MBA 2425 Financial Accounting
MBA 2425 Financial Accounting
This course introduces the fundamentals of financial accounting and financial statement analyses. It prepares students to interpret and analyze financial statements for purposes such as profitability analysis, risk assessment, equity valuation, etc. This course develops a thorough understanding of financial reporting from the users’ perspective. Students learn to use financial accounting information to compare and evaluate companies’ profitability, risk, prospect, efficiency, competitiveness, strategy, and intrinsic value.
- Understand basic accounting terminology and be able to draw appropriate inference from key financial statements and performance metrics.
- Describe the format, content, and concepts of balance sheets, income statements, statement of cash flows and footnote to financial statements
- Explain the two-prong process for recording business events, which include (a) Define the four generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), including the principles of recognition, valuation, presentation, and disclosure and describe the role of GAAP in financial reporting. (b) Describe the basic mechanics of bookkeeping.
- Be able to critically analyze financial statements using various tools and techniques, with a focus on DuPont analysis.
- Recognize that accounting information is embedded in social, cultural, market, and political environments and that financial information can create tensions among decision-makers.
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Date |
Course Content |
Course Reference |
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1
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Day 1 morning session |
Overview of Financial Statement Analysis |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
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2
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Day 1 afternoon session |
Analyzing Investing Activities |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
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3
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Day 2 morning session |
Analyzing Financing Activities |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
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4
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Day 2 afternoon session |
Analyzing Operating Activities |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
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5
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Day 3 morning session |
Cash Flow Analysis |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
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6
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Day 3 afternoon session |
Financial Statement Analysis: Applications
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Lecture notes and reading materials |
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7
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Day 4 morning session |
Financial Reporting Quality |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
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8 |
Day 4 afternoon session |
Group Presentation, Course Summary |
Lecture notes and reading materials |
4 of the teaching hours in this course are dedicated to CSR, ethics, social and environmental issues.
The course is conducted as a teaching module, where students have classes all day for four subsequent days, a total of 32 hours.
The teaching is practice oriented, with a heavy use of real companies’ financial statements. It covers companies from various industries including manufacturing, retail, service, etc. References are often made to current popular press publications, such as Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fortune, Forbes, etc.
Pre-course preparation by all students allows class time to be used most productively, and allow everyone to participate in the discussion which, in turn, enhances the prospect of advancing the financial accounting competencies listed above.
This is a course with continuous assessment (several exam components) and one final exam code. Each exam component will be graded using points on a scale 0 -100. The components will be weighted together according to the information in the course description in order to calculate the final letter grade for the course. Students who fail to participate in one/some/all exam components will get a lower grade or may fail the course. Candidates may be called in for an oral hearing as a verification/control of written assignments.
Specific information regarding the points system and the mapping scale beyond the information given in the course description will be provided in class. This information may be relevant for requirements for term papers or other hand-ins, and/or where class participation can be one of several elements of the overall evaluation.
The course is a part of a full MBA and examination in all courses in the MBA program must be passed in order to obtain a certificate for the MBA degree.
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Group Project on Financial Statement Analysis
Suppose your group represents an investment company and your mission is to evaluate two companies competing in an industry. Your group will prepare a project that involves financial analysis of these two companies covering a period of three years from 2021 to 2023. You will first download financial statements from company websites, Bloomberg, WIND, CSMAR, or other sources. You will then compare the companies during the analysis period and make predictions about their future performance. Here are some aspects you may want to examine:
- Industry Economics and Company Strategy
- Quality of Financial Statements
- Analyze revenue and profit growth.
- Perform profitability, operating efficiency, and risk analysis using financial statement ratios.
- Predict the general outlook of the companies.
Each group will present the project in the last session. Your grade will be based on the quality of your analysis and your presentation, not on the accuracy of your predictions. You are required to submit the PowerPoint slides at the end of the last session.
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Disclaimer
Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 40 Grouping: Group (5 - 6) Duration: 6 Day(s) Comment: Written submission of powerpoint slides and self-evaluation notes of class participation, counts 40% of the total grade. Exam code: MBA 24253 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Structured Test Exam/hand-in semester: First Semester Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Duration: 2 Hour(s) Comment: Home exam, structured test, open-book, counts 60% of the total grade Exam code: MBA 24254 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
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Teaching | 24 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 30 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 56 Hour(s) |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 4 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 110 hours.