Sports Financial Management

Code:

GD51

Acronym:

GD51

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Social and Behavioral Sciences

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	2nd Cycle in Sports Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
2CGD	31	Official Plan	1	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The course intends to give the students the fundamental knowledge about the financial management of sports organizations. The course will address basic and introductory topics, as well as topics regarding the long-term financial decisions (financing and investment decisions) and also the short-term financial management.

Learning outcomes and competences

By the end of the course the students should be able:

- to know the  main operations in financial mathematics;
- to know how to do shot-term budget;
- to value noncomplex investment projects;
- to know the main financing instruments and how to calculate their costs.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to financial management;


2. Fundamentals of financial mathematics: interest, capitalization, discount; time value of money:


3. Financing decisions and cost of capital;


4. Investment decisions: Basic concepts, main techniques for project appraisal;


5. Short-term financial management.

Mandatory literature

Brealey, R.; S. Myers; and F. Allen; Princípios de Finanças Empresariais

Teaching methods and learning activities

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	30,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	43,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

To have a weighted average of the assessment components of, at least, 9.5 out of 20.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Grade = 0.1P + 0.3T + 0.6GA

P - Participation in class
T - Mid-term test
GA - Group assigment with oral presentation