Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
The fact that money (and understanding money) really matters in business and all managers need to understand issues like cashflow and profit might depress you, but it is true. Financial viability of customers? Deciding on the likely financial viability of a project? Reporting to shareholders about performance? Does the word “sustainable” appear in a finance dictionary? All questions we will try and address.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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To introduce key areas of accounting and finance. To enable students to read and interpret financial statements. For the students to be able to use financial numbers in decision making - both short term & long term (including net present value techniques) For students to understand how companies are financed and to be able to calculate and interpret key stock market ratios.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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This will take place on the Tuesday of the delivery week and will assess the knowledge you gained in the pre-course sessions and your readings of the suggested text. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 50 | |
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This will be a written assignment after the course, of your financial analysis of a case study company. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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This will take the form of a Poster PPT Presentation you will give on the Thursday of delivery week. You will work within a group to develop a poster which will illustrate your reflection on which four skills in various accounting areas you have learned about on this course, and how you might apply them in your preferred future career. Each group will be given a short time to make a presentation to explain the poster and answer questions. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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