Accounting information can provide managers with critical data about their organizations and those of customers and competitors. This course will enable executives to manage better by helping them use accounting reports as effectively as possible. BUAD 629 . Taking a global perspective, this course focuses on the role of the general manager in articulating a vision for the business, assessing threats and opportunities in a competitive environment, formulating a strategy for achieving competitive advantage and designing an organizational architecture for effectively implementing the strategy. FNCE 639 .
Financial management is concerned with the optimal allocation of a company' s financial resources.
The objective of this course is to provide the student with a working knowledge of financial terminology and concepts. We do this by investigating the major areas of finance and the role of finance in management of the firm. We will concentrate on topics such as capital market history, time value of money, valuation of securities, risk and return, capital budgeting principles and techniques, financial statement analysis, financial planning, raising capital, and cost of capital. This course will emphasize modern financial management techniques necessary to create and maximize the value of the firm. A comprehensive study of information technologies that support the business environment.