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MAN-40246 - Module Specification
Keele Business School
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 20 November 2024

MAN-40246 - Financial Management (FTMBA)
Coordinator: Akrum Ekara Helfaya Tel: +44 1782 7 33432
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733094

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module provides you with an insight into how modern-day business managers can use both financial and non-financial information to support decision making and put business action plans. Geared towards non-accounting practitioners, the module presents financial management in its strategic and statutory context, enabling a wider appreciation of financial tools and techniques that can be utilised in your organisation.

Aims
This module investigates how modern-day business managers can use both financial and non-financial information to support decision making. Under the umbrella of Financial Management, it will draw on knowledge and techniques from a range of accounting and financial theories through a global perspective.
The aim of the module is to enable a wider appreciation of financial management tools and techniques and develop greater analytical and reflective skills.

Intended Learning Outcomes

evaluate the principles, methods and techniques involved in managing financial resources, and demonstrate knowledge and understanding through the application of these techniques to a given scenario: 1,2
critically evaluate selected accounting and financial management strategies and techniques used to aid decision making and put business action plans: 1,2
explain the requirement for financial governance, rules and regulations and appreciate the wider context and importance of effective financial control within an organisation: 1,2

Study hours

-12 hours of plenary teaching
- 12 hours of group work/seminar/tutorials
- 126 hours of independent learning including reading, asynchronous video lectures, specified activities and assessment preparation.


School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Assignment weighted 50%
Group-based Assignment 2000 words (+/-10%)


2: Exam weighted 50%
2-hour UNSEEN EXAM


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Last Updated: 20 November 2024