BM
402 Class Schedule
and Objectives
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Managerial Finance
Business Management
402
Section 1
Fall
Semester
2010
Updated
Please read
the assigned
c
hapters
and articles before
coming to
class on the specified day
.
Quizzes will
be handed out during the first 5 minutes of class on the day of th
e
Cases
and will be taken in class
.
This
class schedule is subject to change. All necessary changes will be announced and discussed in class and
may be distributed via the email distribution list. You are responsible for making sure you are aware of
any
such changes.
Date
Activity
Key
Topic
Higgins
FAME
Day 1
Tuesday, August 31
Introduction/
Financial Statement Analysis
1
1
Objectives:
1
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Understand Student Expectations
2
.
Share Effective Learning Techniques
3
.
Go over and understand the Syllab
us and the Class Schedule
4
.
Understand the Key Principles of Finance
5
. Introduce Managerial Finance
Day 2
Thursday, September 2
Computer Lab
#1
2
2, 4
Objectives:
1.
Review Higgins Chapter 2: Evaluating Financial Performance
2.
Learn to eval
uate financial performance using Excel
3.
Use Computer Lab 01 to reinforce that learning
Day 3
Tuesday, September 7
Case Study
1
:
Holly Fashions
(#6)
Quiz #1
in class
Objectives:
1.
Help students understand how I evaluate cases
2.
Give the oppor
tunity to apply learned financial ratio skills to an actual case
3.
Analyze Holly Fashions
Day 4
Thursday, September 9
Financial Forecasting and Cash B
udgets
3
Objectives:
1.
Understand the possibility of different “right” answers
2.
Understand pers
onal cash budgets
3.
Understand the Cash Budget
4.
Understand financial forecasting
Day 5
Tuesday, September 14
Computer Lab
#2
3
,
5
Objectives:
1.
Understand how to perform cash budgeting analysis
2.
Understand how to perform financial forecasti
ng analysis
3.
Apply financial forecasting to a real company
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Day 6
Thursday, September 16
Case Study
2
:
Deer Park
(#15)
Quiz #2
in class
Objectives:
1. Understand Cash Management
2.
Understand how to apply cash management to the Deer Park case
3
. Learn how to use Scenario Analysis
Day 7
Tuesday, September 21
Case Study
3
:
Dunham Cosmetics
(#7)
Quiz #3
in class
Objectives:
1. Understand the application of financial forecasting to Dunham
2. Understand how ratio analysis and financial for
ecasting combine
3. Learn how to use VLOOKUP to build your financial statement templates
Day 8
Thursday, September 23
Case Study
4
:
Topeka I
(#12)
Quiz #4
in class
Objectives:
1. Understand the application of financial forecasting to Topeka Adhesi
ves
2. Use the VLOOKUP file earlier to build your financial template
Day 9
Tuesday, September 28
Managing Growth
4
Objectives:
1.
Understand the importance
and how’s
of managing
company
growth
2.
Understand sustainable growth
and how it is appl
ied
Day 10
Thursday, September 30
Computer Lab
#3
7
Objectives:
1. Use Excel to calculate Time Value of Money
Day 11
Tuesday, October 5
Exam 1
at the Testing Center
Tests are due b
y midnight, Wednesday, October 6
Day 12
Thursday, Octo
ber 7
Case Study
5
:
Fin
ancial
Planning I (#1)
Quiz #5
in class
Objectives:
1. Use Excel to calculate Time Value of Money for the Case
Day 13
Tuesday, October 12
Case Study
6
: Fin
ancial
Planning II (#2)
Quiz #6
in class
Objectives:
1. Use
Excel to calculate Time Value of Money for the Case
Day 14
Thursday, October 14
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Financial Inst
ruments and Markets: Stock and Bond V
aluation
5
Objectives:
1. Understand the operation and use of financial markets.
2. Understand how stocks and bonds a
re valued
Day 15
Tuesday, October 19
Computer Lab
#4
8
,9
Objectives:
1. Understand how to price equity using Excel
2.
Understand how to price bonds using Excel
Day 16
Thursday, October 21
Cost of Capital and
C
omputer Lab #5
8
10
Objectives:
1.
Understand Investment Risk in investment decisions
2.
Understand how to calculate the cost of debt, cost of equity, and weighted
average cost of capital
3.
Do problems
Day 17
Tuesday, October 26
Case Study
7
:
Taylor Brands
(#30)
Quiz #7
in class
O
bjectives:
1. Understand Cost of Capital and how it is calculated
2.
Apply cost of capital to the Taylor Brands Case
Day 18
Thursday, October 28
Exam 2
at the Testing Center
Tests are due by midnight,
Friday
,
October
29
Day 19
Tuesday, November 2
Statistics in Business Review: Asset pricing models
Objectives:
1.
Understand
how to calculate a single beta
asset pricing models
1.
