Course Title: Manage budgets and financial plans

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4228

Course Title: Manage budgets and financial plans

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 70.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
ACCT5272C	City Campus	TAFE	650T Vocational Business Education	Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace	Term2 2011, Term2 2012, Term1 2013, Term2 2013, Term1 2014, Term2 2014, Term1 2015, Term2 2015

Course Contact: Tim Wallis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423

Course Contact Email: timothy.wallis@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit addresses the requirement for managers to ensure that financial resources are used effectively. This is done by ensuring access to budget/s and ongoing monitoring expenditure against the budget/s.

The unit applies to managers working in small and large business environments and not for profit organisations.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None required

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	BSBFIM501A Manage budgets and financial plans
Elements:	1. Plan financial management approaches
	2. Implement financial management approaches
	3. Monitor and control finances
	4. Review and evaluate financial management processes

Learning Outcomes

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to undertake financial management within a work team in an organisation. This includes planning and implementing financial management approaches, supporting team members whose role involves aspects of financial operations, monitoring and controlling finances, and reviewing and evaluating effectiveness of financial management processes in line with the financial objectives of the work team and the organisation.

Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.

Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.