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Corporate Financial Management A

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Course Unit Code154-0335/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
154-0300Finance
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DLU30prof. Dr. Ing. Dana Dluhošová
RIH40Ing. Dagmar Richtarová, Ph.D.
CUL33doc. Ing. Miroslav Čulík, Ph.D.
Summary
This course is devoted to the key issues of the financial management of a company, particularly long-term financing of a company from theoretical and practical point of view, capital budgeting, financial sources analysis and financial plan proposal.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The main aim of the subject is to deepen the knowledge in the area of financial management and decision-making by applying methods, anaysis and approaches obtained by graduating this course.
Students will be able:
- to undertake deeper financial analysis of a firm,
- to evaluate investment projects under different financing situations,
- to evaluate financial performance of a firm,
- to compare and evaluate financial sources of a firm,
- to propose financial plan of a firm,
- to evaluate a firm.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to financial management of a company.
2. Time value of money in financial management and decision-making.
3. Risk in financial decision-making.
4. Long-term financial sources of the company. Internal sources. Self-financing.
5. External financial sources of the company.
6. Leasing.
7. Other forms of long-term financial sources of a company.
8. Capital budgeting.
9. Parameters of the investment projects. Project cash flows – investment outflows and inflows.
10.– 11. Methods for investment project valuation under certainty.
12.– 13. Financial planning.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BROOKS, R.: Financial Management: Core Concepts. Addison Wesley, 2009.
BRINGHAM, E.F.: Financial Management: Theory and Practice. South Western College, 2008.
TENNENT, J. Guide to Financial Management. Bloomberg Press , 2008.
BREALEY, Richard a Steward MYERS. Teorie a praxe firemních financí. Praha: Albatros Media, 2013. 1072 s. ISBN 80-7187-150-8.
DLUHOŠOVÁ, Dana a kol. Finanční řízení a rozhodování podniku.Analýza, investování,oceňování,riziko,flexibilita,interakce. Jesenice: EKOPRESS, 2021. 257 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-71-2.
DLUHOŠOVÁ, Dana a kol. Finanční řízení a rozhodování. 3. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2010. 225 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-44-6.
FOTR, Jiří a Ivan SOUČEK. Podnikatelský záměr a investiční rozhodování. Praha: Grada, 2005. 356 s. ISBN 80-247-0939-2.

Recommended Reading:
BLOCK, S.B., HIRT, G.A.: Foundations of Financial Management. McGraw-Hill, 2008.
MOYER,R.CH., McGUIGAN, J.R., RAO, R.P. Contemporary Financial Management. South-Western College Pub, 2011.
TITMAN, S., MARTIN, J.D., KEOWN, J.A. Financial Management: Principles and Applications. Prentice Hall, 2010.
CLAYMAN, M. R., FRIDSON, M. S. a G. H. TROUGHTON. Corporate finance a practical approach. WILEY. 2008. 451 p. ISBN 978-0-470-19768-4.
FOTR, J.; SOUČEK, I. Investiční rozhodování a řízení projektů. Praha: Grada, 2011.
FOTR, J.; HNILICA, J. Aplikovaná analýza rizika. Praha: Grada, 2009.
RICHTAROVÁ, Dagmar a kol. Sbírka příkladů z finančního řízení a rozhodování podniku. EkF VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. 208 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3169-5.
VALACH, Josef a kol.: Investiční rozhodování a dlouhodobé financování. Praha: Ekopress, 2010. 513 s. ISBN 978-80-86929-71-2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluationCredit85 (85)85
        Written examWritten test85 85