Course: Financial Management

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Course title Financial Management
Course code KEMCH/C770
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Košťálová Jana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Objectives and principles of financial management. Enterprise and tax environment. Enterprise and banking system. Enterprise and financial markets. Assets and capital from the view of financial manager. Financial performance in the system of enterprise performance. Short-term decision making - managing and financing current assets. Strategic decision making - investing in long-term assets (capital budgeting). Strategic decision making - long-term financing. Financial assets valuation. Capital structure decisions. Financial planning and financial control. Fundamentals of business valuation. Student conference - presentation of seminar papers, discussion.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
  • Contact teaching - 78 hours per semester
  • Writing a seminar paper - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 5 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a final test - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 35 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal of lessons is to make students acquaint with the fundamentals of corporate finance, i.e. principles, decision-making problems, tools, methods and calculations that are used in managers' practice.
After finishing the course students should know the content and scope of financial management. They should be able to make basic decisions in corporate funding, to assess standard investments and to make other calculations used in current corporate financial management.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in mathematics and business economics and management on bachelor level is needed for study of the subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Presentation

Oral exam required. Levels of acquired knowledge, approaches, as well as skill in practice application are examined. During term the knowledge is being verified by one test, its result is considered as a part of final classification as well as a result of the project.
Recommended literature
  • Brealey, R. A., Myers, C. S., Golik, F. A. Teorie a praxe firemních financí. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Brno: BizBooks, 2014..
  • Dvořák, P. Bankovnictví pro bankéře a klienty. 3. vyd. Praha: Linde, 2005..
  • Higgins, R. C., Koski, J. L., Mitton, T. Analysis for Financial Management. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2016..
  • Kislingerová, E. a kol. Manažerské finance. 3. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2010..
  • Pecinová, Z. Finanční funkce v MS Excel - vklady, spoření, úvěry, renty, investice. Materiál dostupný v systému SATG. Univerzita Pardubice, 2017..
  • Pecinová, Z. Finanční management - Materiál pro studenty (cvičení). Materiál dostupný v systému STAG, Univerzita Pardubice, 2017..
  • Pecinová, Z. Finanční management. PPT prezentace dostupné v systému STAG, Univerzita Pardubice, 2017..
  • Pecinová, Z. Finanční management. Učební text dostupný v systému STAG, Univerzita Pardubice, 2017..


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