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Master 2022/2023

Strategic Financial Management

Type: Compulsory course (Finance)
Area of studies: Finance and Credit
Delivered by: Department of Finance
When: 2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Master’s programme: Finance
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 52

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is based on the students’ knowledge and skills that were obtained from such disciplines as Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis/Financial Analysis/Financial Modeling. The course consists of lectures (20 hours) and tutorials (32 hours). The tutorials involve task’s calculation, problems solving, case analysis and the individual assignment (project).
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The aim of the course is to develop the competencies in taking strategic financial decisions: forecasting cash flows, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, developing financial and analytic models, creating a new approach to financial management based on the integrated value-based management both for financial and nonfinancial companies.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Identify and apply the mechanisms of strategic decisions in a competitive environment
  • Plan and design competitive financial strategies
  • Recognize and implement the principles of matching financial and business strategies
  • Calculates key value-based indicators with real world data
  • Identify the factors that contribute to and how to predict company failure
  • Develop critical thinking/reasoning skills via a practical application of the above within an Applied Research Paper assignment (see course project)
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • The objective of the firm
  • The capital structure decision
  • The international framework
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Dividend Policy
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Home assigment
  • non-blocking In-class activity
  • non-blocking Final exam
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    0.3 * In-class activity + 0.4 * Final exam + 0.3 * Home assigment