Corporate Finance for Managers
PostgraduateCUR-MBA6502022
Course information for 2022 intake
Bring corporate finance skills to your MBA. Understand what goes into decision-making for investments, mergers and acquisitions – so that you can be a better manager. Cover working capital, company valuations and share portfolio management.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Corporate Finance for Managers
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- explain the basic principles. frameworks and corporate finance models as they apply to business at a local and international level
- interpret corporate finance principles to solve business problems
- communicate the international scope and scale of corporate finance and how international trends and activities affect decision making in local business
- evaluate and synthesize the information learned and appropriately communicate that knowledge using relevant technology.
- Introduction & Time Value of Money
- Valuing Bonds
- Valuing Shares
- Investing: Decision Criteria
- Investing: DCF & Project Analysis
- Risk: Risk and Return
- Risk: WACC & Company Valuation
- Financing: Capital Raising
- Financing: Debt Policy & Capital Structure
- Dividend Payout Policy
- Special Topics
- Review
This subject is designed to introduce MBA students to a wide range of corporate finance topics to enable them to understand and participate in corporate finance decision making in organisations. The types of decisions include major capital investments, mergers and acquisitions, working capital, company valuations and share portfolio management.
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- Exercise (30%)
- Project Report (35%)
- Invigilated Exam (35%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or currently be enrolled in the following subject(s) in a prior study period; or enrol in the following subject(s) to study prior to this subject:
CUR-GCB540-Accounting for Business Decisions (no longer available)
Please note that your enrolment in this subject is conditional on successful completion of these prerequisite subject(s). If you study the prerequisite subject(s) in the study period immediately prior to studying this subject, your result for the prerequisite subject(s) will not be finalised prior to the close of enrolment. In this situation, should you not complete your prerequisite subject(s) successfully you should not continue with your enrolment in this subject. If you are currently enrolled in the prerequisite subject(s) and believe you may not complete these all successfully, it is your responsibility to reschedule your study of this subject to give you time to re-attempt the prerequisite subject(s).
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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