8/17/2019 518 Accounting

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Assignment 1Value: 15%Due date: 28-march-2016Return date: 26-Apr-2016Length: 1500 wordsSubmission method options

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ind a pro!essional "ournal article or web page report o! an item o! accounting news# $he reportarticlemust re!er to a current event& consideration& comment or decision that has been published on or a!ter1st 'anuar(& 2016# )our article could come !rom one o! the pro!essional "ournals such as *+harter,&!rom +AA./& +A Australia or +A 34 or !rom other pro!essional bodies# $he article should notcome !rom an academic "ournal# Academic "ournals generall( publish 2 or times a (ear& thus (ouma( not be able to !ind the latest accounting news# ! (ou are having a problem ensuring that (ourarticle is !rom an appropriate source& contact (our ub"ect +oordinator !or advice#

n (our own words& write an essa( on the article that (ou have !ound# 7elate the concepts ideas and

!acts to one or more theories or topics (ou have studied in this session# or eample& the selectedarticle ma( lin9 to topics such as measurement in accounting& normative accounting theor(+onceptual !ramewor9; or Accounting regulations and politics#

rovide a cop( o! the article with details o! the source& date and page numbers with (our report#

 Academic writing and appropriate re!erencing are important componets o! this assignment# lease!ollow the lin9 !or resources to improve (our writing s9ills& i! (ou wish to do so#

?athering and s(nthesising 9nowledge in order !or (ou to anal(se and comment criticall( on theapplication o! accounting theories@> +riticall( appraising the ob"ectives o! accounting and relate them to the various concepts o!accounting@> Anal(sing the possible use!ulness o! alternative measurement s(stems to historical cost@ And> eveloping (our learning through the application o! the concepts covered in topics 1 to B

Content assessed: Carious accounting theories& measurement issues under 7 and +onceptualramewor9#

Key generic skills: 7esearch& critical thin9ing and anal(tical writing

Subject learning outcome or Assignment !1: =e able to criticall( evaluate selected current!inancial reporting and management accounting issues#