This course will focus on a contemporary study of issues and problems in financial management. This course enables the student to explore how business practices and policies are affected by international, cultural, political, legal, social, and economic environments. Additionally, intercultural communication skills required to conduct business successfully in a global environment will be examined. Written and oral reports will be incorporated to provide practical knowledge about intercultural business communication. This course introduces the students to the concept of social responsibility and ethics in strategic business settings.
Coverage includes strategic business concepts and associated legal issues.
An examination of a firm's mission, goals, and business strategy will be considered within an ethical and legal framework. Diverse viewpoints regarding the nature and limits of corporate social responsibility will be explored in the context of alternative strategic choices for the firm. The emphasis will be on understanding the conceptual tools to analyze behaviors in the context of business decision making. Topics include interest rate and security price determination, term structure theory, hedging techniques with derivatives, commercial and investment banking practices, and monetary policy methodology and influences. An investigationa and analysis of the financial aspects of the corporate restructuring.