FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Course Description

This is a two pronged course. The first part covers analyses of the time value of money. This part includes illustrations with specific reference to current cases regarding the management of cash. The second part deals with the procedures and instruments that prevail in the relationship between the firm and money and capital markets. Particular attention is devoted to the stock exchange including regulations pertaining to inital public offerings and listings. Also, this course will give the students detailed information about capital budgeting, capital market line, security market line, risk and return, cost of capital, financial leverage and capital structure policy (i.e. long-term financial policy) and short-term financial planning.

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Course outcomes

1. 01 Understanding Stock valuation
2. 02 analyze investment alternatives
3. 03 Understanding the Capital Market Line CML
4. 04 Understanding the Security Market Line SML
5. 05 risk and return assessment

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Ross, S., Westerfield, R. and Jordan, B., 2020. Essentials of corporate finance. 11th ed. McGraw Hill.

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Understanding Stock valuation
2. L02 analyze investment alternatives
3. L03 Understanding the Capital Market Line CML
4. L04 Understanding the Security Market Line SML
5. L05 risk and return assessment

Program Outcomes

1. P01 1. Having the ability to understand and discuss international relations discipline by using an interdisciplinary methodology to merge the knowledge coming from sociology, economics, psychology, political sciences well as diplomatic history.
2. P02 2. Having an adequate knowledge of the history and the epochs of international system and being able to identify historical evolution of the contemporary world politics.
3. P03 3. Recognizing local, regional and international actors functioning within the international system.
4. P04 4. Understanding the legal framework of the current international system
5. P05 5. Ability to identify the relations between the key actors of the international system – the states – from a theoretical as well as multi-dimensional scientific and academic methods.
6. P06 6. Ability to analyse the roles and positions of the non-state actors – international organizations in particular – within the current world system.
7. P07 7. Ability to recognize political, socio-economic and cultural structures embedded in international relations.
8. P08 8. Exploring the roots of conflicts among the actors and produce solutions at local, regional and international levels with an analytical focus.
9. P09 9. Being able to understand the politics and the functioning of political institutions in theory and practice.
10. P10 10. Understanding the historical emergence of various political cultures and gaining ability to assess them comparatively.
11. P11 11. Prepare international relations graduates; having a vast knowledge, academic formation and skills to work in public offices, civil society organizations, international institutions and companies at local and global levels.
12. P12 12. To have moral and ethical understanding in the field of work.

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