Course: Financial Management

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Course title Financial Management
Course code UPEM/EFIR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Honková Irena, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction to Financial Management. Principles of Financial Management. Assessment of the enterprises. Capital structure and dividend policy. Financial plans and Cash Flow. Financial Analysis. Leverages. Investment decisions. Business Growth. Ways of financing. Financial risk management. Management of working capital. Financial Management in the field of taxation.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities, Skills training, Stimulating activities (simulation, games, drama)
  • Contact teaching - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 1 hour per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 47 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquire knowledge and knowledge in the field of financial management and their subsequent independent application in solving complex problems.
Competences acquired A student who has successfully completed a subject can: understand the main principles and tasks of financial management and explain their importance; describe the methods of assessing the value of the enterprise and understand their limitations; characterize individual funding sources; describe the methods of financial analysis and methods of evaluation of investment projects and understand their character with respect to the given use; explain the role of financial and operational leverage; list financial risks and understand their potential impacts; describe the possibilities of working capital management taking into account the current microeconomic and macroeconomic conditions; to explain the role of financial manager in tax revenue optimization. A student who successfully completed the subject will: calculate the value of the enterprise on the basis of advanced valuation methods using discounting; assess the use of individual sources of financing in terms of capital cost, including consideration of financial leverage; perform a comprehensive evaluation of the financial profile of the company on the basis of a company's financial analysis and to make a proposal for improvement; calculate growth rates and perform valuation; evaluate the operational leverage and make proposals to improve the current situation; based on the calculations, evaluate the proposed investments in terms of both profitability and risk. A student who successfully completed the subject is able to: troubleshoot issues to include consideration of the benefits of individual steps to the financial situation of the business and decide independently; understand and convincingly communicate to experts and laymen information about the nature of professional problems and their own opinion on their solution in at least one world language.
Prerequisites
The course assumes knowledge of financial accounting at the graduate level; basics of financial analysis and corporate finance at the undergraduate level.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment

Written examination (minimum 65 % of available mark)
Recommended literature
  • Bodie Z., Marton, R. Finance.. Prentice Hall New Jersey, 2000.
  • Brealey R., Myers S. C. Principles of Corporate Finance.. McGrawHill, 2007.
  • Buckley, A. Ross, S. Westerfield, R., Jaffe, J. F. Corporate Finance Europe. Mc GrewwHill, 1998.
  • Shapiro, A., Balbier, S. Modern Corporate Finance. Prentice Hall London, 2000.


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