Session 2 Learning and Teaching Update
The decision has been made to conduct study online for the remainder of Session 2 for all units WITHOUT mandatory on-campus learning activities. Exams for Session 2 will also be online where possible to do so.
This is due to the extension of the lockdown orders and to provide certainty around arrangements for the remainder of Session 2. We hope to return to campus beyond Session 2 as soon as it is safe and appropriate to do so.
Some classes/teaching activities cannot be moved online and must be taught on campus. You should already know if you are in one of these classes/teaching activities and your unit convenor will provide you with more information via iLearn. If you want to confirm, see the list of units with mandatory on-campus classes/teaching activities.
Visit the MQ COVID-19 information page for more detail.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Andreas Hellmann
For consultation hours please see iLearn
Lecturer
Johannes Dumay
For consultation hours please see iLearn
Teaching Administrator
Cissy Zhan
Moderator
Tas Husain
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
40cp in ACCG or ACST or AFIN or BUS or ECON or MGMT or MKTG units at 8000 level
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit aims to consolidate learning across postgraduate studies in accounting, preparing students for employment in complex business environments. Leadership and entrepreneurship are discussed as well as the importance of risk management in business decision making. Using real life case studies, reviews of industry reports and research as well as presentations by industry leaders and student alumni, this unit develops the knowledge and skills necessary to work as a professional accountant. This unit requires students to think critically, ethically and strategically in solving business problems whilst integrating technical knowledge and professional skills. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Career Planning | 35% | No | 03/09/2021 |
Enterprise Resource Planning | 30% | No | 08/10/2021 |
Sustainability Report | 35% | No | 05/11/2021 |
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 03/09/2021
Weighting: 35%
Students are required to write a critical reflection describing their plan(s) for their future career, articulating how their future plans follow the employment trends in the changing world, identifying and recognising knowledge and skills gained and evaluating how these knowledge and skills will assist them to achieve their career goals. Students also need to describe their job interview strategies for the future career they have identified.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 08/10/2021
Weighting: 30%
Students are required to search for articles published in research journals or magazines of any professional accounting body about a failed ERP implementation. Students are expected to identify and write an analysis on the reasons for the failure and suggest different strategies to avoid such failure/s based on the latest available technology.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 05/11/2021
Weighting: 35%
Students are required to meet as a group to choose two Australian companies that participate in either Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) or Integrated Reporting (IR). Using the companies identified by the group, students are required to individually compare and contrast in a Report on their GRI or Integrated Reporting Output and Objectives, analyse their sustainability strategies, and develop specific recommendations on how they might be improved.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
Classes
Students workload
Required and Recommended Texts and/or Materials
Unit Website
You are required to access a computer and the internet at various times in completing this unit, to download course material available on the learning management system (iLearn) and to complete assessment tasks.
Week | Seminar |
1 | Introduction and reflective practice |
2 | Conceptual framework of accounting |
3 | Role of financial accounting and managerial accounting |
4 | Information systems planning and development |
5 | The future of the accounting profession |
6 | Information systems decisions and processes: Technical fundamentals |
7 | Enterprise information systems: ERP and SCM |
8 | Computer-assisted audit tools and control techniques |
9 | Current and future trends in information system: Computer frauds and forensics, big data and blockchain |
10 | Ethics and the accounting profession |
11 | Research methods - qualitative methodology and theory |
12 | Sustainability reporting and the GRI |
13 | Integrated reporting |
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Seminar content and materials have been updated.
Unit information based on version 2021.07 of the Handbook