This unit provides a fundamental understanding of management finance. You will examine corporate financial goals and how to realise them through the raising of funds, the allocation of resources and the undertaking of investments by firms. You will be introduced to the theory and use of a range of financial decision making concepts such as financial goals, financial markets, financial mathematics, risk and return, asset pricing, capital budgeting, cost of capital, capital structure and dividend policy.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Unit Evaluation

This was one of the most tech-embracing units I have had at CQUniversity so far. The content is complex, but it was delivered in a way understandable for students coming from different backgrounds.

We have adopted a few case studies and scenario-based analysis in the assessments. As for the class activities we have used youtube videos, online quiz in mobile phones as well as guest speeches to create a learning environment to engage the students in various methods. A few experiments will be considered when embracing ChatGPT in L&T and assessment design.

Feedback from Unit Evaluation

My sincere gratitude to my lecturer who helped me a lot to understand the content and helped me to complete my assessment. Though I am from a medical background I could be able to understand at least few parts of theoretical and its importance in practical life.

It is encouraging to see students from other backgrounds to show interest in finance. The teaching team will endeavour to support students, especially those from non-accounting and finance background, to achieve the learning outcomes.

Feedback from Unit Evaluation

In comparison with other units, I found the weekly content far more significant and required approximately 14 -20 hours of time per week especially leading up to assignment submission and balancing the weekly content with assessment content.

This is a challenging unit for students from non-accounting and finance background and lack of finance prerequisite knowledge. The teaching team will focus on those important areas that students may find challenging and reinforce finance concepts/terminologies that underpin the assessment components.