HAU

Business Finance

Financial decisions impact every area of a company. Executives, even those with no finance background need to understand and speak the “language of numbers”, and to make informed, intelligent decisions. This 6-module online course adopts a practical, non-technical approach to provide you with a basic understanding of the framework within which business finance decisions are made. You will be introduced to the main models and ideas used in financial decision making, as well as to methods and techniques for sound business proposals and plans.
 

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Topics

Introduction to Business Finance

• The role of business finance
• Basic accounting concepts and accounts

The Published Financial Statements

• The objective of financial statements
• Types of statements (balance sheet, income statement, statement of change in equity, cash flow statement)

Analyzing Published Financial Statements

• Introduction to financial ratios analysis
• Problems associated with the use and interpretation of financial ratios

Financial Forecasting-Projected Financial Statements

• Financial planning
• Preparing projected financial statements
• Preparing the projected income statement and balance sheet

Investment Appraisal Techniques-Financial Decisions

• Time value of money
• Appraisal techniques: basic and discounted cash flow techniques (payback period, accounting rate of return, internal rate of return, net present value)
• The financial decisions-asset replacement, leasing or buying

Investment Appraisal-Financial Decisions Application of Discounted Cash Flow

• The effect of taxation, inflation, risk, uncertainty
• Capital rationing

 

 

 

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