General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Judith Turrión Prats

Trimester: First term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Núria Masferrer Llabinés

Teaching languages


  • Catalan
  • English

Check the schedules of the different groups to know the language of teaching classes. Although the material can be in any of the three languages.

Skills


Basic skills
  • CB2. That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and problem solving within their area of study.

  • CB3. That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of ​​study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant social, scientific, or ethical issues.

  • CB5. That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.

Specific skills
  • CE3. Analyze and evaluate the financial statements, evaluate the economic performance and prepare financial reports.

  • CE6. Interpret legal regulations and institutional organization and manage business information.

General competencies
  • CG2. Be able to innovate by developing an open attitude towards change and be willing to re-evaluate old mental models that limit thinking.

Transversal competences
  • CT1. Communicate properly orally and in writing in the two official languages ​​of Catalonia.

  • CT2. Show willingness to learn about new cultures, experiment with new methodologies and encourage international exchange.

  • CT3. Demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership and management skills that strengthen personal confidence and reduce risk aversion.

  • CT4. Master computer tools and their main applications for ordinary academic and professional activity.

  • CT5. Develop tasks applying the acquired knowledge with flexibility and creativity and adapting them to new contexts and situations.

Description


The student must know how to analyze the situation of the business, interpret the accounting statements of the company in order to diagnose the problems, and through financial planning propose possible solutions. Each month, the elements of the working capital will be analyzed, emphasizing the company's cash and how to finance it.

Learning outcomes


  • Analyze, design and implement a company's budget and evaluate its implementation.
  • Determine the economic and financial situation of a company.
  • Establish the financial statements of a company in accordance with current accounting standards taking into account
  • takes into account the different regulations depending on the size of the company, formats and models.
  • Propose and apply a financial-accounting information system that studies valuable internal training in the company. 
  • Reason and comment on the information provided by the financial statements.

Working methodology


Theoretical sessions

MD1. Master class: Expository class sessions based on the teacher's explanation attended by all students enrolled in the subject

Guided learning

MD5. Seminars: Face-to-face format in small work groups (between 14 and 40). These are sessions linked to the face-to-face sessions of the subject that allow to offer a practical perspective of the subject and in which the participation of the student is key.

MD7. Case study: Dynamics that starts from the study of a case, which serves to contextualize the student in a specific situation, the teacher can propose different activities, both individually and in groups, among their students.

Autonomous learning

MD9. Solving exercises and problems: Non-contact activity dedicated to the resolution of practical exercises based on the data provided by the teacher.

MD10. Research and critical reading of articles: Students start from a working hypothesis that they are developing, following the fairies of the research methodology, including the critical reading of articles.

MD11. Non-contact tutorials: for which the student will have telematic resources such as e-mail and ESCSET intranet resources.

The classroom (physics or virtual) it is a safe, free space of attitudes sexists, racists, homophobic, transphobic i discriminatory, ja be towards the students or towards the faculty. we trust that among all and all we can create a space sure on ens can to err i to learn sense having to suffer prejudice others.

Contents


Topic 1: Operational Finance: Analysis and diagnosis

  • Business Analysis
  • The balance sheet: Economic Structure and Financial Structure
  • The income statement
  • Financial analysis tools: ratios
  • NOF versus The Maneuvering Fund
  • Economic-financial diagnosis
  • Working capital management and liquidity
  • Short-term investment and financing
  • The business circulation

 

Topic 2: Financial Planning

  • Planning objectives
  • Pension balance sheet
  • Forecast income statement
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Action plan

 

Topic 3: Treasury management: Cash management

  • The EFE. Cash Flow Statement
  • Principles and objectives of cash management
  • Collection management
  • Payment management
  • The treasury budget
  • Banking relations

 

Item 4: Financing and management of short-term deficits

  • Deficit identification
  • Short-term financing instruments
    • Non-bank financing
    • Bank financing
    • Factoring
  • Selection of short-term financing instruments.

Learning activities


-Individual activities: Activities / exercises will be done and delivered for each topic, either while the topic is being developed or at the end

-Group activities: Carrying out a group work at the end of the subject

- It will work with computer support with the EXCEL program

Evaluation system


The student assessment will be based on three points or activities.

1. Test (20% of the total mark). There will be different theoretical-practical tests in class corresponding to the topics studied

2. Teamwork: analytical report of a real company, carried out in a team of 3 to 5 students. (30% of the total grade).

3. Final test (50% of the total mark). The minimum grade required to average will be 4,5 out of 10

The recovery of the subject will only be done on 50% of the final mark corresponding to the mark of the exam 

System

Percentage

Work in group

30%

Test 

20%

Final exam

50%

A student who has not applied for the first call CANNOT apply for recovery

 

REFERENCES


Basic

AMAT, Oriol. (2013). Comprehensive analysis of companies. Barcelona. Profit

MARTÍNEZ ABASCAL, Eduardo (2012): Finances for managers, Mc Graw Hill, IESE Business School, 2nd edition, Madrid.

Carmen Ruíz Moya, Teresa Noguera Vidal and MªLuz Esteve Crespo (2017). Financial Management. McGrawHill