One class test (1 hour) weighted 25%
One examination (2 hours) weighted 75%

Atrill P and McLaney E (2011). Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists, 7th edition, Pearson, ISBN:0-273-74596-4
Jackson I, Golby J D and Wyld J (2010) Managing Risk for Postgraduates, 2nd edition, Pearson, ISBN 978-1-84959-192-8
Perks R and Leiwy D (2010). Accounting - Understanding and Practice, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-007712478-6

University library and computing facilities

The learning strategy for the module requires students to commit 300 learning hours. Of this there will be 72 hours of class support, and 228 hours of self-directed study. Learning support material will be provided for the module.

Topics will be introduced in lectures and developed in tutorials.

The module will draw upon all of the following:
- Tutor-led sessions
- Class exercises
- Exercises to be completed outside class
- Directed reading

This module will focus on techniques available to assess and manage the financial aspects of corporations with a particular emphasis on the management of risk.

The following topics will contribute to the material covered in this module:-

- The regulatory and conceptual framework of corporate financial reporting
- Corporate governance
- Financing business
- Financial statements analysis
- Cost structures
- Budgetary control
- Working capital management
- Cost-volume-profit analysis
- Performance measurement
- Investment decision making methods
- Risk appraisal and management using hedging
- Option pricing
- Corporate investment decisions under uncertainty
- The Capital Asset Pricing Model and its application within corporate management
- Applications of game theory