Managerial Finance

Course aim

This course provides students with theoretical and practical knowledge of the role and impact of business finance on organisational management and leadership, business strategy, and business conduct. To achieve this, the course considers the financial objectives of firms, and explores areas of financial risk, capital budgeting, corporate value and investment decision making.

Students completing the course develop a body of knowledge that:

• Contributes to a comprehensive and integrated application of business finance principles to recent developments in the field of senior organisational management and leadership in international business environments.
• Provides a pathway for further learning.

Course content

Topics covered in this course include:

• Financial decisions and concepts.
• Investment and security valuation.
• Investment evaluation & decision.
• Investment return and risk.
• Asset pricing models.
• Cost of capital and capital budgeting.
• Efficient market theory and financing decisions.
• Capital structure.
• Dividend payout decisions.

Textbook(s)

Ross, SA, Westerfield, RW & Jaffe, JF 2012, Corporate finance, 10th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, NY

Ross, SA, Westerfield, RW & Jaffe, JF 2012, Solutions manual, 10th edn, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, NY

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
BUSS 5247	Accounting for Decision Making

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Seminar (Compulsory Introductory Seminar)	4 hours x N/A
Seminar	3 hours x 11 weeks
EXTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HOPKINS TRAINING AND EDUCATION GROUP, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv. x N/A
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	37 hours x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External (Asynchronous Online Discussion plus 1 hour per week of Compulsory Synchronous Discussion)	37 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION (INTENSIVE)
External	37 hours equiv. x N/A
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External	37 hours equiv x N/A

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Examination, Group assignment, Weekly individual online submissions

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.