MBAD611-16M3 (C) MBA Three 2016

Managerial Finance

10 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 4 July 2016
End Date: Sunday, 28 August 2016
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 17 July 2016
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 14 August 2016

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 course, 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 4 July 2016

Course Coordinator

Oliver Hille

Oli Hille: Ph: 021 55 25 77 (Course Supervisor)

oli@author.co.nz

Assessment

“Learn” Quizzes --- 3 Quizzes on Learn --- weight 15%

Mid Term Test  (see “Terms” below) --- 1 August --- weight 40%

Team Presentations --- 15 August --- weight 20%  

Individual Project --- Due 25 August at 4pm --- weight 25%

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“Terms” Requirement for this Paper

In order to pass this paper, you must receive at least 45% in the mid-term exam. If you do not receive at least 45% in the mid-term exam, you will sit a “Special Exam” at the end of term. If you pass the Special Exam, regardless of your mark in that exam, you will receive a mark of 45% for the exam assessment.

If you receive less than 45% in the “Special Exam” you will fail the paper, regardless of your other grades in the paper.

To be clear, to pass this paper you must receive at least 45% in either the mid-term exam or the “Special Exam”.

Textbooks / Resources

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (2014) Ross, Bianchi, Christensen, Drew, Westerfield, Jordan. McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd, 6th edition.

ISBN: 9780071013192

Additional material will be supplied.

Course links

Learn

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,475.00

* 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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