BUSINESS FINANCE

Course Description

This course is designed to familiarize students with major financial decisions made by firms, the process those decisions passes through, and to provide a conceptual frame work for understanding and analyzing those decisions. Particularly, topics covered in this course will deals with financial statements, long term financial planning, and time value of money, bond and stock valuation. This course is designed to introduce you to the fundamental issues of financial management and to the quantitative techniques used to address them. Adrressing questions of concern for both corporate financial managers and investments managers, describe and evaluate the basic features of financial markets identify the basic components of nominal interest rates and use them to make expected return comparisons among assets .

BUSINESS FINANCE

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 1. Identify the key themes in corporate finance
2. 02 2. Explain the role of finance in an organisation
3. 03 3. Develope financial statements and balance sheets
4. 04 4. Analyse the relationship between strategic decision making and corporate financing decisions
5. 05 5. Define bonds and stock prices in light of time value of money and interest rate
6. 06 6. Assess the external and internal influences on a corporation’s capital structure, payout policy and policy in respect of risk management (via insurance, derivatives, and other instruments).
7. 07 7.3. Explain the role of the organisation’s financial managers in realising these strategic objectives.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Ross, S., Westerfield, R., Jordan, B. and Bley, J. 2015 Fundementals of Corporate Finance Second Middle East Edition.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Develop an understanding of corporate finance SOLO 4
2. L02 Demonstrate ability in financial statements analysis SOLO 4
3. L03 Perform ratio analysis SOLO 4
4. L04 Implement valuation analysis using the concepts of the Time value of Money and Discounted Cash Flow Analysis SOLO 4
5. L05 Evaluate how loans are amortized and how to quote the interest rates SOLO 4
6. L06 6. Assess the external and internal influences on a corporation’s capital structure, payout policy and policy in respect of risk management (via insurance, derivatives, and other instruments).
7. L07 7.3. Explain the role of the organisation’s financial managers in realising these strategic objectives.

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Gained the necessary skills to learn and adopt a spirit of continuous learning in their professional life.
2. P02 2. Developed various skills by working independently via specific learned techniques that both triggered individual efforts and encouraged collaborative work.
3. P03 3. Acquired the essential knowledge and skills to apply key theories, models and applications within the global business context.
4. P04 4. Adopted and applied critical and strategic thinking together with research capabilities for efficient and effective business decisions.
5. P05 5. Utilized and managed ethically information technologies required for contemporary business world.
6. P06 6. Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills necessary for team work within global organizations.
7. P07 7. Displayed their learnt communication skills that are required to effectively interact in a cross cultural and diverse international work environment.
8. P08 8. Applied their acquired knowledge within the changing work environment.
9. P09 9. Developed an understanding of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities to be used at work and in personal life.

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