Financial Management
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 contact hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online
| Teaching Period 3 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
and
75 credit points from a Bachelor degree
Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
This unit enables students to focus on the goals and functions of corporate financial management. It is designed to enable students to acquire an understanding of the scope and nature of the finance functions and its role within corporate management. It is intended to develop appropriate practical skills to utilise the disciplines of finance and quantitative analysis in making investment and financing decisions towards value creation. In effect, it will enhance the ability in applying informed judgements and help taking effective, ethical and timely actions as to current and future acquisition and allocation of resources in a complex corporate environment.
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
1 Explain the fundamentals of corporate finance stemming from underlying theoretical principles and the application of those principles.
2 Generate logical solutions to finance problems that are fit for purpose and be cognisant of the impact of financial decisions on businesses.
3 Communicate a range of arguments in the corporate finance discipline appropriate to the audience, through a variety of communication media
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face Mode:
Scheduled hours: Lectures (12 x 2 hours), Tutorials (12 x 1 hour)
Online Mode: SOL
Blended Mode: (KAPLAN)
Face to Face scheduled hours: Lectures (4 X 4 hours)
Online: Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Scheduled hours: Lectures (12 x 2 hours), Tutorials (12 x 1 hour)
Online Mode: SOL
Engaging with online content and discussions
Face to Face scheduled hours: Lectures (4 X 4 hours)
Online: Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
Online Quiz (Individual) 10 - 20%
Assignment (Individual) 40 - 50%
Final Examination (Individual) 30 - 50%
Assignment (Individual) 40 - 50%
Final Examination (Individual) 30 - 50%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• analysis skills
• communication skills
• ability to tackle unfamiliar problems, and
• ability to work independently
Content
- An introduction to corporate financial management
- Dividend Policy
- The time value of money
- Valuing shares and bonds
- Corporate Governance
- Capital budgeting, NPV, making capital investment decisions
- Risk and return, capital asset pricing model
- Weighted average cost of capital
- Financial leverage and capital structure policy
- Descriptive statistics
- Raising Capital
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.