Course detail

Financial Management of the Corporate

FP-fmPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course focuses on three topics:
• deciding on the allocation of financial resources on the basis of economic criteria
• deciding on gaining sources of financing (theoretical approaches, practical solutions)
• managing the enterprise’s solvency.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Entry knowledge

For study of the course, you must have a knowledge of accounting, be able to perform financial analysis and interpret the results of the financial analysis, understand the importance of a functioning financial market, and have a knowledge of the field of banking, financial mathematics and corporate economics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

During the semester, 2 short tests are planned (each 9 points) and 1 final test (36 points). To obtain the credit, it is necessary to obtain at least 50% of the total number of points. Only the final test can be corrected.
Requirements for the exam: knowledge of the topics covered and its practical use. Students can get 46 points, the required minimum is 23 points (50%). The exam is in written form, the length is 100 minutes. The exam is evaluated according to the ECTS scale.

Aims

The objective of the course is to acquaint students with current problems and trends in the area of the financial management of an enterprise, based on a knowledge of financial systems, as well as business processes, and to teach students to appropriately apply methods of financial decision-making.
Knowledge: Students know what tasks are secured by the financial/economic unit, as well as the objectives which the enterprise follows in individual stages of its development, and the specifics of financial management in individual stages. They know how to describe the basic decision-making tasks, and develop appropriate methods for assessing alternative solutions. They know theoretical approaches to the optimisation of the capital structures of enterprises, models for determining the cost of capital, criteria for deciding on profit distribution and criteria for investment decision-making. Students know the theoretical basics of cash management as well as practical approaches.
Skills: Students are able to judge the suitability of sources of finance for enterprises according to various criteria and the conditions for provision, establish criteria for assessing investment projects by type of project and the objectives of the enterprise. They are able to choose the appropriate approach to measuring and considering risk in investment decision-making. They can also choose the appropriate arguments for communication with investors and creditors in gaining sources of finance, and when deciding on profit distribution. They are able to set the price, establish the price of funding sources and use these categories in financial decision-making. They know how to hedge foreign exchange risk, and can calculate the hedging cost.
Abilities: Students are able to propose an appropriate means of financing an enterprise according to the area of business and financing the risks of an enterprise when using the criteria of capital costs. They are able to comprehensively judge the economic efficiency of an investment project, including analysis of project risks. They know the limitations of the individual methods of evaluating the effectiveness of projects and are able to consider non-financial factors in the sustainability of a project. They are able to competently develop a financial project, including the schedule of net working capital, as well as short-term projected cash flows. They are able to implement measures to channel the cash flow of the enterprise.

Study aids

Students have access to collections of examples in e-learning and study literature available in the library.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BREALEY, R.A. a MYERS, C.S. Teorie a praxe firemních financí. Praha: Computer Press, 2000. 1064 s. ISBN 80-7226-189-4. (CS)
BRIGHAM, E. F. & EHRHARDT, M. C. Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 2011, 1152 s. ISBN 978-1-4390-7809-9 (EN)
FOTR, J. Strategické finanční plánování. Praha: Grada Publishing, 1999. 149 s. ISBN 80-7169-694-3. (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)
NÝVLTOVÁ, R. REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. Mezinárodní kapitálové trhy: zdroj financování. Praha: Grada, 2007. 222 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1922-1. (CS)
VALACH, J. Investiční rozhodování a dlouhodobé financování. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2005. 465 s. ISBN 80-86929-01-9. (CS)

Recommended reading

KISLINGEROVÁ, E. a kol. Manažerské finance. 2. přeprac. a rozš. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2010. (CS)
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. a kol. Řízení platební schopnosti podniku. Praha: Grada, 2010. 200 s. ISBN ISBN 978-80-247-3441-5 (CS)
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. Efektivní financování rozvoje podnikání. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-1835-9 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-UFRP Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

  1. Financial management - introduction.
  2. Strategic investment decision making: content, criteria.
  3. Evaluation of return on investment and risk of investment projects.
  4. Financing strategy: external sources of financing (bonds, bank credit, leasing)
  5. Financing strategy: cost of debt capital
  6. Financing strategy: own sources of financing (internal, external - issue of shares on the public capital market, dividend policy).
  7. Financing strategy: Raising private capital (venture capital and private equity). Cost of equity capital.
  8. Cost of capital and its use in financial decision making.
  9. Economic value added and its use in decision making.
  10. Solvency management: Management of net working capital. Credit management. Skonto.
  11. Financial planning.
  12. Cash management. Foreign exchange risk management.
  13. Summary and Reserve



Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

  1. Cash Flow.
  2. Dynamic decomposition of ROE indicator
  3. Investment cash flow planning and assessment methods application
  4. Investment cash flow planning and assessment methods application (2.part).
  5. Short test. Risk in investment decision making
  6. Cost of debt
  7. Cost of equity
  8. WACC and its application
  9. EVA calculation
  10. Short test. NWC management
  11. Financial plan
  12. Foreign exchange rate risk hedging
  13. Final test