Finance for Decision-Making

Overview

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Overview: This course is perfect for professionals, managers, entrepreneurs, and students who want to learn essential financial principles for business decisions. No prior finance background is needed. What You'll Learn: Interpret financial statements Understand the time value of money Evaluate investment opportunities Manage budgets and working capital Assess risk and return Learning Features: Real-world scenarios and case studies Self-paced format with video lectures and quizzes Learn at your own convenience Key Benefits: By the end, you'll be able to make informed financial decisions and understand their impact on your organization. Join now to enhance your financial decision-making skills!

Syllabus

Financial Decision Making

This course is designed to provide a deep understanding of the financial decision-making process in modern corporations, with a focus on increasing shareholder and firm value. The first module lays the essential groundwork for that journey. You will become familiar with the fundamentals of finance, emphasizing their implication in real-world scenarios. We will dive deep into crucial concepts, particularly the time value of money, which is an invaluable part of the decision-making process. Mastering these principles is the first step toward analyzing, evaluating, and executing the capital budgeting, financing, and dividend decisions that are vital to an organization's success.

Financial Decision I: Investment Decisions

In Module 2 we will discuss investment decision concepts related to the calculation of risk and return for assets which will allow the participants to understand the concept of risk analysis with respect to corporate investment decisions. The Module will familiarize the participants with the financial concept of a company’s cost of debt and cost of equity & teach them the nuances of its calculations.

Financial Decision I: Investment Decisions

Module 3 will demonstrate to the participants the vital techniques of Capital Budgeting utilized to decide whether to accept or reject financial projects in a business. In addition, the module will dive into the topic of Working Capital Management wherein the participants will learn how businesses sustain their operational efficiency & liquidity through the effective management of their working capital cycles and daily cash flow operations.

Financial Decision II: Financing Decisions

Module 4 will discuss the viable options that business can utilize for long term financing namely Debt v/s Equity. This will enable participants to understand how organizations structure their capital to optimize the benefits. The Module will acquaint participants with the theoretical aspects of Capital structure, that explores its impact on the valuation of the business.

Financial Decision III: Dividend Decisions

Module 5 provides a conclusion to the corporate financial decision making process by providing the participants an overview of the concepts of Dividend Payout, Stock options, Bonus issue, Shares split and other practical aspects of the stock market side of a business.