Corporate Finance (Level 2, BSc Accountancy)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| BUSI2191 | Business | 2 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- BUSI2191
- 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
Only available to Part I students on the Bachelor of Science with Honours Accountancy programme.
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
- 70% Exam (2-hour): In-person Exam
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 course 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