MBAZ603-19T1 (C) Term One 2019

Managerial Finance

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 28 January 2019
End Date: Sunday, 7 April 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 8 February 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 15 March 2019

Description

The application of financial techniques, tools and principles needed to assess the performance of projects and organisations and consider the economic viability of their ongoing success. A consideration of financial risk management and the process required to minimize such risks in different organisational settings.

The course focuses on understanding the purpose and tasks undertaken by financial managers in organisations. It provides the tools necessary to assess the potential and existing performance of projects and investments, including financial risk.  It also looks at the ways organisations raise and utilise funds.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the paper, you will have:

1. An understanding of how the finance role fits in to organisations and markets;
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 financial risk, and how to manage it;
4. An understanding of portfolio returns, and how to achieve them;
5. Assessing interest rates and the basic model used in the valuation process of bonds;
6. Determining market efficiency and common stock valuation;
7. An understanding of estimating appropriate risk and return for decision making.  (WACC);
8. An understanding of project evaluation from a finance perspective;
9. An understanding of how organisations use debt and equity to fund expansion and acquisitions;
10.  An understanding of effective working capital decisions.

Prerequisites

Subject to the approval of the Programme Director

Restrictions

MBUS621, MBAD611

Timetable Note

Lectures:

Stream 1:  Thursdays 1-3 pm in Rehua 702
Stream 2:  Wednesday 1-3 pm in Rehua 702  

Tutorials:

Stream 1:  Mondays 10-11 am in Rehua 620
Stream 2:  Mondays 11-12 am in Rehua 620

Course Coordinators

Jedrzej Bialkowski and Debra Reed

(Weeks 1-5) Professor Jedrzej Bialkowski Email:  jedrzej.bialkowski@canterbury.ac.nz
Office:  Meremere 435 Telephone:  369-4060 (internal X94060)  Weeks 1-5

(Weeks 6-10) Dr. Debra Reed*  Email:  debra.reed@canterbury.ac.nz
Office:  Meremere 427D Telephone:  369-3742 (internal X93742)
*Course supervisor

OFFICE HOURS:  The lecturers are available for consultations by appointment.  Contact them by email to make an appointment.

Assessment

"Learn" Quizzes -- 7  Quizzes on Learn -- weight 28%

Mid Term Test -- (Week 6 Tuesday) -- weight 36%                                                                                

Exam -- (week 10  Friday) -- weight 36%

Textbooks / Resources

Text book:

Principles of Managerial Finance – Brief 8th ed Gitman, Zutter Pearson
ISBN: 978-129-2267142

There are copies in the library and you will be given selected questions and problems from the text book.

Calculator:  A financial calculator is strongly recommended. The teaching staff will use Texas Instruments BA II Plus financial calculator.

Additional material will be supplied.

Course links

Learn

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,193.00

* 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.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Business Taught Masters Programmes .

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