| 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 |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance 1(EFIM10005 )or Introduction to Accounting (ACCG10052 ) or Accounting and Finance for Managers (EFIM10030) |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| 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%
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
