Cases are used to develop professional judgement and skills useful in practice. Examines several current measurement and disclosure issues in financial reporting. The emphasis is on developing both professional judgement in decision making and a defensible approach to using the authoritative and other relevant literature. Introduction to the different contexts in which costs need to be determined for goods sold internally, externally, domestically, and internationally. Other topics include appropriate cost structures for centralized, decentralized, and matrix forms of organizations and costs for long term capital projects.
Emphasis is placed on an analysis of bonds and common stocks.
The financial decision-making process including the financing, investment, and dividend decisions of the firm. Institutional aspects of finance, with emphasis on the characteristics of various debt and equity instruments available in Canadian capital markets. The characteristics of various debt and equity instruments available in the Canadian capital market. An applications-oriented course intended to develop the analytic skills required of marketing managers. The course is designed to improve skills in analyzing marketing situations, identifying market opportunities, developing marketing strategies, making concise recommendations, and defending these recommendations.