Financial Management
PostgraduateRMI-OMBA6502023
Course information for 2023 intake
Solve investment and financing problems that can arise within organisations. Study corporate budgeting and risk. Use a framework to critique investment and dividend policy decisions.Invest your time strengthening your financial management knowledge.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- Subject may require attendance
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Financial Management
About this subject
Upon successful completion of the subject you will be able to:
- apply design thinking to investment and financing problems in order to develop appropriate solutions
- apply research principles and methods to design innovative options and solutions for, and make reasoned judgements about, problems and issues in contemporary business practice
- select, communicate and advocate desirable solutions that will address investment and financing problems
- synthesis and apply a contemporary business finance knowledge, accepting the importance of ongoing continuous learning.
- Please refer to RMIT University’s Learning Management System - Canvas, for further details.
Financial managers face three types of key decisions: what investments should be made, how investments should be financed and what dividend policy should a firm take. This subject will develop a framework for analysing a firm’s investment, financing and dividend policy decisions, providing concepts and analytical tools that are based on the fundamental principles of modern financial theory.
You will examine financial markets and the key financial tools used in managing organisations. You will investigate financial mathematic techniques, the valuation of debt and equity securities, corporate capital budgeting, risk and diversification, efficient market hypothesis, weighted average cost of capital, capital structure theory and dividend policy.
- Assessment Task 1 (Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4) (20%)
- Assessment Task 2 (Linked CLOs: 3, 4) (30%)
- Assessment Task 3 (Linked CLOs: 1, 2, 3) (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Prior study
To help set you up for success before you start this subject, we suggest completing or having equivalent knowledge in:
RMI-BUSM4521-Design Thinking for Business (Executive) (no longer available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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