Program Overview

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Overview

The FMBA5006 unit, Financial Management, aims to provide students with insight and understanding of the role that financial management can play in developing and executing effective strategies. Topics covered include principles of valuation and investment evaluation, constructing a financially robust business case, financial modelling, risk assessment, and a financial perspective on innovation.

Unit Details and Rules

• Academic unit: Management Education
• Credit points: 6
• Prerequisites: None
• Corequisites: None
• Prohibitions: SMBA6004
• Assumed knowledge: None
• Available to study abroad and exchange students: No

Teaching Staff

• Coordinator: Guy Ford

Assessment

• Type: Assignment
  • Description: Individual assignment, written task
  • Weight: 30%
  • Due: Week 05
  • Length: 3000 words
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3
• Type: Assignment
  • Description: Group assignment, report
  • Weight: 30%
  • Due: Week 08
  • Length: 4000 words
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3
• Type: Final exam (Take-home short release)
  • Description: Final exam, online submission
  • Weight: 40%
  • Due: Week 09, Due date: 01 Apr 2021 at 10:00
  • Length: 2.5 hours
  • Outcomes assessed: LO1, LO2, LO3

Assessment Summary

• Individual assignment: Analyse, interpret, and evaluate various aspects of the financial performance of a corporate entity.
• Sustainability component: Conduct a valuation of a listed company based on publicly available financial information using various company valuation tools.
• Final exam: Cover all aspects of the unit, demonstrating the ability to apply learning to various business/management/strategy scenarios and problems.

Assessment Criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

• High distinction: 85-100, work of an exceptional standard
• Distinction: 75-84, work of a very high standard
• Credit: 65-74, work of a good standard
• Pass: 50-64, work of an acceptable standard
• Fail: 0-49, work that does not meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard

Late Submission

• Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date
• After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded

Academic Integrity

The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

• Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools: Permitted only with permission from the unit coordinator, and must be acknowledged in the work.

Learning Support

• Simple extensions: Available for up to five calendar days
• Special consideration: Available for longer periods or for essential commitments that impact performance in an assessment

Weekly Schedule

Week	Topic	Learning Activity	Learning Outcomes
Week 01	Introduction and overview	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 01	Financial statement analysis	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 02	Principles of valuation; Investment evaluation	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 02	Constructing a financially-robust business case	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 04	Financial modelling and sustainable growth	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 04	Valuing a corporate entity	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 05	Risk assessment	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 05	Capital structure and the cost of capital	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 07	Synthesis: growth and restructuring	Block teaching (4 hr)
Week 07	Innovation: a financial perspective; Review exercise	Block teaching (4 hr)

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• LO1: Evaluate the effectiveness of financial decisions made within the firm
• LO2: Incorporate sound financial decision-making practices into business planning
• LO3: Understand the relationship between managerial decision-making and the creation of value

Graduate Qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course.

• GQ1: Depth of disciplinary expertise
• GQ2: Critical thinking and problem-solving
• GQ3: Oral and written communication
• GQ4: Information and digital literacy
• GQ5: Inventiveness
• GQ6: Cultural competence
• GQ7: Interdisciplinary effectiveness
• GQ8: Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity
• GQ9: Influence

Outcome Map

Learning outcomes are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

• LO1: GQ1, GQ2, GQ3
• LO2: GQ1, GQ2, GQ3
• LO3: GQ1, GQ2, GQ3

Responding to Student Feedback

No changes have been made to this unit since it was last offered.

Additional Information

• Business School Policies: The University reserves the right to amend units of study or no longer offer certain units, including where there are low enrolment numbers.
• Disclaimer: The University of Sydney's campuses stand on lands that have been shared and exchanged knowledges across innumerable generations for the benefit of all.