Financial Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The treatment of the topics proposed will be implemented through a combination of lectures and practical classes. Class lectures will cover concepts and methodologies accompanied by illustrative examples. In practical classes cases and exercises will be discussed and solved.

 Evaluation: General regime (final exam - 100%) or mixed regime (final exam – 50%; intermediate test – 50%).

Learning Outcomes

Overall objectives

The objective of financial management is to provide the essential guiding principles that should keep a balanced and feasible financial situation, both in short, medium and long term goals.

 Specific objectives and competencies

• Identify and evaluate the main financing sources for the companies;

• Discuss the main concerns involving working capital;

• Cash management and short-term applications;

• Discuss and evaluate the impact of the major strategic decisions traditionally assigned to the financial function of the companies;

• How to deal with the main financial risk faced by the companies

 Generic competencies

Development of the following competencies: capacity of analysis and synthesis, communication skills both written and oral, and ability to work in groups.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Time value of money: revision and deepening

2. Sources of financing of the firms

3. Short-term financial management

4. Strategic financing decisions

5. Dividends policy

6. Financial planning

7. Financial risk management

Head Lecturer(s)

Mário António Gomes Augusto

Assessment Methods

Mixed Regime
final exam : 50.0%
intermediate test : 50.0%

General regime
final exam : 100.0%

Bibliography

Brandão, Elísio (2001), Finanças, Edição do Autor. Distribuidor: Porto Editora.

Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C e Allen, F. (2007), Princípios de Finanças Empresariais, 8ª ed., Mcgraw-Hill, Lisboa.

Brigham, E. F. and Ehrhardt, M. C. (2008), Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 12ª Ed., Thomson South-Western.

Martins, António; Cruz, Isabel; Augusto, Mário; Silva, Patrícia Pereira e Gonçalves, Paulo Gama (2011), Manual de Gestão Financeira Empresarial, reimpressão, Coimbra Editora, Coimbra.

Menezes, Hélder Caldeira (2010), Princípios de Gestão Financeira, 12ª Edição, Editorial Presença, Lisboa.

Mota, António Gomes; Barroso, Clementina Dâmaso; Nunes, João Pedro e Ferreira, Miguel Almeida (2012), Finanças da Empresa: Teoria e Prática, 4ª Ed., Edições Sílabo, Lisboa.

Ross, Stephen A.; Westerfield, Randolf W.; Jaffe, J. e Jordan, Bradford, D. (2008), Modern Financial Management, 8ª ed., McGraw-Hill International Edition.