Financial Management

Code:

EIG0032

Acronym:

GF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics and Finance

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Engineering and Industrial Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEIG	75	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	6	56	160
PRDEIG	0	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	6	56	160

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Background

The course covers the basic issues in the main subareas of corporate finance.


Specic Aims

Develop fundamental insights into decisions of corporate finance as well as problem solving capacities in this field.

Previous Knowledge

Basic accounting concepts.

Learning Outcomes

It is intended that at the end of the course students are capable of
1- analysing companies audit reports and doing an economic and financial diagnosis of the company
2- dealing with the main financial decisions in a company, both in operational and strategic areas

Program

Part I- Financial analysis

Chapter 1- Global vision of financial management
Chapter 2- Financial analysis

Part II- Long-term financial decisions

Chapter 3- Long-term planning; main ways of financing
Chapter 4- Assessment of companies’ debts
Chapter 5- Profitability and risk; Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Chapter 6- Optimal debt structure; Dividend policy


Part III- Short-term financial decisions


Chapter 8- Short-term planning and finance; Main ways of short-term finance
Chapter 9- Working capital management; Cash management; cash budget; credit management

Mandatory literature

Brealey, Richard A.; Princípios de finanças empresariais. ISBN: 972-8298-48-X
Brealey, Richard; Principles of corporate finance. ISBN: 0-07-Y66202-9
Neves, João Carvalho das; Análise financeira. ISBN: 972-47-0428-9

Complementary Bibliography

Ross, Westerfield e Jaffe; Corporate Finance
A.G. Mota, J.C. Tomé; Mercado de títulos

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, which will be supported by transparencies and datashow projector, will be based on the presentation of the theoretical concepts. It will be presented cases related to this course unit. Theoretical classes will be complemented by practical classes, which will be based on the resolution and analysis of cases.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Exame	5,00
	Teste	12,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	89
	Total:	89,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the General Evaluation Rules of FEUP

Calculation formula of final grade

FM- 2 mini tests (50% each)
Comments:
1- minimum grade in each test- 6 values
2- Students can only attend to one resit exam at the end of the semester, to improve the grade of one of the tests
3- Students have to attend to a mandatory oral exam if they achieve a mark above 18 out of 20 (if they do not attend to this exam, they will earn 18 out of 20).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Working students, student association leaders….have to attend to 2 mini-test along with the other students, or they can attend the final exam (100%) at the corresponding season.

Classification improvement

By a final Exam - 100%

(marks over 18 are subject to an oral examination)

Observations

Teaching language: Portuguese
Office hours will be available on Contents.