Course detail

Business Activities Financing

FP-VfpcPAcad. year: 2013/2014

• Introduction to the course: Principles of financial decision-making. The content of corporate financial management.
• Analysis of the results of business activities (financial analysis, operations results analysis, pyramidal analysis, methods of deviations analysis)
• Planning of income and costs. Capital planning.
• Sources of funding - internal, external, private, external foreign (bank loans, leasing, bond).
• Criteria of decision making for selection of funding sources.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Student will be able to:
- Define individual requirements necessary for business activity,
- Assess the financial structure of the company in relation to the property structure,
- Understand methods for evaluating of the economic efficiency of investment projects
- Apply the methods of assessment of the financial situation of the company.

Prerequisites

Not required.

Co-requisites

Not applied.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course contains lectures that explain principles, decisions problems and methodology of the discipline, and exercises that promote the practical knowledge of the subject presented in the lectures.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The exam is written and is oriented to verify theoretical and practical knowledge. The basis for the exam is a list of questions that students receive at the end of each thematic unit and standardized examples practiced in the consultation. The questions are formulated in the form of open and closed questions. The test is required 50% success rate.

RULES OF THE CLASSIFICATION: according to rules of study Examination of Brno University of Technology

Course curriculum

Financial goals, property and financial structure (internal and external sources of funding), cash flow business, investment decision making, financial analysis methods.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to provide to students the necessary theoretical knowledge in the field of corporate finance. To define potential sources of funding for business needs, to be familiarized with methods for assessing business data, as well as planning and evaluation of investment projects.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The attendance at lectures is not mandatory, but it is recommended. The attendance at seminars is checked by the teacher. Compensation of absence is fully in the responsibility of the teacher.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DYKOVSKÁ, M. Zakladatelský rozpočet a následné zřízení firmy. 3. vyd. Brno: Miroslav Nehyba, 1999, 102 s. ISBN 80-902645-2-2. (CS)

Recommended reading

SÁGHY ESTÉLYI, K. a kol. Finance podniku: Sbírka příkladů. Brno, 2016. 20 s. (CS)
REŽŇÁKOVÁ, M. Efektivní financování rozvoje podnikání. Praha: Grada, 2012, 142 s. ISBN 978-80-247-1835-4 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-KME Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MME , 3. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer