Name: Anton Jordaan

Short Bio:
Anton Jordaan was originally trained as an accountant and tax specialist.

Five years after setting up an accounting and tax consultancy, he sold his shares to his
partners and set out to establish, grow and harvest a number of business ventures in the education and training space.

In subsequent years, one of his businesses was acquired by a stock exchange listed
company; and a few years later his business was involved in an IPO. Following the IPO he served as a director of this newly listed company for 2 years.

In addition to the strategic leadership and financial roles over the years, Anton has
maintained an interest in education and training, and has 20 years teaching experience in tertiary, vocational and corporate education environments. He has delivered programs in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Netherlands, South Africa, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Canada and Australia.

After attaining a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting, he completed an Honours degree in Accounting, a Master of Commerce degree in Business Management, a MBA degree, and a Master of Advanced Business Practice degree. He has completed a PhD in Entrepreneurship at The University of Adelaide. He is a member of CPA Australia.

Email: anton.jordaan@adelaide.edu.au

Phone: As I travel overseas often, email is my preferred method of contact. Please contact ECIC on 8313 7422 if neccessary.

Opening intensive:
Thursday 14th & Friday 15th August 2014
9am-5pm
Masonic Lodge B02 Seminar Room East

Closing intensive:
Thursday 11th & Friday 12th September 2014
9am-5pm
Masonic Lodge B02 Seminar Room East

The key learning objectives of this course are:

1. A pragmatic introduction to accounting concepts and practice.
2. Demonstrate a basic understanding and ability to understand accrual accounting and financial statements.
3. Interpret and use financial and management accounting reports at a managerial level.
4. Understand several internal management reporting concepts, such as costing systems, financial planning and budgeting, breakeven, contribution margin and cost-volume-profit analysis.
5. Understand concepts of financial management including short-term liquidity and management of working capital.
6. Understand the links between accounting and planning, control, accountability and decision making functions within organisations.
7. Understand the decision making process for long-term investments in project management and innovative new ventures.
8. Understand the fundamentals of financing new and innovative projects or ventures.
9. Understanding of interpretation and use of financial and management accounting reports at a decision making or at a managerial level.
10. Undertaking group assignments (if applicable) will take learning into the realm of actual decision making and require the sharing of tasks, schedules, co-ordination of work between people.

The University’s preferred textbook supplier is Unibooks: http://www.unibooks.com.au/ 

Text book:

Atrill, Peter, Eddie McLaney, David Harvey, Maurice Jenner. 2009. Accounting: an introduction. 4th Edition. Frenchs Forest NSW: Pearson Education Australia. (Please ensure that you obtain the Australian edition and not the NZ or International edition)

Titman, Sheridan, John D. Martin. 2008. Valuation: the art and science of corporate investment decisions. Boston: Pearson Education.

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Library Resources
The University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. The University Library web page is: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/
From this link, you are able to access the Library's electronic resources.

Other resources
If you are a member of the PMI (http://www.pmi.org/Membership.aspx ) you will “gain exclusive access to PMI publications and our global standards*, networking options with our chapters and online communities of practice, and leadership and volunteer opportunities. You’ll also receive discounts on certification exams and renewals, as well as our professional development offerings.” Student membership is USD$40 to join and USD$30 to renew.

* Log in to access complimentary read-only PDFs of all of PMI's published standards or take advantage of discounts on paperback editions
http://www.pmi.org/PMBOK-Guide-and-Standards/Standards-Library-of-PMI-Global-Standards.aspx

MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study (see: https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au)

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and session dates are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Intensive	Date	Content	Readings
1	See MyUni	The Nature of Accounting	Atrill Chapter 1 & 2
		Introduction to Financial Statements	Atrill Chapter 3 & 4
2	See MyUni	Financial Statements: Cash Flow Statement	Atrill Chapter 5
		Analysis of Financial Statements	Atrill Chapter 6
3	See MyUni	Sources of Finance	Atrill Chapter 2 & 14
		Working Capital Analysis Budgeting & Planning	Atrill Chapter 13 Atrill Chapter 9 & 10
4	See MyUni	Cost concepts	Atrill Chapter 7 & 8
		Capital Investment decisions	Atrill Chapter 11

Students are requested to bring a basic calculator to class in addition to their textbook.

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

Assessment No.	Form of Assessment/Collaborative Task	Length (in word count)	Weighting	Due Date	Learning outcomes covered (see 2.1 for detail)
1	Income Statement and Balance Sheet for Minuteman Printers Pty Ltd	Reports and Notes	30%	See MyUni	1-3,4
2	Annual Report Financial Statement Analysis - Group	3000 words	30%	See MyUni	1-3,5,9-10
3	Project Evaluation Report	2500 words	30%	See MyUni	-, 3-9
4	Workshop participation and team presentations	n/a	10%	Ongoing	1-7,9-10
	Total		100%

Students must complete all course assessment requirements and must attend lectures to be eligible to pass the course.

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

See Course Profile Book.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/tutorials/files/AssignmentStudentSubmission.pdf

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  Any request for an extension of time for the submission of an assignment should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine extenuating circumstances and proof, such as a doctor’s certificate, may be required.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in section 5.2 or 5.3).  Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.