James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

CO2611:03

Applied Financial Management

Townsville, Cairns, Sydney, Melbourne HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 12 hours workshops. Semester 1 (Townsville, Cairns, Melbourne campus); December/January block mode (Sydney campus).

Staff: Assoc. Professor S Alison (Townsville campus); Mr B Jacobsen (Cairns campus).

Major topics include financial analysis and planning; management of cash and accounts receivable; time value of money; risk, return and valuation; capital project appraisal; financing of working capital; capital structure decisions.

Learning Objectives:

  1. prepare a profit plan for a business organisation;
  2. formulate short- and long-term financing strategies for a business enterprise;
  3. evaluate proposed capital projects;
  4. perform basic security valuation;
  5. demonstrate an understanding of the principles of working capital management;
  6. assess the implications of leasing assets.

Assessment by assignments (20%); two tests (20%); examination (60%).