Finance for Non-Finance Managers: Corporate Finance

About this course

The course examines how organisations raise and manage finance, and how financial choices relate to wider business strategy. Topics include the cost of capital, capital budgeting, investment appraisal, capital structure, dividend policy and cash-flow management. Teaching focuses on workplace application, helping participants interpret financial information and contribute to discussions about corporate finance. Learners study alongside other professionals developing their knowledge of the subject.

What you'll learn

• Explain how organisations raise and manage finance.
• Interpret the relevance of the cost of capital to financial decisions.
• Apply capital budgeting and investment appraisal techniques.
• Describe the role of capital structure and dividend policy.
• Analyse the relationship between cash-flow management, finance and business strategy.

Is this course right for you?

The course is intended for professionals in managerial roles who have little prior financial experience. The all-levels label indicates that it is designed to introduce corporate finance concepts, with participation alongside other working professionals.

• Designed for managers developing their understanding of finance.
• Participants study alongside fellow professionals.

Before you go

• A Birkbeck certificate of participation is issued on completion.
• The course is non-credit bearing and carries no credit points.