EF5043 Financial Management and the International Firm

Part I

Course Duration: 1 semester (39 hours)
Credit Units: 3
Level: P5
Medium of Instruction: English
Prerequisites: Nil
Precursors: Nil
Equivalent Courses: Nil
Exclusive Courses: Nil  
 

Part II

Course Aims

This course puts students in the place of a chief financial officer (CFO) of a company operating in an international environment. When completing the course, they should be able to analyze information about the global economy and how it affects the company. In addition, they should be able to propose managerial actions in order to take advantage of opportunities and in order to avoid the costs of adverse market conditions. Some of the decisions that they will have to take during the course are also related to problems faced regularly by management consultants, investment bankers, and international stock analysts.

Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: 

Teaching and Learning Activities (TLAs)
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to facilitate students’ achievement of the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course) 

Assessment Tasks/Activities
(Indicative of likely activities and tasks designed to assess how well the students achieve the CILOs. Final details will be provided to students in their first week of attendance in this course) 

 Grading of Student Achievement:

Letter Grade	Grade Points	Grade Definitions	Remarks
A+ A A-	4.3 4.0 3.7	Excellent	Strong evidence of firm grasp of the subject knowledge and achieving the stated CILOs
B+ B B-	3.3 3.0 2.7	Good	Sufficient evidence of achieving the stated CILOs
C+ C C-	2.3 2.0 1.7	Adequate	Some evidence of achieving the stated CILOs
D	1.0	Marginal	Marginal familiarity with the subject knowledge
F	0.0	Failure	Little evidence of familiarity with the subject knowledge

Part III

Keyword Syllabus

International Financial Environment; Foreign Exchange Market; Forwards, Futures, Options on Foreign Currencies; Managing Economic Exposure; Managing Transaction Exposure; Foreign Direct Investment; Political Risk; International Capital Budgeting; International Company Valuation; Investing in Emerging Markets