Course detail
Basic Elements of Financing
FP-ZFAcad. year: 2019/2020
The content of the course deals with basic of corporate financial management, especially topics as founding budget, principles of working capital management and capital budgeting. and above that basics of corporate financial analysis.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Skills: Student is able to assess the financial condition of a company and he/she is able to identify its weakness, while he/she is able to assess the investment project based on given information.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
● Seminars’ attendance – student is required to actively being attend the seminars (i.e. being prepared in advance for the seminars and work during the seminars under the teacher’s guidance). The presence at the seminars is subject to control, one absence is allowed.
● Seminar test – student is required to take a test in the end of semester, the test will deal with cases only. The maximum achievable test is assessment is 35 point, while the minimum required assessment is 17.5 points. The final test will contained several cases to solve. The test cases will be based on cases discussed throughout the seminars or subjected to homework.
WAY OF EXAMINATIONS:
The final exam test is written, while there is 60 minutes time for solving it. The maximum assessment is 65 points. The final test will consist of following parts:
● 5 closed-ended questions (4 possible answers, only 1 correct) – 4 points for each question (i.e. maximum of 20 points for this part).
● 2 open-ended
Course curriculum
2. Founding budget.
3. Working capital management - inventories and accounts receivable management.
4. Capital budgeting and investment decission methods.
5. Financing business: Internal financial resources
6. Financing business: Debt financing
7. Financing business: External equity financing.
8. Cash flow - cash inflows and outflows. Cash flow statement.
9. Financial aim of doing business and its assessment. Corporate financial analysis procedure..
10. Analysis of diferential indicators and financial ratios analysis (part 1).
11. Financial ratios analysis (part 2).
12. Financial distress prediction models
Work placements
Aims
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KORÁB, V. a REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. a PETERKA, J. Podnikatelský plán. Brno: Computer Press, 2007. 216 s. ISBN 978-80-251-1605-0. (CS)
MAREK, P. a kol. Studijní průvodce financemi podniku. Praha: Ekopress, 2006. 624 s. ISBN 80-86119-37-8. (CS)
SRPOVÁ, J., ŘEHOŘ, V. a kol. Základy podnikání. Teoretické poznatky, příklady a zkušenosti českých podnikatelů. Praha: Grada Publishing. 2010. (CS)
Recommended reading
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)
NÝVLTOVÁ, R., MARINIČ, P. Finanční řízení podniku. Moderní metody a trendy. Praha: Grada, 2010. 204 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3158-2. (CS)
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Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1Introduction. Company as a part of financial system.
2. Founding budget.
3. Working capital management - inventories and accounts receivable management.
4. Capital budgeting and investment decission methods.
5. Financing business: Internal financial resources
6. Financing business: Debt financing
7. Financing business: External equity financing.
8. Cash flow - cash inflows and outflows. Cash flow statement.
9. Financial aim of doing business and its assessment. Corporate financial analysis procedure..
10. Analysis of diferential indicators and financial ratios analysis (part 1).
11. Financial ratios analysis (part 2).
12. Financial distress prediction models
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Founding budget
2. Inventories management
3. Capital budgeting.
4. Loan repayments
5. Financial analysis (part 1)
6. Financial analysis (part 2)
Test
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