| Programme: |
Undergraduate
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| Module Code: |
N13301
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| Semester: |
Spring
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| Convenor: |
Muhammad Rafique
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| Credits & Level: |
10 credits; Level 3
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| Pre-requisites: |
N11123 (Financial Accounting) and N12307 (Financial Reporting) and N12403 (Financial Management).
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| Co-requisites: |
None.
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| Target Students: |
Any students who have the necessary pre-requisites. Optional module for Computer science and Management (Part II), Maths and Management (Part II) and Financial Mathematics (Part II)
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| Delivery: |
10 one-hour lectures and 2 one-hour workshops.
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| Assessment: |
One 1 hour examination (50%); Group Coursework (5,000 words) (50%)
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| Exam Format: | Answer One question from a choice of Two questions.
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| Summary of Content |
This module uses a combination of lectures and group work to develop students' understanding of financial reporting, the links between strategic and financial management, and the ways in which the stock market responds to financial information. The module involves detailed study and critical analysis of the financial strategy and performance of a major UK quoted company.
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| Aims |
To develop an understanding of the techniques of financial analysis in different decision-making contexts together with their relative advantages and limitations.
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| Key Words: |
Financial statement analysis, financial forecasting, business valuation, investment decisions.
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| Learning Objectives & Outcomes |
Knowledge and understanding
This module develops a knowledge and understanding of:- The sources, uses and management of finance.
- The use of accounting and other information systems for managerial applications.
- The development of appropriate business policies and strategies to meet stakeholder needs within a changing environment.
Intellectual skills
This module develops:- The cognitive skills of critical thinking, analysis and synthesis, including the ability to identify assumptions, evaluate statements in terms of evidence, to detect false logic or reasoning, to identify implicit values, and to define terms adequately and to generalise appropriately.
- Effective quantitative problem solving and decision making skills.
- The ability to create, evaluate and access a range of options, together with the capacity to apply ideas and knowledge to a range of business and other situations.
Professional practical skills
This module develops:- Numeracy and quantitative skills including data analysis, interpretation and extrapolation.
- Qualitative skills including the ability to work with case studies.
- The ability to apply business models to business problems and phenomena.
- Effective performance within a team environment, including leadership, team building, influencing and project management skills.
- The ability to conduct research into business and management issues, either individually or as part of a team, including a familiarity with a range of business data and research resources and appropriate methodologies.
Transferable (key) skills
This module develops:- Effective oral and written communication skills in a range of traditional and electronic media.
- Learning to learn and developing an appetite for reflective, adaptive and collaborative learning.
- The interpersonal skills for effective listening, negotiating, persuasion and presentation.
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