Understand how to calculate a multi beta asset pricing models
Read Before Class:
Simple Regression Reading
Multiple Regression Reading
Day 20
Thursday, November 4
Computer Lab
#
6
: Beta Fama
-
French
Objectives:
1. Calculate single index model for Ford
2. Calculate a multi index model for Ford
3. Understand regression statistics
Day 21
Tuesday, Nove
mber 9
Capital B
udgeting
7
Objectives:
1.
Understand the calculation and use of capital budgeting
2. Understand Discounted Cash Flow Techniques and capital budgeting
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Day 22
Thursday, November 11
Computer Lab
#
7
11
Objectives:
1.
Understand ho
w to use Excel in capital budgeting
2. Understand the application of capital budgeting problems
Day 23
Tuesday, November 16
Objectives:
Case Study
8
:
Franklin Lumber
(#21)
Quiz #8
in class
Objectives:
1.
Understand how to use Excel in capital budg
eting for Franklin Lumber
2.
Understand different methods of determine fixed asset guidelines
Day 24
Thursday, November 18
Firm Valuation
9
Objectives:
1.
Understand the theory of valuing a firm
2.
Understand reasons behind corporate restructur
ing
Day 25
Tuesday, November 30
Computer Lab
#
8
: Macros, VBA I and Monte Carlo Simulation
12, 13
Objectives:
1.
Understand the power of Visual Basic and Macros
2.
Understand the uses of Monte Carlo simulation
3.
Apply VBA and Monte Carlo sim
ulation to problems
Day 26
Thursday, December 2
14
Case Study 9:
Enviro
-
lawn
Quiz #9
in class
Objectives:
1.
Understand the theory of valuing a firm
2. Apply that theory to valuing a small landscaping company
Day 27
Tuesday, December 7
Com
puter Lab #9
: VBA II
Objectives:
1.
Further develop your VBA skills
2.
Apply VBA to finance problems
Day 28
Thursday, December 9
Putting it All Together
Objectives:
1. See how it all comes together by hearing from a practitioner in the field
Guest Speaker: Mark Burdge
Exam 3
at the Testing Center
Tests are due by the
time
of the Scheduled Final Exam
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BM402 Managerial Finance
At A Glance
Da
y
Date
Activity
Topic
Higgins
FAME
Day 1
Tuesday, August 31
Int
roduction
Introduction
1
1
Day 2
Thursday, September 2
Computer Lab
1
Financial
Statement
A
nalysis
2
2, 4
Day 3
Tuesday, September 7
Case Study
1
, Quiz
Holly Fashions (#6)
Day 4
Thursday, September 9
Discussion
Forecasting and cash
budgets
3
Day 5
Tuesday, September 14
Compu
ter Lab
2
Financial forecasting
3
,
5
Day 6
Thursday, September 16
Case Study
2
, Quiz
Deer Park
Day 7
Tuesday, September 21
Case Study
3
, Quiz
Dunham Cosmetics
Day 8
Thursday, September 23
Case Study
4
, Quiz
Topeka I
Day 9
Tuesday, September 2
8
Discussion
Managing Growth
4
Day 10
Thursday, September 30
Computer Lab
3
Time V
alue of
M
oney
7
Day 11
Tuesday, October 5
Exam 1
Day 12
Thursday, October 7
Case Study
5
, Quiz
Fin
ancial
Planning I
Day 13
Tuesday, October 12
Case Study
6
, Quiz
Fin
ancial
Planning II
Day 14
Thursday, October 14
Discussion
Stock
and
B
ond
V
aluation
5
Day 15
Tuesday, October 19
Computer Lab
4
Stock and Bond V
aluation
8
,
9
Day 16
Thursday, October 21
Discussion
/
Computer
Lab
5
Cost of C
apital
8
10
Day 17
Tues
day, October 26
Case Study
7
, Quiz
Taylor Brands
Day 18
Thursday, October 28
Exam 2
Day 19
Tuesday, November 2
Statistics
R
eview
Asset P
ricing
M
odels
Day 20
Thursday, November 4
Computer Lab
6
Beta
:
Fama
-
French
Day 21
Tuesday, November 9
Disc
ussion
Capital
B
udgeting
7
Day 22
Thursday, November 11
Computer Lab
7
Capital B
udgeting
11
Day 23
Tuesday, November 16
Case Study
8
, Quiz
Franklin Lumber (#21)
Day 24
Thursday, November 18
Discussion
Firm Valuation
9
Day 25
Tuesday, November 30
C
omputer Lab
8
Macros, VBA
I
12
,
13
Day 2
6
Tuesday, December
2
Case Study 9, Quiz
Enviro
-
lawn
Day 27
Thursday, December
7
Computer Lab
9
VBA II
, Monte Carlo,
14
Day 28
Thursday, December 9
Exam 3
(
F
in
als
week)
BM402 C
lass Schedule 2010 Fall 2010
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