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BUSI48415: MANAGING FINANCE (FT)

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Type Tied
Level 4
Credits 15
Availability Not available in 2023/24
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

  • None.

Corequisites

  • None.

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None.

Aims

  • To provide students with a critical appreciation of the financial tools of business management, in particular, the techniques of financial statement analysis and investment appraisal. In addition, it provides a critical evaluation of the factors affecting the financing mix of a firm and of the financial markets in which firms operate and gives insight into topical issues in the area.

Content

  • Fundamental Concepts of Accounting
  • Evaluating Financial Performance
  • Working Capital Evaluation
  • Management Control Systems
  • Long Term Investment Decisions
  • Financial Markets and Financial Decisions

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, the students will have an advanced knowledge and critical appreciation of:
  • the key financial statements;
  • issues relating to working capital management;
  • the concepts of budgeting and short term decision analysis;
  • the factors affecting the financing mix of a firm;
  • the fundamentals of financial markets in which firms operate.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • Upon successful completion of the module, students will:
  • Be able to use key techniques of investment appraisal and have a critical appreciation of those techniques;
  • Be able to use key techniques for interpreting financial statements.

Key Skills:

  • Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading.
  • The summative assessment of the module, by a written examination and assignment, will test students' acquisition and articulation of knowledge and their ability to apply key techniques of financial analysis.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Teaching blocks - combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion44Yes
Preparation and Reading106 
Total150 

Summative Assessment

Component: Written ExaminationComponent Weighting: 50%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written Examination2 hours100Same
Component: Written assignment based on financial analysisComponent Weighting: 50%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Written assignment based on financial analysis2500 words maximum100Same

Formative Assessment

Group written assignment.

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