BA716: Organizational Measurement and Assessment II

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Overview

This course continues examining the financial techniques and models useful for management's mission of creating shareholder value. Part I focused on accounting rules, financial statements, funds flow, business performance assessment, financial projections, financial growth models, cash flows, and investment decision analysis. Topics covered include:

Cost of capital decisions
Analysis of financial choices
Valuation and business performance
Shareholder value management
Balanced scorecard and other financial tools.

The course project, Research Report: Understanding and Developing a Balanced Scorecard, focuses on research and analysis of the balanced scorecard as well as the development a balanced scorecard model for the company analyzed in BA715: Organizational Measurement and Assessment Part I.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Determine the cost of various forms of financing.
Compute the weighted average cost of capital.
Assess the financial impact of debt/equity choices of financing.
Apply various techniques in valuing assets, securities, and business operations.
Establish a framework that supports managing for shareholder value.
Apply the techniques examined in the course to several financial case studies.

ENROLLMENT

To enroll in this course, please complete the online application.

Prerequisites

BA715 is a prerequisite for this couse.

Required Texts
BA716 texts are available from the JIU/MBS bookstore