COMM 112
Financial Information for Business
Course overview
This is a practical introduction to financial information and its application in the business context.
Course information
Prerequisites and Restrictions | You must satisfy the following requirement(s):
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Credits | 15 |
Domestic fees | $773.00 |
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain what financial information is available, and used, by stakeholders to make business decisions.
- Explain the importance of profit, cash flow and liquidity to a business.
- Explain the importance of planning and evaluating performance.
- Apply investment appraisal techniques to business decisions.
- Use financial statement analysis to correctly interpret the financial results of a business.
Course examiners

Dr Carol Cheong
Senior Lecturer
Department of Financial and Business Systems
carol.cheong@lincoln.ac.nz