2013/2014
KAN-CBL_VFI Financial Intelligence - CANCELLED
English Title |
Financial Intelligence -
CANCELLED |
|
Language |
English |
Exam ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
Type |
Elective |
Level |
Full Degree Master |
Duration |
One Semester |
Course period |
Autumn |
Time Table |
Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
|
Course
coordinator |
- Merrill Jones Barradale - Department of Intercultural
Communication and Management (ICM)
|
Main academic
disciplines |
- Finance
- Financial and management accounting
|
Last updated on
29-04-2013
|
Learning objectives |
At the end of the course, students
should be able to:
- explain the basics of financial accounting, including such
concepts and tools as income statements, balance sheets, annual
reports, ratios, cash flows, return on investment, P&L, the
time value of money, and working capital
- display the ability to employ the financial accounting
principles and practices covered in the course to analyze and to
explain a variety of financial data, company documents, balance
sheets, annual reports, and case studies
- explain the important ways in which these and other key
financial accounting principles and practices can be used to the
benefit (and sometimes detriment) of organizations and the
individuals who work in them
- display the ability to work with the financial accounting
principles and practices covered in the course to develop and
present business cases for organizational projects and initiatives,
and to develop and evaluate alternative scenarios based on
competing assumptions and financial data
- evaluate, contrast, and synthesise the various concepts and
theories introduced in the course, and apply them to the analysis
of a variety of case studies and situations that exemplify their
relative usefulness for understanding the practice of leadership
and management in a variety of contexts
|
Course prerequisites |
Bachelor degree |
Examination |
Financial
Intelligence:
|
Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
Individual or group exam |
Individual |
|
80% of the final grade: individual 48-hour
take-home written examination based on all materials covered in the
course
20% of the final grade: active class participation and discussion
on a pass/fail basis |
Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
Duration |
48 hours to prepare |
Grading scale |
7-step scale |
Examiner(s) |
Internal examiner and second internal
examiner |
Exam period |
December/January |
Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary
exam
|
|
Course content and
structure |
This course prepares students to
participate in the leadership and management of organisations,
networks and projects in a variety of contexts and international
settings by cultivating their financial intelligence.
Financial intelligence consists of the ability to understand what
happens in companies and organizations from a financial
perspective, and the ability to act on that information to
contribute to organizational success. Students will gain a deeper
understanding of financial accounting principles and techniques,
and a deeper appreciation of how and why those principles and
techniques are crucial for even non-financial managers to
understand. Towards these ends the course will introduce
students to the principles of financial intelligence, and further
develop their understanding of such important tools and concepts as
income statements, balance sheets, annual reports, ratios, cash
flows, return on investment, P&Ls, and working capital.
At every stage the course will put such concepts and tools into
practice through the discussion and analysis of a variety of case
studies and exercises that exemplify how important the numbers are
to the way things work throughout organizations in various
countries and regions around the world. |
Teaching methods |
Class time will include lecture, case
analysis, discussion, and exercises in which participants will
explore the principles of financial intelligence and apply them to
case studies and other organizational situations and
dynamics. |
Expected literature |
A collection of case materials
available for purchase online via Harvard Business
Publishing. |
Last updated on
29-04-2013