Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Andreas Hellmann
Building 4ER, Room 310
For consultation hours please see iLearn
Lecturer
Johannes Dumay
For consultation hours please see iLearn
Moderator
Dale Tweedie
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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. |
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Late submissions of assessments
Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, no extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available assessment-task marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24-hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. Late submissions will only be accepted up to 96 hours after the due date and time.
No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g., quizzes, online tests.
Special Consideration
To request an extension on the due date/time for a timed or non-timed assessment task, you must submit a Special Consideration application. An application for Special Consideration does not guarantee approval.
The approved extension date for a student becomes the new due date for that student. The late submission penalties above then apply as of the new due date.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Career Planning | 35% | No | 25/03/2022 |
Sustainability Report | 30% | No | 29/04/2022 |
Risk Management and Information Systems | 35% | No | 03/06/2022 |
Assessment Type 1: Plan
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 25/03/2022
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.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 29/04/2022
Weighting: 30%
Students are required to analyse the sustainability report of a listed company that adopted the Global Reporting Initiative standards. Drawing on publications in leading academic and professional journals, students are required to identify adopted impression management strategies and develop specific recommendations on how to improve corporate communication.
Assessment Type 1: Report
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: 03/06/2022
Weighting: 35%
Students are required to research issues related to the recent Wirecard AG collapse in the context of risk management. Students are required to identify and analyse the main features of the fraud and suggest risk management strategies to avoid such frauds in the future. It is essential that students refer to the latest available technology to support their analysis and recommendations.
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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
Week |
Seminar |
1 |
Future of the accounting profession and reflective practice |
2 |
International accounting in a globalized world |
3 |
Factors influencing professional judgments |
4 |
Current issues in sustainability reporting |
5 |
Sustainability reporting in the context of impression management |
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Accounting scandals, fraud, ethics and the accounting profession |
7 |
Behavioural auditing and computer-assisted audit tools |
8 |
Governance and risk management framework |
9 |
Information systems decisions and processes |
10 |
Information systems planning and development: Cyber security |
11 |
Current and future trends in information system: Big data and blockchain |
12 |
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in accounting |
13 |
Understanding the importance and limitations of emerging issues in contemporary accounting practice |
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Unit information based on version 2022.04 of the Handbook