MBAD611-15M3 (C) MBA Three 2015

Managerial Finance

10 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 6 July 2015
End Date: Sunday, 30 August 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 19 July 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 16 August 2015

Description

Managerial Finance

The course focuses on understanding the purpose and tasks undertaken by finance and treasury managers in organisations. It looks at the ways organisations raise and utilise funding and provides the tools necessary to assess the potential and existing performance of projects and investments through an understanding of the time value of money.  It also takes a detailed look at how organisations manage financial risk. In addition, the course examines returns on investments, the financial markets, derivatives and international capital flows.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the paper, you will have:

1. An understanding of how the finance role fits in to organisations;

2. An understanding of how to evaluate cash flows over time, in order to make informed decisions on maximising shareholder wealth;

3. An understanding of project evaluation from a finance perspective;

4. An understanding of how financial markets work and how organisations can utilise financial markets to achieve the goals of the organisation;

5. An understanding of financial risk, and how to manage it;

6. An understanding of portfolio returns, and how to achieve them;

7. An understanding of how organisations use debt and equity to fund expansion and acquisitions.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Timetable Note

Mondays 5-8pm, starting 6 July 2015

Contact Person

Oliver Hille

Assessment

“Learn” Quizzes                                3 Quizzes on Learn                 weight 15%
Mid Term Test  (see “Terms” below)    21 July – 75 minutes               weight 40%
Team Presentation                            10 August                             weight 20%  
Individual Project                              Due 20 August at 4pm            weight 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Text - Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (2010) Ross, Westerfield, Jordan. McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd, 5th edition.

Additional material will be supplied.

Course links

Learn
Timetable

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,432.00

* 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 Executive Development Programme on the departments and faculties page .

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