Basics of Financial Management (5 cr)

Code: ECO001HH1AE-3025

Basic information of implementation


Enrollment
12.06.2023 - 18.08.2023
Enrolment for the implementation has ended.
Timing
21.08.2023 - 13.10.2023
Implementation has ended.
ECTS Credits
5 cr
Campus
Pasila Campus
Teaching languages
English
Seats
15 - 40
Degree programmes
INTBBA International Business
Teachers
Toni Ernvall
Juan Borra
Groups
IBE2PA1
INTBBA, 2. semester, Pasila, group 1
CONTACT
Contact implementation
Course
ECO001HH1AE

Evaluation scale

H-5

Schedule

The course runs on Mondays from 8-10:45 and Fridays from 11-13:45 in classroom 3003, check mynet for any possible change.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

Classroom, hybrid and virtual.

Intro

Welcome! In this course, you will learn some basic accounting-finance concepts you will use for your entire professional career and also get to learn some business math-related concepts.

If you engage, study and participate actively, you will be able to understand financial statements and use various accounting methods for decision-making purposes, and also learn some basic concepts of mathematics for business, calculating simple and compound interest, while learning how to use MS excel to do some calculations.

You will be able to interpret the content of financial statements with the help of the main financial ratios.
You will be able to make distinctions between different cost types and understand the cost behavior and its implications for profitability calculations.
You will be able to understand the use of cost-volume-profit analysis for different purposes like sensitivity analysis and price-setting.
You will be able to understand the use of basic cost allocation methods for decision-making purposes.
You will be able to understand and prepare basic income statements and cash budgets.
Looking forward to working together!

Materials

There are Video tutorials, Sway documents and PowerPoint materials for study. In addition, for the accounting part, the following e-book is recommended and available online with HH credentials: Accounting and finance for non-specialists, Atrill, Peter McLaney, E. J., 11th edition. Pearson Education.

Teaching methods and instruction

In the Accounting Section, you will learn some basics of Finance and accounting, an Introduction to the main financial statements, the cost volume profit and break-even point model, and basics of pricing and VAT. We use lectures, class discussions, exercises and study mtaerials for this part of the course

In the Business Math part, you will learn to apply suitable interest calculations in different situations. This part of the course is Flip classroom, students study on their own the topics and watch the videos prior to the class, and use the class for exercises.

All study and practice materials and tutorials are available in Moodle.

Working life connections

During this course, we utilize various real-case examples from various countries.

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

Two (2) exams for Finance & Accounting

One exam for Business Math.

Specific dates will be given in Moodle

Internationality

During this course, we utilize various real-case examples from various countries. We also utilize a variety of international sources for learning material and videos.

Completion alternatives

Attend virtual course with no class participation.

Learning assignments

Quizzes in Moodle, workbooks, Exams

Assessment methods

All quizzes are compulsory to unlock the exam. The Quizzes require 60% correct to pass.
Only the exams are graded. The weight on the final grade is as followed
Finance & Accounting: 60%
Business Math: 40%

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