154-0364/02 – Financial Management and Decision-Making (FŘR)
Gurantor department | Department of Finance | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Dana Dluhošová | Subject version guarantor | prof. Dr. Ing. Dana Dluhošová |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2015/2016 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the course is to introduce the students in selected areas of financial decision-making.
Students will be able:
- to introduce the importance of time value of money into decision-making,
- to apply investment criterions,
- to analyze and select optimal sources for company financing,
- to propose financial plan of a firm.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course Financial management and Financial decision provides the students the fundamental principles of the financial management and decision-making, particularly to understand the financial statements, how to reflect the risk and time value of money in selection rules for investment project valuation, obtaining long term forms of capital and its allocation to ensure its needs and to increase its market value.
Compulsory literature:
1. BENNINGA, S. Principles of Finance with Excel. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, 2011.
2. BRIGHAM, E.F., EHRHARD, M.C. Financial Management: Theory & Practice. 12th edition. South-Western College, 2007.
3. CLAYMAN, M.R., FRIDSON, M.S., TROUGHTON, G.H. Corporate Finance: A Practical Approach. J. Wiley, 2008.
4. DAMODARAN, A. Corporate Finance: theory and practice. 2nd edition. J. Wiley, 2001.
5. DAMODARAN, A. Applied Corporate Finance. 2nd edition. J. Wiley, 2005.
6. FRIDSON, M., ALVAREZ, F. Financial Statement Analysis. 4th edition. J. Wiley, 2011.
7. GLAUTIER, M.W., UNDERDOWN, B. Accounting: Theory and Practice. 6th edition. Pitman Publishing, 1997.
8. HANSEN, D.R.; MOWEN, M.M.: Cornerstones of Cost Accounting. South Western College, 2011.
Recommended literature:
1. KEOWN, A.J., MARTIN, J.D., PETTY, J.W. Foundation of Finance. 7th edition. Prentice Hall, 2011.
2. LASHER, W.R. Financial Management: A Practical Approach. 6th edition. South-Western College, 2011.
3. MADURA, J. International Financial Management. 11th edition. South Western College, 2008.
4. McGUIGAN, J.R., MOYER, R.CH., RAO, R.P., KRETLOW, W,J. Contemporary Corporate Finance. 12th edition. South Western College, 200
5. MELICHER, R.W., NORTON, E.A. Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management. 14th edition. J. Wiley, 2011.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no other requirements on students.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1: Fundamentals and principles of financial management and decision-making.
2: Financial analysis.
3: Approaches for company financial performance measuring.
4: Capital structure and costs of capital.
5: Time value of money usage in the financial management and decision-making.
6: Capital budgeting.
7: Internal capital sources.
8: External capital sources.
9: Dividends, dividend theories, dividend policies.
10: Company valuation.
11: Financial planning.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction