Corporate Financial Management

In order to register for course 16S2CFM, the student must have registered for course 16S2FM in a previous semester.

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Institute of Management Studies

Synopsis:

The course provides students with a comprehensive knowledge-base of corporate financial management. It focuses particularly on the skills, essential for substantiated decision-making in a corporate environment, as well as cooperation within management teams.

Significantly, the course will ensure standardisation of elementary proficiencies for students with different backgrounds, and develop business English skills of non-native speakers.

Requirements:

BSc-level courses in Mathematics, Microeconomics, Accounting

Syllabus of lectures:

An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment

The Time Value of Money and its Applications

The Concept of Risk and Return

Intrinsic Valuation of Securities

Cost of Capital and the Discount Rate

Assessing Capital Budgeting Projects

Financial Planning

Working Capital Management

Syllabus of tutorials:

An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment

The Time Value of Money and its Applications

The Concept of Risk and Return

Intrinsic Valuation of Securities

Cost of Capital and the Discount Rate

Assessing Capital Budgeting Projects

Financial Planning

Working Capital Management

Study Objective:

By the end of the course, students should be able to understand and explain the principles and techniques of finance and their various applications, particularly concerning strategic investment decisions. Graduates will comprehend and utilize essential financial concepts in various positions of management and specialist responsibility. They will also be prepared to follow up with advanced courses in corporate finance.

Study materials:

Mandatory:

Ehrhardt, M.C., Brigham, E.F. Financial Management: Theory and Practice. 13th ed. Mason: South-Western Cengage, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4390-7810-5

Vlachý, J. Corporate Finance: Exercises. Praha: Leges, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7502-085-7

Supplementary:

Damodaran, A. Applied Corporate Finance. 4th ed. Hoboken: John Wiley, 2015. ISBN 978-1-118-80893-1

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Further information:

Class instruction given on Moodle, registration required.

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• N-PRI-prez.forma od 15/16 (compulsory course of the branch)