(Mberiah Only) FIN301: The Role of the Financial Manager

Course Materials/Bibliography

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Module 1

Required Reading

Financial Managers (n.d.) Retrieved August 31, 2012 from: http://www.ncbuy.com/careers/blsj/job010.html

Kowalski, R. B., & Campbell, M. W. (2000). Leadership skills help financial managers achieve career success. Healthcare Financial Management, 54(4), 50-52.

Optional Reading

Finance and Accounting. (n.d.) Retrieved from MBA.COM . Click here to browse. This website provides descriptions of finance careers.

A British description of the role of the financial manager, retrieved from here. http://ww2.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_job_sectors/Banking__investment_and_insurance/overview/p!edaLaa

Module 2

Required Reading

Time Value of Money: Self Paced Overview. (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.studyfinance.com/lessons/timevalue/index.mv

Present Value/Rate of Return. Retrieved from http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/finworks/fmpresval.htm

McCrary, Stuart A. (2010). Mastering Corporate Finance Essentials : The Critical Quantitative Methods and Tools in Finance, Wiley (read chapter 1).

Optional Reading

The Time Value of Money. (n.d.). Retrieved from: http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM37

Module 3

Required Reading

Damodaran, A. (n.d). Picking the right projects: Investment analysis. Retrieved from: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/pdfiles/cfovhds/inv.pdf

Investopedia (n.d.). Capital Asset Pricing Model, retrieved from: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capm.asp

MoneyChimp, (n.d.) CAPM calculator, retrieved from: http://www.moneychimp.com/articles/valuation/capm.htm

QFinance, (n.d.) Capital Asset Pricing Model, retrieved from: http://www.qfinance.com/asset-management-calculations/capital-asset-pricing-model

Value Based Management, (n.d.) Capital Asset Pricing Model, retrieved from: http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_capm.html

Risk and Return (1991). The Economist, 318, 72-73.

Optional Reading

Financial Concepts: Capital Asset Pricing Model. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/university/concepts/concepts8.asp

Value Based Management Net, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Retrieved from: http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_capm.html

Module 4

Required Reading

Lefley, F. (1997). Modified internal rate of return: Will it replace IRR?. Management Accounting, 75(1), 64-65. Retrieved from http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-19035236.html

McCracken, M. (n.d). Capital Budgeting. Retrieved from: http://teachmefinance.com/capitalbudgeting.html

Summary of Capital Budgeting. (n.d.) Summary of Capital Budgeting, Retrieved from: http://www.studyfinance.com/lessons/capbudget/index.mv

Microsoft Office Online, (n.d.) NPV, retrieved from: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/HP052091991033.aspx

Anthes, G. (2003) ROI guide: Net present value, retrieved from: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=78530

Advanced Excel Business Center, (2008), Internal rate of return, retrieved from http://www.advanced-excel.com/internal_rate_of_return.html

FinanceScholar.com, (n.d.). Profitability index - Investment rankings, retrieved from: http://www.financescholar.com/profitability-index.html

Module 5

Required Reading

Harvey, C. (2002). How do CFOs make capital structure and budgeting decisions, from: Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 15(1), 8-23.

Aswath Damodaran. 1. The Debt-Equity Trade Off: Stern School of Business, from Capital Structure Decision.

Optional Reading

Gotthilf, D. L. (1997). Long-term borrowing techniques. Treasurer's and Controller's Desk Book, American Management Association

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