management functions in a variety of health contexts. They are clearly linked to weekly topics and build on learning experiences provided. Students will need to be working in a health related area to observe, reflect, analyse, and apply principles learned in this subject. |
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.