Course detail

Financial Management of the Corporate

FP-PfmDAcad. year: 2011/2012

Financial goals. Strategic financial decision making. Strategic investment decision making. Mergers and acquisitions, company market value estimates. Methods of financial planning. New methods of capital budgeting. Liquidity management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

After completion of the course, student is able:
- to define company tasks and goals;
- to decide on suitability of financing forms;
- to apply company valuation methods;
- to apply the methods of financial planning;
- to know short-term liquidity management models.

Prerequisites

The course develop previously acquired knowledge of economic theory and business economics.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Self-study, discussion, presentation.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Evaluation consists of seminar work, its' presentation and defense and discussing the topic.

Course curriculum

1. Definition of company financial goals and their measuring.
2. Strategic company valuation and its' performance.
3. Methods of strategic financial making.
4. Factors of investment strategy assessment. Risks in investment projects.
5. Company liquidity management.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to make students familiar with company financial management problems with stress on effective fund raising and capital investing. From this point of view:
- to present principles of decision-making about utilization of company financial resources;
- to introduce procedures for the evaluation of mergers, acquisitions, and for the financial restructuring of company;
- to give consideration to financial planning issues including risk analysis;
- to address a problem of company liquidity management.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures is not compulsory, but is recommended.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DAMODARAN, A. Applied corporate finance: a user´s manual. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, c2006. 658 s. ISBN 0-471-66093-0. (EN)
DAMODARAN, A. Damodaran on valuation: security analysis for investment and corporate finance. 2nd ed. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, c2006. 685 s. ISBN 0-471-75121-9. (EN)
KISLINGEROVÁ, E. a kol. Manažerské finance. 2. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2007. 745 s. ISBN 978-80-7179-903-0. (CS)
MAŘÍK, M., MAŘÍKOVÁ P. Moderní metody hodnocení výkonnosti a oceňování podniku: ekonomická přidaná hodnota, tržní přidaná hodnota, CF ROI. Přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2005. 164 s. ISBN 80-86119-61-0. (CS)
MAŘÍK, M. a kol. Metoda oceňování podniku: proces ocenění, základní metody a postupy. Vyd. 3. Praha: Ekopress, 2011. 494 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-67-5. (CS)
BRIGHAM, E.F - EHRHARDT. M.C. Financial management: Theory and Practice. 12th Edition.South-Western, 2008. ISBN 978-0-324-42269-6 (EN)

Recommended literature

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DSP Doctoral

    branch DSP-PF , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch DSP-PF , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme DSP-KS Doctoral

    branch DSP-PF-KS , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch DSP-PF-KS , 2 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

20 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer