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MBA - General Management

Financial Management

Programme Objectives

The programme has the following aims:

  • To enable the advanced study of organisations, their management and the changing external context in which they operate
  • Equip individuals for and/or development of a career in business and management by developing skills at a professional or equivalent level to assume senior managerial and leadership positions in business
  • Development of the ability to apply knowledge and understanding of business and management to complex issues, both systematically and creatively, to improve business and management leadership and practice.
  • Enhancement of lifelong learning and personal development so as to be able to work with self-direction and originality and to contribute to business and society at large.

Benefits

At the end of the programme the successful student will have the ability to:

  • Demonstrate critical understanding of management theories, current issues of management, the development of conceptual frameworks to guide their application within organisations.
  • Acquire a strong foundation in key functional areas of business management to enable them to succeed as effective managers/leaders in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment.
  • Acquire and use a range of concepts, tools and techniques for problem solving and decision-making for analyzing complex and inter-related business scenarios.
  • Demonstrate and apply independent research and critical skills enabling the investigation and evaluation of valid and relevant management issues and practices.
  • Demonstrate initiative, insight, attitudes of responsibility and ethical leadership in the development of the strategic management agenda in the organization the participant works in or expected to work in the future.

Programme Content

Overview

No. of Credits:7.5 ECTS
Credit Level:Master Mandatory
Pre-requisite:None
Co-requisite:None
Module DescriptionThe objective of this module is for students to learn the financial tools needed to make good business decisions. The emphasis will be on linking corporate finance to other aspects of corporate strategy

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module, students will be able to:

  • Evaluate and consider the optimal mix of debt and equity financing.
  • Develop the tools needed for valuing investment projects, including the determination of the relevant cash flows and the appropriate discount rate.
  • Formulate appropriate Risk management provision in financial decision making

Indicative Content / Areas of Study

  1. Financing and Capital Structure
    • Principles of Strategic Financial Management
    • Sources of short and long term financing
    • Comparisons of advantages and disadvantages of different sources from the fitness of purpose perspective for the organisation’s financial strategy

  2. Capital Structure: Informational and Dynamic Considerations
    • Examples based on Informational Considerations
    • Advantages and Disadvantages based on Informational Consideration
    • Examples based on Dynamic Considerations
    • Advantages and Disadvantages based on Dynamic Consideration

  3. Valuation of Free Cash Flows
    • The Concept relating to Free Cash Flow
    • Undertaking Valuation using Free Cash Flows
    • Benefits and limitations of Free Cash Flow valuation

  4. Valuation models : WACC and APV
    • Introduction to Valuation Models
    • The use and computation of Weighted Average Cost of Capital( WACC)
    • The use and computation of Adjusted Present Value ( APV)
  5. Valuing a company
    • The Concept of Value
    • Approaches to Valuing a Company
    • Income Based Approach
    • Assets Based Approach
    • Market Based Approach

  6. Risk Management
    • When and Why Companies require financial risk management
    • Types of Risks Exposure
    • Instruments to Manage Risk.

Teaching and Learning Strategy

Student centered learning will be strongly encouraged and developed. Cooperative Learning and Problem-Based Learning will be infused into the teaching-learning-assessment strategies.

Group discussion, case analysis and self directed learning resources will be available to support the delivery and the appropriate assessment tools / tasks will be used to assess the intended learning outcomes.

Mode A: Fully taught

36 hours4 hours120 hours160 hours
Lectures – Tutorials:
Online interaction:
Directed Independent Learning:
Total:

Mode B: Blended

18 hours18 hours124 hours160 hours
Lectures –Tutorials:
Online Learning:
Directed Independent Learning:
Total:

Mode C: Fully Online

Recorded Video Lectures:18 Hours Online Learning:18 hours Directed Independent Learning:124 hours Total:160 hours

Assessment:

Assessment Weighting: 100%Coursework
Students will be required to formulate a financial management strategy for its own organisation or other organisation which they are familiar with. Students will be responsible for analyzing the financial position of his or her firm and making strategic recommendations. The recommendations focus on such areas as risk management, valuation, dividend policy, and capital structure. The word length should not be more than 3,500-4000 words.

Resources

Course Materials provided by IPE - PARIS

  • Clive Marsh, Financial Management For Non Financial Managers, 2012, Kogan Page.
  • Michelle R, Clayman, Corporate Finance, 2012, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons
  • Online resources on Online Learning Portal
  • Online data bases from IPE - PARIS E Library

Regulations: Conforms to the relevant PG regulatory framework at IPE - PARIS