Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, leaders will be able to:
1) Evaluate an organization by using the basic financial statements – income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement: what are their purpose, and how they are interconnected
2) Know the difference between cash vs. profit when analyzing “for-profit firms”
3) Apply financial ratios to get a high level view of how a company is performing
4) Compare ratios from industry competitors to identify advantages and disadvantages.
5) Measure the components of working capital to the business model to evaluate effective management.
6) Understand how the expectations of the marketplace impacts financial management.
7) Utilize the concept of return on investment analysis, and apply it towards a case from either a leaders own particular project, or a prescribed class project.
Specifically:
* Future value
* Present value
* Payback
* Net present value
* Profitability index
* IRR, and ROI analysis.