Sorin Anagnoste

1. Introduction

2. External environment of an organization and its stakeholders

3. Types of organizations

4. Steps for setting up a company

5. Organizational structures (AT Kearney presentation)

6. Branding (guest speaker – Paul Markovits)

7. Marketing

8. Human resource department

9. Sales department (AT Kearney presentation)

10. Management functions

11. Production, acquisition and logistics (AT Kearney presentation)

12. Accounting

13. Finance, Investments, Controlling functions within an organization and other departments

14. Exam recap

Identify the responsibilities of a financial manager

Discuss how financial managers improve a company’s

cash flow

Differentiate between a master and a capital budget

Identify five common types of debt financing

Sales from operation

Bonds

Commercial loans

Trade credit

Retained earnings

Sales from assets

Sources of funds

Stocks

Management

decides how

to use funds

Rent

Distribution

Adv. and promotions

Materials

Plant and equipment

Utilities

Wages

Uses of funds

Personnel training

Taxes

Interest & dividends

Monitoring

cash flow

Managing

AP & AR

Managing

Inventory

Capital

Budgeting

Forecasting

capital

requirements

Managing cash

reserves

Financial

control

Budgeting

• Length of term: Short-term financing and Long-term financing

• Cost of capital: the avg rate of interest a company it must pay on

its debts and equity financing

• Risk

• Interest rates

• Opportunity rates

• Debt versus Equity Financing

• Common type of debt financing: commercial paper, secured

loans, unsecured loans, compensating balance, line of credit

Long term loans

Leasing

Common stock

Bonds

Preferred stock

Debt capital

(borrowed

money)

Equity

capital

(ownership)

Retained

earnings

Sale of

assets

Retained

earnings

External

sources

Long-term

projects

Stocks (Common and

preferred stock)

Bonds

Other investments

(mutual funds, Options

and Futures,

commodities)