Learning Outcomes
The course "Financial Management Compact" is aimed at students from all disciplines who would like to gain a basic overview of financial management. It enables students to gain an introductory understanding and application of the terms, theories, instruments and methods of corporate financial management.
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Learning Outcomes
LO1: Students are able to recognise various financial instruments (sources of equity, mezzanine and debt capital) in business practice, assess their advantages and disadvantages, compare them with each other and use them appropriately in the company in the situation (i.e. in relation to the size, legal form and life phase of the company).
LO2: Students understand the goals of financial management and their importance, can weigh them against each other and take them into account critically in business decisions.
LO3: Students are able to understand and analyse a cash flow statement.
LO6: Students are able to independently assess the usefulness of planned business investment objects using various methods.
LO7: Students can independently use various financial management instruments (e.g. financial plan), determine key figures (e.g. profitability or working capital), interpret the results and draw meaningful conclusions from them.
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- Communication of the basic objectives of corporate financial management and the associated decision-making processes in the corporate environment.
- Introduction and explanation of specialist terms and concepts of financial management that are used in business practice.
- Promotion of a deep understanding of the role of financial management in creating shareholder value.
- Combination of theoretical principles with practical examples to enable students to make well-founded and targeted financial decisions in a business context.
- Communication of practical financial management tools.
- Strengthening students' analytical skills in order to be able to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages of individual financial management tools and measures and apply them appropriately to the situation.
- Developing students into responsible and competent interlocutors in practice, e.g. experts in banks or on the capital market.
Learning Outcomes
LO4: Students can define and explain the basic terms of corporate financial management (e.g. bonds, IPO, corporate governance, M&A, financial plan).
LO5: Students know the basic instruments of corporate risk management, particularly in connection with interest and currency risks.
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