Online Courses Handbook 2003

5699 (v.6) Financial Management 550

Area:	Graduate School of Business
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
This unit is designed as an introduction to accounting and financial management, for managers and professionals without formal business qualifications. Specifically, it aims to increase your knowledge and understanding of a company's financial position,corporate accountability and how these effect business decisions. It will allow the assessment of companies according to their liquidity, profitability, financial backing and triple-bottom-line performance. In doing so, it will enable you to better understand the real drivers of a business and to explain, in financial terms, the costs and benefits of decision alternatives. It will provide you with the skills to communicate more effectively with finance and accounting managers.