FM-X12

FM-X12
PGDM-PT 2012-15: Term-III

Course Name : Financial Management

Credits	3.0
Faculty Name	Dr Soumya G Deb
Program	EXPGP(PT)
Academic Year and Term	2012-15 batch Term -3

1. Course Description: A basic knowledge of Finance is compulsory for aspiring managers, independent of the functional area of specialization. The last decade has seen fundamental changes in financial markets and financial instruments. Electronic and print media are constantly engrossed with issues like financial restructuring, initial public offerings, bankruptcy, dividends, bonuses, and many more. This course on Financial Management is aimed at providing a broad overview of the world of business from a financial manager’s perspective. At the end of the course the participants should be having an overall idea about why the corporates take certain financial decisions, and should be better equipped to respond to the fast changing dynamics of the business environment.

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

· Be able to : have basic idea about risk, return, valuation of assets and securities

· Be able to ….understand better why certain financial decisions are taken by corporate bodies

· Be able to … have a broad overview of the world of business from a financial manager’s perspective.

3. Required Text Book and Reading Materials

a) Textbook: Fundamentals of Financial Management -12th Edition, Brigham and Houston , Cengage Learning .

b) Reference Book:

- Fundamentals of Corporate Finance by Stephen A Ross, R W Westerfield and B. D Jordan –8th Edition, ( Subcontinent edition) published by Tata Mcgraw Hill

- Financial Management : Theory and Practice –11th Edition by Brigham and Ehrhardt, Thomson India edition

- Principles of Corporate Finance - 8th Edition, by Brealey, Myers, Allen and Mohanty, Special Indian Edition, Tata Mcgraw Hill,

c) handouts and readings as and when made available during the course.

4. Tentative Session Plan

Session Number Topics/Activities

1. Overview of Corporate Finance

2,3 Introduction to Time Value of Money concepts

4,5 Application of time value of money concepts to value fixed income securities like bonds, bond features, brief idea about term structure of interest rate

5,6 Application of time value of money concepts for valuation of stocks

7,8,9 Risk , return and capital markets

10 Cost of Capital

11,12,13,14 Capital Budgeting …various issues

15 Capital Structure basics

5. Evaluation :

The evaluation is divided into three components:

(a) Quizzes/Mid term : 40% : May be open book or closed book ( that would be announced in class).

(b) Class Participation/Project : 20% : This could be comprised of attendance, response and attitude in class, and/or some group presentation exercises in class/projects.

(c) End Term: 40% : The end term examination will again be a closed book one based on topics covered during the entire course.

6. Academic Integrity: Students involved in academic dishonesty will receive a ZERO grade on the particular component in which the violation occurred. Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means such as copying or use of unauthorized aids in tests, talking during in-class examinations; aiding another student’s dishonesty; and giving false information for the purpose of gaining credits.

Created By: Debasis Mohanty on 12/07/2012 at 03:02 PM
Category: ExPGP-I Doctype: Document

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Session Number	Topics/Activities
1.	Overview of Corporate Finance
2,3	Introduction to Time Value of Money concepts
4,5	Application of time value of money concepts to value fixed income securities like bonds, bond features, brief idea about term structure of interest rate
5,6	Application of time value of money concepts for valuation of stocks
7,8,9	Risk , return and capital markets
10	Cost of Capital
11,12,13,14	Capital Budgeting …various issues
15	Capital Structure basics