Postgraduate - UnitMBA5905 - Corporate finance

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Caulfield Trimester 3 2014 (On-campus block of classes)
Coordinator(s)	Dr John Vaz

Synopsis

This unit is designed as an introduction to finance theories and practices that can assist in the strategic management of decisions in for-profit firms. To achieve this the unit investigates the interrelated aspects of making decisions from an investing, financing and operating perspective. By applying the body of knowledge that comes from finance theories and practices, executives will learn the analytical skills required to solve these problems. The unit takes a value impacting approach to financially related strategic decisions that face executives. Further, the unit examines how financial and economic information is used to gain forward intelligence about impacts on the value of the organisation to create sustainable value.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

critically evaluate the firm as a financial entity and to appreciate the definition and measurement of value in a for profit context
apply finance theories and practices such as the quantification of risk and return and the valuation of firms

3 .acquire competences with financial analytical skills required to evaluate the financial goals and performance of the firm including the interpretation of financial data

4. explore and critically evaluate financial decisions regarding capital investment, financing, dividend policy, capital structure and mergers and acquisitions and their relationship with other modes of responsibility within firms.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr John Vaz

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in one of the following courses to undertake this unit: 3183, 3184, 3185, 3189, 3190, 3191, 3195, 3196, 3197, 3198, 3837, 3839, 3849, 4437 or 0028.

Prohibitions

MBA5705, BFG5944, BFF5904, AFX9004, BFF5925, AFF9250, BFF5954, AFX9540, MBA9005