INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY, BANGLADESH School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Course Outline
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course focuses on introduction to managerial finance: nature and scope; fields of finance, objective of the firm; functions of a financial manager. Other topics covered include financial statement analysis, financial environment, risk-return trade-off, time value of money, capital budgeting techniques, valuation concepts and cost of capital. We will also examine capital structure decisions.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. The main objective of this course is to acquaint students with financial concepts and tools needed in managing the financial resources of a firm.
2. More specific objective includes, improving the analyzing and communicating skill of the students required for informed financial decision making.
TEXT BOOK:
Foundations of Financial Management by Sarwar Ahmed & Kamrul Hasan, 2nd Edition.
RECOMMENDED REFERENCE TEXT:
Foundations of Financial Management by Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt, Bartley R.
Danielsen, 13th Edition
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY:
Student must refrain from any type of cheating and/or plagiarism. Any student acting otherwise will receive an “F” in the course. School of Business, IUB, maintains a zero tolerance policy regarding violation of academic integrity.
Semester Course Code Course Title Section
Spring 2016 MBA 511 Financial Management 01
Instructor : Dr. Sarwar Uddin Ahmed Office : 2001
Phone : Ext. 2100
Email : sahmed@iub.edu.bd
Class Time: Monday, 6:30 P.M - 9:30 P.M Class Room: 2013
Office Hours: Posted in front of the office Blackboard Address:
www.sb.iub.edu.bd/student/student_login.php
COURSE PLAN:
Sl. Topics Text/ Reference Link Lecture No.
1 Introduction to Financial Management
Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 1 1-2
2 Time Value of Money Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 2 3-4
3 Cost of Capital Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 7 5
4 Financial Statement Analysis Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 6 6 Mid-term Exam
5 Capital Budgeting Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 8 7-8
6 Risk and Return Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 3 9
7 Risk and Capital Budgeting Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 9 10 8 Capital Structure and leverage Ahmed & Hasan, Chap 11 11
Assignment Presentation 12
Final Exam
Additional topic maybe added or the above mentioned topic maybe deleted depending on the need of the class
COURSE EVALUATION:
GRADING POLICY:
The following scheme will be followed in assigning final grade for the course.
Grade Percentage Grade Percentage A 90 and above C 60 to less than 65 A- 85 to less than 90 C- 55 to less than 60 B+ 80 to less than 85 D+ 50 to less than 55 B 75 to less than 80 D 45 to less than 50 B- 70 to less than 75 F Less than 45 C+ 65 to less than 70
INCOMPLETE (‘I’) GRADE:
‘I’ grades will only be allowed for students who have a valid reason (ascertained by the senior management). ‘I’ grades must be cleared within one month of grade submission.
Type of Evaluation Nos. Weight Class Attendance and Participation
30%
Quiz
Assignments/ Homework/ Projects
Midterm Exam 1 30%
Final Exam 1 40%
Total 100%
WITHDRAWAL (‘W’):
A ‘W’ grade means withdrawal. A student may withdraw from a course by the deadline from IRAS.
PEDAGOGY:
Teaching pedagogy include, but not limited to, lectures, video clips, problem solving, case study, presentation, field trip, guest lecture, etc.
BLACKBOARD:
In addition to class teaching, lecture PowerPoint, announcements and other information should be placed on the blackboard page. Students are advised to check the course blackboard page and download the required materials from MY SB:
Log on to MY SB > Study Materials > http://www.sb.iub.edu.bd/index.php/my- sb/study-materials.html
