Overview
This unit provides a fundamental understanding of management finance. You will examine corporate financial goals and how to realise them through the raising of funds, the allocation of resources and the undertaking of investments by firms. You will be introduced to the theory and use of a range of financial decision making concepts such as financial goals, financial markets, financial mathematics, risk and return, asset pricing, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure and dividend policy.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2027
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit & Teaching Evaluation
Whilst I have 30 years of finance and administration experience I feel this subject was more closely aligned to people that are studying to be or are already Accountants. The lectures were well-structured, even in the online setting the explanations were detailed and practical.
The teaching approach will need to consider students from both accounting and non-accounting backgrounds and support them all to achieve the learning outcomes.
Feedback from Student Emails
My background is medical laboratory science and all this is new to me but I still find the unit very interesting and I enjoy it very much. I genuinely appreciated the way you delivered the content and created a supportive learning environment, it made the experience both interesting and rewarding.
The teaching practice is to integrate further various learning resources and industry-based simulations to enhance student learning experience.
Feedback from Unit & Teaching Evaluation
The structure of the subject, through every week has been very well thought out. Each week built off the previous week and kept me right on the edge of feeling challenged and engaged every week. One of the most tech embracing subjects I have ever been involved with. Please continue with the same approach in the future.
The teaching team aims to enhance further student engagement, foster a deeper understanding of complex finance concepts, and make their learning experiences more fulfilling.