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Course: 2024/2025

Financial Management

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Master in Human Resource Management (Plan: 294 - Estudio: 276)

EPE

Coordinating teacher: MUÑOZ BULLON, FERNANDO

Department assigned to the subject: Business Administration Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 1º

Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)

No special requirement.

Objectives

- Know and work with the different financial statements which a company delivers on a current basis - Value the feasibility of an investment by calculation the Internal Rate on Return and the Net present value - To analyze through financial ratios the performance of a company - To analyze the most common decisions relating to money supply and liabilities in the short term

Skills and learning outcomes

Link to document

Description of contents: programme

- Financial Statements: Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss. - Financial Statements: Cash Flow Statement. - Financial ratios - Operative finance - Investments appraisal

Learning activities and methodology

The classes combine the introduction of theoretical concepts and the solution of practical exercises. For a deeper understanding of the subject we will jointly work and analyze some business cases of leading companies. We target that students participate in class through the different open discussions and are able to contribute and enrich the class with their personal experiences. Students will have to solve different exercises and business cases. These will be corrected and discussed during the course of the class.

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination 60
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40

Calendar of Continuous assessment

Students will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

ORDINARY CALL:

- Individual participation: 	40%
- Exam:60%

EXTRAORDINARY CALL:

Alternative 1:
- Individual participation: 	40%
- Exam:60%

Alternative 2:
- Final exam (100%).

Students can choose the alternative that benefits them the most.

In this course, students should not use artificial intelligence tools to carry out the work or exercises proposed by the faculty. In the event that the use of AI by the student gives rise to academic fraud by falsifying the results of an exam or work required to accredit academic performance, the Regulation of the University Carlos III of Madrid of partial development of the Law 3/2022, of February 24th, of University Coexistence, will be applied.

Basic Bibliography

Axel Tracy. Ratio Analysis Fundamentals. How 17 Financial Ratios can allow you to analyse any business on the planet. Bidy Capital Pty Ltd.. 2012
David Hillier, Mark Grinblatt and Sheridan Titman. Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy: . McGraw-Hill. 2013
Thomas Ittelson. Financial Statements: A Step-by-Step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports. Career Press. 2009

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.