Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to
- introduce alternative sources of financing for a company
- make up a short-term cash budget and utilize it in cash management
- chart the risk factors of a company and the methods of risk management related to them.

Content

- Financial planning and alternatives
- Cash management
- Capital budgeting
- Risk management and insurances
- Investment alternatives of a private person
- Financing International Business

Materials

Ebooks (to be confirmed at the beginning of course, there may be better newer books available)

Complementary study material will be presented during the course in itslearning

Teaching methods

Course assignments will be described in Itslearning platform and introduced during the course.
Learning tasks and exercises in Itslearning
Small group meetings, individual or group learning
Study journal (learning diary)

International connections

Innopeda, which is based on experiments, sharing of information and knowledge as well as combining different view points. Student-centered learning, problem solving, flipped classroom.

Student workload

Course assignments will be described in Itslearning platform and introduced during the course.

Content scheduling

The student is able to
- introduce alternative sources of financing for a company
- make up a short-term cash budget and utilize it in cash management
- chart the risk factors of a company and the methods of risk management related to them.

Contents
- Financial planning and alternatives
- Cash management
- Capital budgeting
- Risk management and regulation of the financial sector
- Investment alternatives of a private person
- Financing International Business

Further information

Course plans and resources are in Itslearning study platform.

Course requires independent work and applying financial management theory to practice, for example by literature study plus applying the knowledge in course tasks.

Communication mainly in class room meetings. In addition, messaging related to course tasks is possible in itslearning.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

There will be two exams (week 43 and week 50). Each exam will contribute 30% to the overall course grade. In addition, two learning journals will be written during the course (topics in weeks 36-41 and weeks 43-50 in English). The weight of each learning diary in the overall assessment is 20%. The exams are group exams, the learning diary is personal. Both the exams and the learning diaries must receive a pass mark in order to receive the overall course grade.

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Student is not attending adequately or has not returned course assignments.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

All learning tasks done and study journal returned.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

All learning tasks done and study journal returned, with good (3) or very good (4) quality of work and showing deep knowledge in theme and applying theory in learning tasks.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

All learning tasks done and study journal returned, with excellent quality of work and showing deep knowledge in theme and applying theory in learning task.