Together with COMM5002, this course exposes students to an integrated perspective of the firm and how it creates and sustains value. The course builds a conceptual and analytical framework to examine: the choices managers face at the firm and how these choices are shaped by conventions, regulations and legal frameworks. The course positions students to move into a disciplinary specialisations enriched by understanding of the cross functional nature of management. The focus in COMM5003 is on the management of value creation from a financial perspective drawing on the disciplines of Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Business Law. .