| Unit name | Strategic Finance |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EFIM20024 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | I/5 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Bence |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 1(EFIM10005 )or Introduction to Accounting (ACCG10052 ) or Accounting and Finance for Managers (EFIM10030) |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Accounting and Finance - Business School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit examines how financial management can be used to meet an organisation’s strategic goals.
The aims of this unit are to:
1. Provide students with the tools to enable them to analyse and appraise the strategies of organisations.
2. Enable students to link the strategic aims of an organisation to the techniques of financial
management.
3. Develop skills of team working.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Understand how financial analysis can be used to
appraise organisational strategies.
2. Understand and use a range of techniques, models and
theories, including discounted cash flow techniques, portfolio theory, the Capital Asset Pricing
Model, the dividend valuation model, dividend irrelevance and theories of capital structure.
3. Recommend courses of management action based on an
assessment of financial data, for example, whether to invest in a new product, takeover a rival,
divest and so on.
4. Work effectively in teams
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions including lectures, tutorials, drop-in sessions, discussion boards and other online learning opportunities
This unit will be assessed by coursework 30% and exam 70%
Various relevant introductory finance textbooks exist e.g. ‘Corporate Finance’ by Ross, Westerfield and
Jaffe, published by McGraw Hill.
