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Finance for Decision-Making
Postgraduate | TAS-JNB518 | 2023
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
FEE-HELP available
Finance for Decision-Making
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Assess businesses' financial performance by interpreting accounting information and critically evaluating financial statements.
- Apply financial concepts and tools to assist in managerial decision making.
- Apply financial techniques to manage business risks.
- Week 1 - Managerial Finance and its Environment
- Week 2 - Accounting and financial statements
- Week 3 - Accounting and financial statements (continued)
- Week 4 - Analysis of financial statements
- Week 5 - The time value of money and financial asset valuation
- Week 6 - The time value of money and financial asset valuation (continued)
- Week 7 - Risk and return
- Week 8 - Working capital management
- Week 9 - Capital budgeting principles and techniques
- Week 10 - Sources of finance
- Week 11 - The cost of capital and capital structure
- Week 12 - Risk management and international business finance
The aim of this subject is to introduce you to the type of financial information that you, as a manager, can expect to receive and to the techniques that you can use to analyse this information for decision making and control purposes. The subject is therefore written from the perspective of you as a manager of an operating subject in a corporate environment. This approach will provide you with a sound basis by which you can understand, review, analyse and use the various types of financial information with which you are most likely to come into contact.
This subject also contains sections in relation to ship and port investment evaluation and finance and shipping business risk management. It aims to enhance your capability in understanding practical financial issues and applying financial concepts in the maritime transport and logistics industry where you may be working.
- Assignment One-Online Quiz One (10%)
- Assignment Three-Online Quiz 2 (15%)
- Final Exam (40%)
- Assignment Two: Financial Analysis Report (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-BAM-MAS-2023 - Master of Business Administration in Maritime Management
- TAS-GSM-MAS-2023 - Master of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Elective
- TAS-MLO-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Maritime Management
- TAS-GLS-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- TAS-GLS-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- TAS-MMG-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma of Maritime Management
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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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateTAS-BAM-MAS
PostgraduateTAS-GSM-MAS
PostgraduateTAS-MLO-GCE
PostgraduateTAS-GLS-GCE
Graduate Certificate in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
PostgraduateTAS-GLS-GDI
Graduate Diploma of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
PostgraduateTAS-MMG-GDI