Module BUSI57015: MANAGING FINANCE (DL) (to 2009)

Department: Management and Marketing

BUSI57015: MANAGING FINANCE (DL) (to 2009)

Tied To

• N1D414: Business Administration (Distance Learning) (For students entering before January 2010) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D417: Business Administration (distance learning) (for students entering before January 2010) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)
• N1D617: Business Administration [Finance] (distance learning) (for students entering before January 2010) (see Postgraduate Handbook 2011-2012 for details)

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.
• To provide students with a critical understanding of the key skills of valuing investments and financial securities.
• To provide a critical evaluation of the factors affecting the financing mix of a firm and of the financial markets in which firms operate.

Content

• The Realm of Managing Finance.
• Accounting - The Fundamental Concepts.
• Financial Statements.
• The Balance Sheet.
• Analysing Company Accounts.
• The Time Value of Money.
• Investment Appraisal Techniques.
• The Efficiency of Financial Markets.
• Risk and Return.
• Long-term Financing Sources and Valuation.
• Capital Structure and Firm Value.
• Payout Policy and Firm Value.
• Working Capital Management.
• Measuring Performance.

Learning Outcomes

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

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students should 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

• The module is delivered in discrete Units. These are designed to enable the learning outcomes to be achieved through a combination of specially written material, directed reading, reflection through self-assessed assignments and guidance for further reading. Module tutors provide feedback on formative work and are available for individual consultation as necessary (by email, telephone, post or fax).
• The written examination will test students’ acquisition and articulation of knowledge. The written assignment will test students’ understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment

Written essay based on financial analysis (1,500 words).