Financial Management & Corporate Finance (MBA)

Time value of money, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure, dividend policy and working capital.

6 MonthsDuration 5Chapters26Topics

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01Unit 1: Introduction and Time Value of Money 5 topics

Nature, scope and functions of finance
Profit maximisation vs wealth maximisation
Agency problem
Compounding and discounting
Annuities and perpetuities

02Unit 2: Capital Budgeting 5 topics

Nature and process of capital budgeting
Payback period and accounting rate of return
Net present value and profitability index
Internal rate of return
Risk analysis in capital budgeting (introduction)

03Unit 3: Cost of Capital, Leverage and Capital Structure 5 topics

Cost of debt, preference and equity capital
CAPM and dividend growth model
Weighted average cost of capital
Operating, financial and combined leverage
Capital structure theories: NI, NOI, traditional and MM

04Unit 4: Dividend Decisions 5 topics

Forms of dividend and dividend policy
Walter's model
Gordon's model
MM dividend irrelevance theory
Bonus shares, stock split and buyback

05Unit 5: Working Capital Management and Corporate Finance 6 topics

Concepts and operating cycle
Financing of working capital
Cash management
Receivables management
Inventory management and EOQ
Sources of long-term finance

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You will be able to

Explain the scope and objectives of financial management and the agency problem
Apply time value of money to compound, discount and annuity problems
Evaluate projects using payback, ARR, NPV, IRR and profitability index
Calculate cost of capital, WACC and leverages and explain capital structure theories
Apply dividend models and explain dividend policy
Manage working capital, cash, receivables and inventory (EOQ)

Who it is for

MBA students of Semester 2 (AKTU, Lucknow) in Marketing, Finance and Human Resource specialisations
MBA / PGDM students of other universities with a similar paper in their syllabus

What you need

Graduation in any discipline (as required for MBA admission)
Accounting for Managers (Semester 1) is helpful

Questions

Which syllabus does the Financial Management & Corporate Finance course follow?

The AKTU (Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University) MBA syllabus for Financial Management & Corporate Finance, unit by unit. The centre follows the student's own university syllabus where it differs.

Will previous year university questions be covered?

Yes, each unit ends with practice on the type of short and long questions asked in AKTU end-semester exams, plus MCQ tests.

Are present value tables allowed?

Yes, PV and annuity tables are used in class as in the university exam; calculator use is taught.