Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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GM660 Financial Management (3 cr.)


This course introduces, discusses, and analyzes financial issues facing profit, nonprofit and governmental organizations in today’s domestic and global business environment. The course provides the general manager with an ethical financial manager’s perspective through examination of various financial areas, including types of organizations; sources of capital; financial statement analysis; asset management; time value of money; international payments and foreign exchange rates; trade theory and policy; and investment in the U.S. and in foreign countries.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Identify the various forms of business entities and the different ways of financing them.
  2. Analyze the financial reporting requirements of the differing entities.
  3. Apply the principles of managing current assets and current liabilities.
  4. Assess the existence of management problems and/or opportunities through analyzing of a company’s financial statements and making comparisons to other companies in the same industry.
  5. Compute present values and use them in financial decision making.
  6. Analyze the global economy and its impact on the domestic economy.
  7. Identify the impact of unethical behavior by an entity’s general and financial managers on the entity and its owners.
  8. Outline the mechanics and risks of operating an entity in a global marketplace.



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