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FR-P12
PGDm 2012-14: Term-I

Course Name: Financial Reporting
Credits 1.5
Faculty Name S. K. Padhi
Program PGDM-BM
Academic Year and Term 2012-13, Term-I

1. Course Description

The objective of this course is to enable the students to understand the language of business called accounting. Reported financial statements consist of three components: Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement. Through this course, the students will be able to understand how these statements are being prepared, their significance in the context of different business decisions and future business planning.

2. Student Learning Outcomes (typically 3-5 bullet points)

· Be able to understand what is reported financial statements of a company

· Be able to capture business transactions and classify them into income, expenditure, liabilities & assets · Be able to understand the link between a managerial decision and corresponding financial implication · Be able to get into a position to read into the reported financial statements of a company

3. Required Text Books and Reading Material

1. Financial Accounting – A Managerial Perspective by R. Narayanaswamy
2. Financial Accounting by Ashok Banerjee
3. Financial Accounting for Business Managers by Asish K. Bhattacharya
4. Financial Accounting for Management by Ambrish Gupta
5. Financial Accounting –Reporting and Analysis by Stice and Stice
6. Class Notes


4. Tentative Session Plan
Session NumberTopics/ActivitiesReading / case list etc.
1Information asymmetry and users of financial reportsClass note
2What is Accounting and its significance in business environment, Forms of Business OrganizationBook
3GAAP: Concepts, Conventions, Assumptions, Accounting Equation: Tool to understand business decisionsBook
4The Income Statement: Gross profit, Operating income, Net income, Individual items Class note, exercise
5The Income Statement: Gross profit, Operating income, Net income, Individual items Company’s financial statement
6Balance Sheet – assets & liabilitiesCompany’s financial statement
7Owners capital, borrowed capital & short term liabilitiesClass note, exercise
8Long term assets, investments & current assetsClass note, exercise and selected exercise from published financial reports
9Effect of Business Transactions on the financial statements, Measuring Business Income and Preparation of financial statementsAnalysis of company’s financial statement
10Introduction to Cash Flow Statement (Financing Decisions / Investment Decisions / Operating Decisions )Analysis of company’s financial statement

5. Evaluation

1. Quizzes : 40%

2. Group Work : 20%

3. End-term : 40%

Created By: Debasis Mohanty on 06/19/2012 at 03:39 PM
Category: PGDM-I Doctype: Document

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