The course is included in these curricula and study modules
The course takes place in period
- 1 (2018-08-01 to 2018-10-21)
- 2 (2018-10-22 to 2018-12-31)
Level/category
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Compulsory
Cycle/level of course
Second
Recommended year of study
1
Total number of ECTS
5 cr
Competency aims
The aim of the course is to enable the student to
manage the activities in a way so that the
company
can focus on and succeed in its core activity.
This means the student must understand the
mechanics of liquidity and profitability,know
where and how to seek funding, prepare various
financial analyses and supervise outsourced
activities such as financial accounting.
Learning outcomes
The student will have a good understanding of the
key elements of financial management in a small
or
mid-size company, with a focus on the Nordic
market. The student will be able to manage the
main financial management activities, including
seeking funding, budgeting, liquidity planning
and
profitability analysis.
Course contents
The income statement - how does it work
Cash flow analysis
Seeking of funding, funding alternatives
Cost accounting/profitability analysis
Investment calculations
Recommended or required reading
Tracy, John A., and Tage Tracy. The Comprehensive
Guide on How to Read a Financial Report :
Wringing Vital Signs Out of the Numbers, John
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014. ProQuest Ebook
Central,
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/arcada External link-
ebooks/detail.action?docID=1599323.
Vernimmen, Pierre, et al. Corporate Finance :
Theory and Practice, John Wiley & Sons,
Incorporated, 2014. ProQuest Ebook Central,
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/arcada External link-
ebooks/detail.action?docID=1800877.
Annual Reports
The course literature is not limited to
the literature listed. The student can freely use
alternative literature with similar contents.
Study activities
- Lectures - 32 hours
- Individual studies - 103 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 135 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Participation in tuition
Assessment methods
Essays, reports, productions and portfolio
Assessment requirements
Examination through 5 small individual
assignments
submitted to itslearning. Note that there are
pre-
assignments, to be handed in before the lectures!
Each assignment gives 0-2 points
A fairly good one = 2
A pretty bad one = 1
No submission, late submission, email-submission,
copy-paste = 0
Grading
10-9 points -> 5
8 points -> 4
7 points -> 3
6 points -> 2
5 points -> 1
Below 5 -> fail
Plagiarism or cheating severely punished ->
kicked
out from course
Grades cannot be improved on, given grade stays
Teacher
Stenius Andreas
Examiner
Stenius Andreas
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit (31 students enrolled)
Assignments valid until
12 months after course has ended
Course enrolment period
2018-08-13 to 2018-09-09
Assessment methods
Date will be announced later - Reports and productions
Date | Time | Room | Title | Description | Organizer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018-10-11 | 16:30 - 20:00 | B518 | Finance in a Management context | Stenius Andreas | |
2018-10-12 | 16:30 - 20:00 | B518 | Finance in a Management context | Stenius Andreas | |
2018-10-13 | 09:30 - 16:00 | B522 | Finance in a Management context | Stenius Andreas | |
2018-10-25 | 16:30 - 20:00 | B522 | Finance in a Management context | Stenius Andreas | |
2018-10-26 | 16:30 - 20:00 | B522 | Finance in a Management context | Stenius Andreas | |
2018-10-27 | 09:30 - 16:00 | B522 | Finance in a Management context | Stenius Andreas |