Accounting is the language of business. Accounting and non-accounting users rely on accounting and finance information to make business decisions. Students are required to reflect on topics learned and how these provided you with useful skills that you werent aware of previously or offered you a different conceptual way to think about accounting and finance matters in business phenomena. Students may use the following learning outcomes to prepare reflective report.

• LO1: Demonstrate a critical awareness of how Management provides the basis for determining appropriate financial strategies and policies for a company.
• LO2: Use quantitative models and their independent judgement to analyse financial decisions and recommend feasible options that managers can implement.
• LO3: Carry out a systematic and detailed analysis of a companys performance using information from annual reports and accounts, databases and the internet.
• LO4: Demonstrate an understanding and use the appropriate analytical techniques to be applied to decisions involving the raising of finance, the use of funds for investment projects, and the distribution of funds to investors.