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DESCRIPTION

This course covers financial management of the firm which includes capital budgets, the capital asset pricing model, working capital analysis, financing policy and economic value added.

OBJECTIVES

1. Define basic accounting concepts, terminology, and transactions.
2. Illustrate the accounting cycle.
3. Identify the four types of financial statements.
4. Describe the impact of the regulatory and compliance environment on accounting.
5. Prepare financial statements from a trial balance.
6. Assess the key relationships between the basic accounting equation and the financial statements.
7. Assess the key relationships between the four financial statements.
8. Determine the importance of ethics and internal control programs and describe effective control techniques.
9. Analyze financial statements using financial ratio analysis.
10. Recognize the impact of variable costs, margins and profitability.
11. Determine fixed and operating costs and the application of operating leverage.
12. Describe the elements of working capital and the cash conversion cycle.
13. Identify various inventory management concepts.
14. Examine the concepts of receivables, payables management, and cash management.
15. Explain the importance of TVM (Time Value of Money) analysis within the organization.
16. Describe the different sources of capital used by organizations.
17. Examine the functions of financial markets, intermediaries, and regulatory bodies.

PREREQUISITES

None

TEXTBOOK(S)

Practical Financial Management (8th Ed.)

Publisher: Cengage (2017)

Author(s): Lasher, W.R.

ISBN: 978-1305637542

* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, contact Academic Affairs academics@uofriverside.com