School of Professional Advancement Doc.No: FMCF-Fin-02 Course Outlines Issue No: 02 Rev : 01

#### Course Description

Learning financial management and corporate finance is about constructing a conceptual framework and to build understanding of making investment and financing decisions. This course provides a foundation to help you understand deeper issues and to develop expertise in managing the financial resources and to create value for shareholders. A variety of learning materials and opportunities to practice basic concepts are underlying the design of this course. You are encouraged to discover, collaborate and regulate learning at your own pace from multiple sources of information provided. This course will encourage you to think critically about issues in financial management and corporate finance. A mixture of individual and collaborative work will help you to take advantage of peer expertise and produce feedback opportunities that would not be possible otherwise. This is a core course in Finance for MBF program. The main objective of this course is to enable participants to understand the language of finance, the corporate objectives and basic terminology of Finance. This course is designed to help you develop a deeper understanding of the issues and the basic tools needed for corporate manager.

#### Format of the Course:

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- • practical problems • practical problems
- • will supplement lecture material • will supplement lecture material
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- • point slides • point slides
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- • studies • studies
- • of Annual Reports of Listed Companies • of Annual Reports of Listed Companies
- • on measuring performance of firms • on measuring performance of firms

#### Course Instructional Objectives

The basic objective of this course is to provide in depth study of financial policies of an organization, the evaluation of Working Capital policies, Credit policies, managing the current assets, Cash management, calculating Operating and Cash conversion cycle, use of Cash Flow statement, feasibility of long term investments, Cost of Capital, Optimal capital structure of a company, Capital expenditure i.e. lease/buying decision, Financial statement analysis, Bonds and Stock valuations etc. In simple words, the objective is to make the participants competent financial managers who will be able to handle the finance in an efficient and profitable manner.

#### Course Student Objectives

At the end of the course, the participants will be able:

- • evaluate and formulate effective working capital polices and to be cash efficient in day • evaluate and formulate effective working capital polices and to be cash efficient in day to day operations.
- • make effective use of financial resources available to an organization. • make effective use of financial resources available to an organization.
- • evaluate various alternatives available to acquire fixed assets. • evaluate various alternatives available to acquire fixed assets.
- • develop and analyse the pro-forma financial statements for decision making. • develop and analyse the pro-forma financial statements for decision making.
- • increase confidence to participate in financial decision making as working knowledge • increase confidence to participate in financial decision making as working knowledge of finance is important even if you are not planning a career in finance.
- • understand that how should a business organization manage its everyday financial • understand that how should a business organization manage its everyday financial activities
- • understand the difference between accounting profits and cash flows. • understand the difference between accounting profits and cash flows.

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