Module BUSI48415: MANAGING FINANCE 1 (FT)

Department: Economics, Finance and Business (Business)

BUSI48415: MANAGING FINANCE 1 (FT)

Tied To

• N1K017: Business Administration (full time)
• N1KC17: Business Administration [Finance] (full time)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

Aims

• To provide students with a critical appreciation of the financial tools of business management, in particular, the techniques of financial statement analysis and a critical understanding of the key skills of valuing investments and financial securities. In addition, it provides a critical evaluation of the factors affecting the financing mix of a firm and of the financial markets in which firms operate and gives insight into topical issues in the area.

Content

• Fundamental Concepts of Accounting
• Evaluating Financial Performance
• Value Creation and Working Capital Management
• Value Creation and Short-Term Decision Making
• Management Control Systems
• Managing Finance to Create Value
• Making Value - Creating Investment Decisions
• Value-Creation and Financial Markets
• Making Value - Creating Financial Decisions

Learning Outcomes

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have an advanced knowledge and critical appreciation of:
• the key financial statements and techniques for their interpretation;
• issues relating to working capital management;
• the concepts of budgeting and short term decision analysis;
• the factors affecting the financing mix of a firm;
• the fundamentals of financial markets in which firms operate.

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have:
• acquired and used the key skills of valuing investments and financial securities and have a critical appreciation of those skills.

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading. The summative assessment of the module, by written examination, will test students' acquisition and articulation of knowledge and their ability to apply what they have learned in a particular context.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Group written assignment.