Financial & Performance Management
Subject MGMT90041 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Semester 2, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Intensive Mode Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 24 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops Total Time Commitment: Estimated total time commitment of 120 hours. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | nil | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | nil | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | nil | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | nil | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: | For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
Contact
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs
Level 3, 442 Auburn Rd
Hawthorn VIC 3122
Email: moe@mccp.unimelb.edu.au
| Subject Overview: | This subject provides the financial analysis and other methods that managers need, in order to lead organisations, monitor and control operations and allocate resources. It also provides an understanding of specific non-financial measures and metrics associated with long-term sustainability and business success. |
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| Objectives: | Students who successfully complete this subject should: • Be able to interpret financial measures and ratios as performance metrics • Be able to develop and use a variety of financial measures for managerial control purposes • Be familiar with accounting terms and language, and key issues associated with the financial management of organisations • Be able to develop and interpret key financial indicators of performance and associate these with a firm’s business strategies and operating and orientation • Be able to manage financial performance factors within organisations in a variety of sectors of an economy • Understand a number of non-financial performance management systems and methods, such as balanced scorecard methods and sustainable development methods and measures. • Know the strategic success factors associated with the longer term performance of business organisations |
| Assessment: | Assessment : One-hour test (20%), Assignments of not more than 1500 words (30%) and Field project investigation report of 3000 words (50%). |
| Prescribed Texts: | n/a |
| Recommended Texts: | Course materials are provided to all participants |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: |
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
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| Links to further information: | http://www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au/subjects/financial-and-performance-management |
| Related Course(s): |
Master of Enterprise (Executive) Master of Enterprise (Executive) |
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