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Week One: Financial Risk Management

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Objectives

1.1  Explain the role of Limited Liability Corporations and Limited Liability Partnerships.

1.2  Compare and contrast financial decisions based on alternative scenarios and potential outcomes.

1.3  Utilize current risk management techniques to maximize shareholder wealth.

Readings

Read Ch. 1 & 5 and Section 10.2 in Ch. 10 of Principles of Managerial Finance.

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Biography

Post your personal biography to the Chatroom.

Tues

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

4 out of 7 days

1

Discussion Questions

Respond to weekly discussion questions.

DQ1- Wed

DQ2 - Fri

2

Weekly Summary

Post weekly summary to Main Forum.

Mon

1

Individual

Limited Liability Corporation and Partnership Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you explain roles of limited liability corporations and partnerships. If you were establishing your own business, under what circumstances would you choose one instead of the other?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Mon

5

Week Two: Time Value of Money and Decision Making

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2   

2.1  Apply time value of money techniques to financial opportunities and decision making.

2.2  Prepare a loan amortization schedule.

2.3  Determine the value of financing instruments using required rates of return.

Readings

Read Ch. 4, 6, & 7 of Principles of Managerial Finance.

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

4 out of 7 days

1

Discussion Questions

Respond to weekly discussion questions.

DQ1- Wed

DQ2 - Fri

2

Individual

Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

·         Ch. 5: P5–3, P5–4, P5–13

·         Ch. 10: P10–4

Mon

7

Learning Team

Financial Outcomes Paper

Choose a faculty-approved Fortune 500 organization.

Select a financial initiative from the management’s message to the shareholders using its most recent annual report and other financial statements submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you compare and contrast three potential financial outcomes your Learning Team envisions for the initiative. Complete the following in your paper:

·         Evaluate your findings to determine the most likely outcome.

·         Include calculations that support your analysis of various financial outcomes and discuss the financial effect on the organization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Mon

5

Week Three: Working Capital Policies

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Objectives

3   

3.1  Apply alternative financing methods to make optimal working capital decisions.

3.2  Explain how current asset and liability accounts affect cash management.

3.3  Determine working capital decisions based on forecasted financial data.

Readings

Read Ch. 14 & 15 of Principles of Managerial Finance.

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

4 out of 7 days

1

Discussion Questions

Respond to weekly discussion questions.

DQ1- Wed

DQ2 - Fri

2

Individual

Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text: 

·         Ch. 4: P4–23, P4–32, P4–46. P4–48

·         Ch. 6: P6–15

·         Ch. 7: P7–6

Mon

6

Learning Team

Capital Valuation Paper

Resource: Financial Outcomes Paper from Week Two

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you justify the current market price of the organization’s debt, if any, and equity, using various capital valuation models. Complete the following in your paper:

·         Show calculations that support your findings, including those involving rates of return.

·         Defend which valuation model best supports your findings.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Mon

5

Week Four: Capital Structure

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Objectives

4   

4.1  Describe the global investment banking process as it applies to an organization.

4.2  Assess the roles and relationship of operating and financial leverage on capital structure.

4.3  Evaluate alternative capital structures.

Readings

Read Ch. 12 of Principles of Managerial Finance.

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

4 out of 7 days

1

Discussion Questions

Respond to weekly discussion questions.

DQ1- Wed

DQ2 - Fri

2

Individual

Scott Equipment Organization Paper

Scott Equipment Organization is investigating various combinations of short- and long-term debt in financing assets. Assume the organization has decided to employ $30 million in current assets and $35 million in fixed assets in its operations next year, provided the level of current assets, anticipated sales, and EBIT for next year are $60 million and $6 million, respectively. The organization’s income tax rate is 40%. Stockholders’ equity will be used to finance $40 million of assets, with the remainder financed by short- and long-term debt. The organization is considering implementing one of the policies in the diagram.

Amount of Short-Term Debt

Determine the following for each policy:

·         Expected rate of return on stockholders’ equity

·         Net working capital position

·         Current ratio

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you evaluate profitability versus risk trade-offs of these policies. Would you rate them low, medium, or high with respect to profitability? Would you rate them low, medium, or high with respect to risk? 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Mon

7

Individual

Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

·         Ch. 14: P14–9, P14–16

·         Ch. 15: P15–9

Mon

5

Learning Team

Working Capital Strategies Paper and Presentation

Resource: Financial Outcomes Paper

Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper in which you review your organization’s most recent financial reports, such as balance sheets, statements of cash flow, management comments, and footnotes to financial statements, to explain how each current asset and liability account has affected cash management strategies. Complete the following in your paper:

·         Assume next year’s forecasted revenues increase by 20%.

·         Provide a detailed working capital recommendation to senior management based on next year’s increase in revenue along with assumptions you make regarding other line items in the pro forma financial statements.

·         Discuss the effect of this revenue increase on the firm’s working capital policy.

·         Identify lessons learned and discuss areas for further development in your conclusion.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Create a 5- to 8-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation for the organization’s senior management with an executive summary of your Working Capital Strategies paper.

Mon

15

Week Five: Contemporary Financial Topics

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Objectives

5   

5.1  Analyze the role of regulatory bodies in financial decision-making.

5.2  Evaluate contemporary issues in international financial management.

Readings

Read Section 10.3 in Ch. 10, Section 16.5 in Ch. 16, & Ch. 18 of Principles of Managerial Finance.

Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Participation

Participate in class discussion.

4 out of 7 days

1

Discussion Questions

Respond to weekly discussion questions.

DQ1- Wed

DQ2 - Fri

2

Individual

Assignments from the Readings

Resource: Principles of Managerial Finance

Prepare responses to the following problems from the text:

·         Ch. 4: P4–2, P4–3

·         Ch. 12: P12–4, P12–19, P12–21

Mon

5

Individual

Final Examination

Resources: Principles of Managerial Finance

Complete the Final Examination.

Mon

15

Learning Team

International Finance Paper

Locate an organization that has an international presence.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper on your organization in which you complete the following:

·         Explain how the global investment banking process has assisted the organization.

·         Explain how regulatory bodies affect financial decision making.

·         Identify and evaluate contemporary issues in international financial management.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Mon

5