Financial Management

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the rules used to make optimal investment decisions;
• the role and function(s) of financial managers of firms, the important features of the main types of business, the main differences between debt and equity, and the role of financial assets and markets;
• the theoretical aspects of financial management, capital structure and dividend policy;
• the organisational structures available within the economy and their relationship to the market for corporate control.
• short and long‐term financing, investment, corporate restructuring and valuation decisions;

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• examine the financial strategy and structure of firms.
• enhance your critical ability and apply various theoretical concepts to problem solving;
• critically evaluate the existing literature and other available sources;
• strengthen your quantitative skills;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• examine the financial strategy and structure of firms.
• enhance critical analysis and adopt appropriate methods with respect to specific issues of corporate financial management and problem solving;

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class activities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Verbal feedback is provided on student contributions during seminar discussions and individually upon request.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.