Corporate Finance (Level 2)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI2146 | Business | 2 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- BUSI2146
- School
- Business
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module concentrates on the major investment and financing decisions made by managers within a firm.
Target Students
Part I and II undergraduate students who have taken BUSI1008 Quantitative Methods 1B AND also either BUSI1033 Introduction to Finance OR BUSI1020 Business Finance. Also available to BSc Hons Financial Mathematics students who have taken either BUSI1033 Introduction to Finance OR BUSI1020 Business Finance. Also available to Exchange students.
Co-requisites
Modules you must take in the same academic year, or have taken in a previous year, to enrol in this module:
- Quantitative Methods 1b (BUSI1008)
- Business Finance (BUSI1020)
- Introduction to Finance (BUSI1033)
- Quantitative Methods 1b (BUSI1039)
- Business Finance (BUSI1045)
Classes
- One 1-hour tutorial each week for 2 weeks
- Two 1-hour-30-minute lectures each week for 11 weeks
Assessment
- 30% Group Presentation: 15 minutes. Reassessment of this module is 100% exam (2 hours).
- 70% Exam (2-hour): In person exam. Reassessment of this module is 100% exam (2 hours).
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The idea that managers should operate in the interests of shareholders is examined and its consequences explored.The module looks at what should happen in practice, but also what does happen. Where theory and practice apparently diverge possible reasons are explored.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:
• The dynamic and changing nature of business and the consideration of the future of organisations within the global business environment, including the management of risk.
• The sources, uses and management of finance.
• The use of accounting and other information systems for managing financial risk.
• The development of appropriate policies and strategies within a changing environment to meet stakeholder interests.
• The use of risk management techniques and business continuity planning to help maximise achievement of strategic objectives.
Intellectual Skills:
This module develops:
• The ability to analyse facts and circumstances to determine the cause of a problem and identifying and selecting appropriate solutions.
• Conceptual and critical thinking, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
Professional Practical Skills:
This module develops:
• Numeracy and quantitative skills to manipulate data, evaluate, estimate and model business problems, functions and phenomena.
Transferable (key) Skills:
This module develops:
• Self-management and a readiness to accept responsibility and flexibility, to be resilient, self-starting and appropriately assertive, to plan, organise and manage time.
Conveners
- Mr Chandra Mangipudi