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Details for BUS202 Financial Decision Making

In today’s fast-paced financial landscape, informed decision-making is key to personal and organisational success. Financial Decision Making equips students with vital skills, focusing on strategic and everyday financial choices. With practical case studies from Australia and beyond, the unit covers the time value of money, risk evaluation, and cash flow analysis. Students will learn how to apply financial planning strategies to navigate complex challenges effectively.

Quick Stats

  • Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
  • Course code: BUS202
  • Credit points: 10

Subject Coordinator

Pratima Durga

Prerequisite

Unit Content

Outcomes

  1. Evaluate the role of financial management within an organization through the understanding of capital budgeting and structuring, including ethical discussions
  2. Apply the time value of money concept to calculate the value of financial assets and investments to meet a firm’s objective
  3. Apply capital budgeting techniques towards a firm’s operations and goals
  4. Recognise the elements and key players within the financial market and determine how it affects the individual, firm or organisation
  5. Interpret financial data and trends and make recommendations towards a firm/organisation’s objectives

 

Subject Content

  1. Introduction to financial management
  2. Time Value of Money (TVM)
  3. Application of TVM
  4. Financial Planning and Analysis
  5. Risk and rates of return
  6. Introduction to valuation
  7. Introduction to Capital Budgeting
  8. Capital Budgeting II – cash flow/projects
  9. Capital Budgeting III – incorporating risk
  10. Financial decision making in the government and NFP sectors
  11. Managing the cost of capital
  12. Financial modelling

This course may be offered in the following formats

  • Face-to-Face
  • Distance/ Global Online

Please consult your course prospectus or enquire about how and when this course will be offered next at Alphacrucis University College.

Assessment Methods

  • Onine Quizzes (30%)
  • Case Study Report (20%)
  • Final Exam (50%)

Prescribed Text

  • Titman, S., Martin, T., Keown, A.J. & Martin, J.D. (2023). Financial Management: Principles and Applications (9th ed.). Frenchs Forest, N.S.W: Pearson Australia

Check with the instructor each semester before purchasing any textbooks