Financial Management to Support Leadership - Opinto-opas

On completion of the course, students will be able to:
- interpret financial reports and present financial figures in an interesting way and with an understanding cause-and-effect relationship.
- Use metrics and measurement in strategy work and create and justify own target metrics, e.g. for their team.
- Evaluate the profitability of investments and understand the connection between financing, company strategy, and the balance sheet.
- prepare budgets and calculate profitability using various pricing strategies.

This course unit is part of the master's degree's curriculum. Completion of the course requires master's study entitlement.

Financial planning, steering and monitoring to support the strategy
Budgeting and forecasting models
Investment calculations and financing models
Profitability calculations
Pricing

When the implementation type of the course is contact, online or blended it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25%, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50%, the course is failed.

The student demonstrates satisfactory competence in relation to the course learning objectives. The student identifies some of the theories, perspectives and concepts presented in the course. The student weakly identifies their implications for practice.

The student demonstrates good competence in relation to the course learning objectives. The student has good command of the theories, perspectives and concepts presented in the course. The student is able to analyze their implications for practice.

The student demonstrates excellent competence in relation to the course learning objectives. The student profoundly masters theories, perspectives and concepts presented in the course. The student critically and thoroughly applies the concepts and theories learned in the course to analyze and create solutions for practical work situations.

The course may include a preliminary assignment depending on the implementation. The preliminary assignment can be found in the implementation plan.

This course replaces the previous curriculum's "Strategic Financial Management" (5 ECTS).

Online implementation which consists of weekly assignments for 8 weeks and four online meetings.
Online sessions are on following Wednesdays at 17.40 - 20.30:
20.8.2025
3.9.2025
17.9.2025
1.10.2025
Sessions are compulsory and follow Haaga-Helia's attendance rules.

Will be informed in the beginning of the course and available in Moodle.

Student can apply the cases at own workplace.

Pasila Campus

The course is based on weekly assignments and there are no final exam.

English

The topics apply both in Finland and internationally.

18.08.2025 - 10.10.2025

Will be provided in the Moodle platform.

02.06.2025 - 15.08.2025

Period 1, Autumn 2025

Online sessions are on following Wednesdays at 17.40 - 20.30:
20.8.2025
3.9.2025
17.9.2025
1.10.2025

Please also be prepared to work for the course during the weeks between.

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RPL - if you already have knowledge on this topic, please email teacher.

Heli Kortesalmi, Mariitta Rauhala

31 - 60

Assessment is based on the weekly assignments which are informed in the beginning of the course.

LEBUM Degree Programme in Leading Business Transformation

0.00 cr

5.00 cr

H-5