Compulsory
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- GENERAL
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TEACHING METHODS: TEACHING HOURS (WEEKLY) Lectures
Tutorial
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COURSE TYPE: Scientific area COURSE PREREQUISITES: None TEACHING LANGUAGE: Greek THE COURSE IS OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: No - LEARNIING RESULTS
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Course Description and Learning Objectives Financial Management is an introductory course in the field focusing on investment decisions. Upon successful completion of the course, participants are expected to have acquired:
Knowledge to:
- Apply the basic principles of cash flow discounting and investment decision evaluation techniques (e.g., Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return criteria, etc.) under cash flow certainty applied by financial managers of modern private business organizations.
- identify and analyze the characteristics of shares and bonds issued by a publicly traded company.
- manage the working capital of an enterprise; and
- identify the break-even point of a business; and
- use operating leverage
Problem-solving skills:
- apply the Present Value & Discounting Rule, both at the level of investment decisions of individuals (e.g. calculating loan repayments, pension plan instalments) and at the level of firms (e.g. evaluating investment projects using the Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return criteria)
- apply the basic techniques of equity and bond valuation and calculate investor returns
Abilities to:
- combine practical thinking and analysis of investment decisions with financial theory
- manage their time well
- demonstrate professionalism in relation to their obligations (e.g. compliance with obligations
Competencies Decision-making
- Autonomous Work
- Promoting free, creative and deductive thinking
- CONTENT
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The course is developed in 13 units, in corresponding lectures:
1.THE VALUE OF MONEY OVER TIME
2.ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL INDICATORS
3.ANALYSIS OF CASH FLOWS
4.COST OF CAPITAL
5.CAPITAL INVESTMENT BUDGET - RISK
6.LEVERAGE ANALYSIS
7.CAPITAL STRUCTURE
8.DIVIDEND POLICY
9.FORECAST OF FINANCING NEEDS
10.WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - MANAGEMENT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS
11.MANAGEMENT OF DEBT SECURITIES - MANAGEMENT OF RECEIVABLES
12.MANAGEMENT OF RESERVES
13.FINANCIAL LEASING - VENTURE CAPITAL COMPANIES
- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
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TEACHING METHOD - Lectures in class USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES Support for the learning process through the e-class platform METHODS OF INSTRUCTION Method Semester workload Lectures 39 Writing work 20 Independent study 91
Total workload in hours 150 STUDENT LEARNING ASSESMENT Language of Evaluation: greek
Evaluation method.
(a) Written progress (30%)
(b) Written work (10%)
(c) Written final examination (60%)
Including:
- Short answer questions
- Solving problems related to financial transaction illustration of an enterprise
- RECOMMENDED-BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1.Vassiliou, D. & Iriotis N. (2018), Financial Management, 2nd edition, ROSILI EMPORIKI - EKDOTIKI M.EPE. Book Code in Eudoxos: 77114968
2.F. Eugene, Ehrhardt C. Michael (2019Financial Management - From Theory to Practice, Broken Hill Publishers Ltd.