UMH - INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Course

Code: 1500

Degree: Bachelor's in Business Administration and Management. Orihuela Campus

Faculty of Social and Legal Sciences of Orihuela

Year: Year 3 of Bachelor's in Business Administration and Management. Orihuela Campus

Semester: Spring

Type: Required

Language: Spanish

ECTS credits: 6

Lecture: 3

Laboratory: 3

Hours: 150

Directed: 60

Shared: 30

Autonomous: 60

Subject matter: Finance

Module: Business

Degree website

Department: Economics and Financial Studies

Area: FINANCIAL ECONOMICS AND ACCOUNTING

Course instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.

Description

Assessment of stock and bond investments. Analysis of return and risk when investing. Examination of the structure of the types of interest and lengths of investments.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator	Lecture	Laboratory
PEREZ MARTIN, AGUSTIN	■	■	■

Professional interest

In recent years it has been communicated in Spanish society, European and international levels, the existence of a higher demand for financial information. We understand that the study of Finance, apart from the immediate utility is content for the development of the profession is characterized also gives the student an important reference that helps you navigate the world of economics. All economic events are closely related to each other, well, both to understand and to explain these relationships, financial language is essential.

The graduate in Business Administration and Management should be a professional with a versatile training that permits, or start their own business or to perform a wide range of management functions and financial management in both private companies and public institutions. The boldness and insight acquired in their studies that will allow you to anticipate and adapt to the constant changes occurring in the economic future.

Competencies and learning outcomes

General competencies

Capacity to identify, interpret, formulate, and resolve basic problems within the branch of social and legal sciences.
Ability to use the tools and instruments needed to properly observe the systems under study.
Capacity for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling systems and processes within a framework that guarantee respect for the values, rights and basic principles of the legal system, business competitiveness, protection and conservation of the environment, and sustainable development in the corresponding field.
Ability to implement efficient tools for troubleshooting within the branch of social and legal sciences.
Critical and analytical skills in the relevant specialty area.
Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.

Specific competencies

Capacity to perceive and value the importance of new technologies within the business environment and its economic surroundings.
Ability to manage and allocate resources appropriately.
Ability to integrate into any functional area (in a business or large organization), performing management tasks with ease.
Capacity to use and interpret business data and information for specialized reporting and decision making.
Capacity to identify and evaluate the impact of economic events on enterprises.

Objectives (Learning outcomes)

01Responding to different financing decisions.
02Describe the different types of relevant investments relating to the enterprise environment.
03Define the financial characteristics of the investments.
04Use investment decision techniques, VNA and TIR
05Properly assess investments in bonds, debentures and fixed income debt.
06Knowing the term structure of interest rates.
07Analyze the Duration.

Teaching units

Association between objectives and units

Objective/Unit	U1	U2	U3
01
02
03
04
05
06
07

Schedule

Week	Teaching units	Directed hours	Shared hours	Autonomous hours	Total hours
1	U1	4	2	4	10
2	U1	4	2	4	10
3	U1	4	2	4	10
4	U1,U2	4	2	4	10
5	U2	4	2	4	10
6	U2	4	2	4	10
7	U2	4	2	4	10
8	U2	4	2	4	10
9	U3	4	2	4	10
10	U3	4	2	4	10
11	U3	4	2	4	10
12	U3	4	2	4	10
13	U3	4	2	4	10
14	U3	4	2	4	10
15	U3	4	2	4	10

Basic bibliography

Complementary bibliography

Software

Microsoft Office 2010

Methodology and grading

Methodology

Case studies: Learning through the analysis of actual or simulated cases in order to interpret and resolve them by employing various alternative solution procedures.
Lecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.
Problem-based learning: Develop active learning strategies through problem solving that promote thinking, experimentation, and decision making in the student.
Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.

Grading

The student will make one final exam highly practical content where through several assumptions will have to demonstrate to have reached sufficient knowledge of the subject in class. The weighting of the final exam in the evaluation must be at least 90% of the mark.

Throughout the course, the teacher may ask the student performing one or more practices or level tests on the contents of the subject, which once evaluated will serve to complete the test grades earned. This section will have a maximum weighting of 10% of the final grade.

Assessment test characteristics

Subject under review: Syllabus of the subject on the web, the one exposed in class and in the material section of the web of the subject.

Type / Modality: The exam will consist of exercises or practical cases to be developed, where the student will put into practice all the knowledge acquired in the subject, in addition to any theoretical knowledge. Each question will be basically of a quantitative nature, where the student can express his capacity for reasoning more than the strict exercise of his memory.

The answer to the questions can be:

Manuscript on paper.
In response sheet to type test for automatic correction.
In a computer.

Duration: The maximum duration of the exam will not exceed three hours.

Correction criteria

The ability of the student to assimilate and pose the resolution of the problem will be especially valued, in addition to adequately developing the problem and reaching the required solution. The score of each exercise with respect to the final grade will be indicated in the statement of this.

Important note: The test may involve the resolution of a scoring exercise, which will or will not correct the rest of the questions

Additional requirements

Admitted material: Comments and answers to questions will be made in writing, in black or blue pen, allowing the use of non-programmable calculator.

Important note: According to the Student Evaluation Regulations of the UMH, all students must be provided with the appropriate documentation to ensure their identity (ID, passport, university card with photo, or other type of admissible identification according to law ). It is requested that the student be at the door of the classroom before the start of the exam to avoid problems of space availability.

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