FINANCE POLICY
 
Lectured in 2nd year Business managementSection accountancy - tax law
Theory [A] 25.0
Exercises [B] 0.0
Training and projects [C] 0.0
Studytime [D] 75
Studypoints [E] 3
Level  
Language of instruction Dutch
Lecturer Arthur WATERBLEY
Reference RGBBRA02A00972
 
Key words
Financing

Objectives
  • acquiring terms and techniques related to management accounting, decision calculations, financing, shareholders' value and counselling in order to avoid failure.
  • gaining an adequate insight in the complexity of prob-lems within financial management and decision-making
  • learning how to assist self-employed traders as well as small and medium-sized firms in preparing meetings to solve finance problems.
  • acquiring an attitude of objectivity, realism and care in dealing with numbers, figures
  • being able to collect accounting data to draw up financial reports.


Topics
  1. Transformation of business model
  2. Performance analysis and responsibility centre
  3. Calculation and selection of investments
  4. Cash management
  5. Basics of financing
  6. Special aspects of financing
  7. Capital structure
  8. Production methods for profit improvement


Prerequisites
Knowledge of bookkeeping, cost management and budgeting.

Final Objectives
cp. objectives and topics

Materials used
Book: A. Waterbley: Financierings- en adviesbeleid.

Study costs
Book: +/- €30.

Study guidance
The lecturer acts as tutor, mentor and coach.

Teaching Methods
Formal lectures involving slides, discussion of examples, graphs.
Exercises are to be done individually and are subject to checks.

Assessment
  • First exam session: 30 % solutions of exercises handed in on demand and 70% written exam
  • Second exam session: 100% written exam
  • Examination Board Flemish Community:
    first and second exam session: 100 % written exam


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