Course Title: Financial Management

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Financial Management

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUSM4141

City Campus

Postgraduate

660H Graduate School of Business and Law

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2011,
Spring2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Spring2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Spring2013,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 2 2016,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

BUSM4142

RMIT University Vietnam

Postgraduate

660H Graduate School of Business and Law

Face-to-Face

Viet2 2011,
Viet3 2016,
Viet3 2017,
Viet1 2019,
Viet1 2020

BUSM4143

RMIT Vietnam Hanoi Campus

Postgraduate

660H Graduate School of Business and Law

Face-to-Face

Viet3 2019

BUSM4144

Open Learning Australia

Non Award

660H Graduate School of Business and Law

Distance / Correspondence

OUAS1PG19,
OUAS2PG19,
OUAS1PG20,
OUAS2PG20,
OUAS1PG21,
OUAS1PG22,
OUAS1PG23

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUSM4340

Mandarin Oriental Hotel HK

Postgraduate

660H Graduate School of Business and Law

Face-to-Face

PGRDFlex24 (MOHG)

BUSM4340

Mandarin Oriental Hotel HK

Postgraduate

660H Graduate School of Business and Law

Internet

PGRDFx2020 (MOHG)

Course Coordinator: Steven Li

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 1445

Course Coordinator Email: steven.li@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Building 13

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study
050937 - Design Thinking for Business (Executive) (BUSM4519/BUSM4520 or equivalent course code)


Course Description

Financial managers face three types of key decisions: what investments should be made, how investments should be financed and what dividend policy should a firm take. This course will develop a framework for analysing a firm’s investment, financing and dividend policy decisions, providing concepts and analytical tools that are based on the fundamental principles of modern financial theory.
You will examine financial markets and the key financial tools used in managing organisations. You will investigate financial mathematic techniques, the valuation of debt and equity securities, corporate capital budgeting, risk and diversification, the efficient market hypothesis, weighted average cost of capital, capital structure theory and dividend policy.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

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On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. Apply design thinking to investment and financing problems in order to develop financial solutions.
  2. Apply research principles and methods to design innovative financial management options and solutions for, and make reasoned judgments about, problems and issues in contemporary business practice.
  3. Select, communicate and advocate desirable solutions that will address investment and financing problems.
  4. Synthesis and apply a contemporary business finance knowledge, accepting the importance of ongoing continuous learning.


Overview of Learning Activities

In this course you will be encouraged to be an active learner. Your learning will be supported through various in-class and online activities comprising individual and group work. These may include quizzes; assignments; prescribed readings; sourcing, researching and analysing specific information; solving problems; conducting presentations; producing written work and collaborating with peers on set tasks or projects.
 


Overview of Learning Resources

Canvas is RMIT University's Learning Management System. Canvas is a flexible online system which will provide you with an engaging and exciting learning experience as part of your studies with us. The Canvas platform will be the primary site for you to gain access to all the resources designed to support your learning in this course. Your Canvas portal can accessed by logging into the following RMIT page: https://www.rmit.edu.au/students


Overview of Assessment

The assessment tasks, their weighting and the course learning outcomes to which they are aligned are as follows:

Assessment Task 1: 20%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4 

Assessment Task 2: 30%
Linked CLOs: 3, 4

Assessment Task 3: 50%
Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3

Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or in online forums through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.