Financial Management II

This course covers capital budgeting and long-term funding strategies. The course will delve into more advanced financial management principles primarily targeted toward corporate investment and capital planning. This course also explores an enterprise’s capital structure and how equity and long-term debt are used to finance and sustain long-term fixed asset projects. Decision methods, such as net present value, internal rate of return, and payback period, are discussed as techniques a finance professional might use in identifying and structuring the optimal capital budget. The learner will gain an understanding about equity capital, will assess financial markets, and will examine the differences in shareholder classifications and bonds. The course will teach how the dividend policy is devised and discover how the organization uses its corporate investment strategy to increase not only shareholder value but also corporate value for the shareholder. Prerequisites for Financial Management II are D196, Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting; D076, Finance Skills for Managers; D363, Personal Finance; D362, Corporate Finance; D364, Financial Management I; and D366, Financial Statement Analysis.

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