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| COURSE TITLE: |
FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING |
| COURSE CODE: |
SM 104 |
| CONTACT HOURS: |
20 Hours |
| NOTIONAL HOURS: |
Approximately 120 hours |
| PREREQUISITE: |
Nil |
| INSTRUCTOR: |
To be appointed, as approved by partner University |
| OBJECTIVE: |
Study of financial planning, budgeting, cost management, elements and fundamentals
of economics, investment and financial market in respect of sales planning and management.
Upon completion of the course, participants would be able to carry out more effective
planning and decision-making processes. From the financial and economics perspective,
participants will have the ability to evaluate their own performance and be accountable
for their results, examine and analyse financial statements, government policies and
Malaysian Taxation. |
| LIST OF UNIT TITLES: |
Unit 1: Financial Skills for Sales Management
Unit 2: Interpretation and Analysis of Financial Ratios
Unit 3: Economic Indicators
Unit 4: Investment Valuation Methods
Unit 5: Malaysian Taxation
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| UNIT OBJECTIVES |
| Unit 1: |
Financial Skills for Sales Management
The course participants will learn to analyse corporate financial statements, oriented
towards the user of financial accounting data. Emphasis will be on the reconstruction of
economic events from published accounting reports. Besides that, course participants will
learn to prepare budgets and have a firm grasp of the budgeting process. The participants
will also look into the behavioural implications of operating a budgetary control system.
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| Unit 2: |
Interpretation and Analysis of Financial Ratios
The course participants will learn to calculate and explain the performance indicators.
The participants will also learn to analyse and explain the significance of movements in
ratios over time. Besides that, variance analyses will implement a control system that
enables the deviations from budget be analysed in detail, thus enabling costs to be
controlled more effectively. The course participants will also look into various
information and techniques, which assist, in the decision-making process and various
decision-making situations (NPV, IRR).
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| Unit 3: |
Economic Indicators
The course participants will examine fund and management of company’s financial
statements and examine significant economic indicators and government policies that
largely determine the direction of the major financial markets.
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| Unit 4: |
Investment Valuation Methods
The course participants will acquire skills that investment professionals have in
analysing and evaluating assets, particularly the equities in the financial
market.
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| Unit 5: |
Malaysian Taxation
The course participants will analyse the Malaysian Taxation system,
with an emphasis on individual income tax.
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METHODOLOGY:
Practical quiz group exercises, open discussion, projects, business plan and implementations.
EVALUATION:
| Assessments (100%) |
- Individual Assignment
- Presentations & Participation
- Participation & Discussion
- Group Assignment
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30%
20%
10%
40%
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Assignment, Projects, Presentations, Portfolio Assessment / Learning Journal, On-the-Job Performance
GRADING:
A 70 and above
B 60-69
C 50-59
D 40-49
Fail 39 and below
COURSE POLICY:
1. Course participants must attend at least 70% of the scheduled 20 contact hours; otherwise
participants will not be eligible to pass this course.
2. Course participants are expected to pass all assessment areas to pass the course
3. Course participants who do not pass any of the assessment areas for the first time is eligible to re-
sit the area of assessment without penalty.
4. In a situation where a course participant re-sits an area of assessment on the second attempt,
participant can only attain a conditional pass (max 40%).
5. The instructor reserves the right to change the format of assessment if deemed necessary, with
the approval of the Course Leader/ Program Director.
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