Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Mobilise expertise in at least one area of management.
• Master the principal decision-making processes of a company.
• Mobilise acquired skills in a specific professional environment.
• Professionally communicate and present original work both orally and in writing.
• Conduct scientific reasoning on complex or innovative management issues.
• Communicate and interact in a clear and structured manner, orally and in writing, on issues, analyses and projects.
• Collaborate within a team and exercise leadership.
• Listen to team members and encourage expressing a shared opinion. Accept and discuss a different point of view than theirs.
• Prioritise responsible management practices.
• Act in compliance with specific legislative frameworks.
• In an active and integrated manner, master knowledge in the various fields of management and use them effectively in a professional context.
• Integrate highly specialised knowledge in different fields of management.
• Appropriately mobilise expertise taking into account the constraints and resources in the situation encountered.
• Be independent and regularly adapt to new contexts.
• Demonstrate independence and persevere, despite the difficulties or initial errors, to find an optimal solution.
• Adopt a scientific approach of analysis and reasoning.
• Master the different steps and methods to carry out research on complex or innovative management issues.
• Develop innovative strategies.
• Master the principal decision-making processes of a company.
• Integrate scientific and technological processes.
• Master highly specialised skills in certain areas of management, including the management of production and logistics.
• Identify, model and analyse real and complex problems in management sciences.
• Manage a project within an organisation.
• Mobilise the methods and management support tools in changing contexts.
• Demonstrate an open mind and adaption.

Learning Outcomes of UE

The course will examine the nature and purpose of the firm and the determinants of its value, including particularly the impact of the policies and decisions of its Board and management. The practical application of selected modern theories concerning the operation of the core components of corporate financial policy, (those being the investment policy, dividend policy, and capital structure of the firm) will be reviewed. The practices employed in the execution of selected corporate transactions will be examined from the perspective of shareholder value creation. Current notable market situations will be reviewed and discussed as they unfold. And, classic and current papers by noteworthy financial academicians will be analysed.

Content of UE

Capital Structure; Dividend Policy; Interaction between Financing and Investing Policies; Risk-Return Relationship; Cost of Capital

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Written examination

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

Non applicable 

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Presentation and/or works
• Written examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Non applicable 

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Non applicable