Principles of Finance

Program objectives :

This is an introductory program in managerial finance in which the trainee should attain a clear, basic understanding of the essentials of financial decision-making. Emphasis is given to the underlying principles of corporate finance and their associations to the decision-making framework faced by a financial manager who is charged with maximizing shareholders' wealth. However, a great deal of the material in this program is presented so that the trainee can relate the fundamentals of financial decision making to his or her own personal financial situations, both currently and in the future. In essence the program covers topics related to financing and investment decisions; that is, how to raise cash and how to invest cash. The focus of the program is to provide an understanding of the tools and techniques required to make informed decisions about which assets a firm should purchase and how such purchases should be financed.

Some of the areas that will be studied include:

w Essential Financial Concepts

The benefits of the program :

When you finish this program, you should understand :

1. The general framework for financial decision making,

2. The role of financial decision making in maximizing the value of a firm,

3. In general, how to determine whether an investment should be made and how to finance acceptable investments,

4. What is meant by the risk/return tradeoff and how risk and return affect investment decisions, and

5. How external factors, such as financial markets, affect financial decisions made by the firm. You will find that much of the information provided in program can be applied to make informed personal financial decisions.

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The aimed Candidates

For all the employees who interest about the financial management concepts.

Contents of the program

Subject

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w Overview of Finance--objective of the financial manager

Business Forms

Financial Markets

Financial Planning and Control

w Valuation Concepts

Risk and Rates of Return

Time Value of Money

Asset Valuation

w Investing/Financing Decisions of the Firm

Capital Budgeting

Cost of Capital

Dividend Policy