MBAM615-24T2 (C) Term Two 2024

Managerial Finance, Accounting and Governance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 May 2024
End Date: Sunday, 11 August 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 June 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 21 July 2024

Description

This course explores how the analysis of a range of financial information is used to enhance managerial decision-making. It will look at how organisations raise capital and assess the performance of projects and investments. The course will provide students with a framework necessary to understand how important financial decisions are determined within a corporation. It will explore how a range of financial information is used to gain insights and enhance managerial decision-making. The course will also examine how value is created for shareholders and other stakeholders in a firm through investment and financing decisions. It will look at the ways organisations raise capital and assess the performance of projects and investments. The course will also emphasise cases for good corporate governance practice. The course blends theoretical aspects of managerial finance with industry practice, case studies, discussions, and financial modelling. The emphasis of the course will be on applying the financial concepts, tools, and techniques to solve real-world problems. Some working knowledge of Microsoft Excel will be useful for this course.

Learning Outcomes

1. An understanding of the primary commercial activities of a manager in a company, hapū, or iwi corporate.
2. An understanding of the nature of the principal-agent relationship between the owners and the managers of the corporation, and explain how various corporate governance mechanisms, including hapū and iwi, attempt to manage agency problems.
3. Describing the role of the firm, and explain how firms can utilise financial markets to achieve the goals for their business.
4. Explain the key commercial principles that managers use when making business decisions.
5. Apply various valuation models to value a company.
6. Model and analyse financial statements from different users’ perspectives.
7. An understanding of how to evaluate cash flows over time to make informed decisions on maximising shareholder wealth.
8. Explain the importance, role, and techniques of capital budgeting in a firm.

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the MBA Director

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 17:00 - 20:00 Rehua 702 (20/5-27/5, 10/6-1/7, 22/7-5/8)
Rehua 226 Te Moana nui a Kiwa (15/7)
20 May - 2 Jun
10 Jun - 7 Jul
15 Jul - 11 Aug
Intensive Block Course A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 702
29 Jul - 4 Aug
Intensive Block Course B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Saturday 09:00 - 17:00 Rehua 702
29 Jul - 4 Aug

Course Coordinator

Ellie Norris

Lecturer

Catherine McMillan

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final written assignment 35%
Reflection on group work 10%
Reflection on learning 10%
Written assignment (group) 15%
Group Presentation 15%
Take home test 15%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $3,258.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Master of Business Administration Programme .

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