Finance for Decision Making

Overview

This comprehensive course is specifically designed to provide you with a deep understanding of the financial decision-making process in modern corporations. With a focus on increasing shareholder and firm value, the course covers crucial decisions that create and maximise value. You will learn how to analyse, evaluate, and execute capital budgeting and working capital management as investment decisions, capital structuring and restructuring as financing decisions, and dividend distribution decisions. The course content is meticulously planned to equip you with the skills to make sound financial decisions that benefit your organisation in the long run. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to confidently evaluate and execute various financial decisions that are vital to the success of your organisation.

Key highlights

• Application of ‘Time Value of Money’ principles to real corporate investment and financing decisions
• Risk–return analysis and its role in evaluating investment opportunities and capital structure choices
• In-depth examination of working capital management, focusing on liquidity–profitability trade-offs and financing strategies
• Strategic insights into capital structure and restructuring, assessing the balance between debt, equity, risk, and firm value
• Frameworks for designing optimal dividend policies aligned with the firm lifecycle, growth opportunities, and shareholder expectations
• Emphasis on managerial judgment and strategic trade-offs, not just mechanical calculations

Objective

• Gain a clear understanding of how the concept of the time value of money applies to specific financial decisions
• Analyse how different types of risk impact potential returns and investment strategies in financial decision-making
• Construct comprehensive capital budgeting scenarios and assess projects based on their cash flows
• Evaluate the liquidity-profitability trade-off in working capital management, considering the level and financing of current assets
• Investigate the relationship between a firm’s capital structure choices and value, focusing on the interplay of debt, equity, and risk to assess the trade-offs
• Formulate optimal dividend policy for firms based on their life-cycle stage and growth opportunities

USPs

• The course offers a decision-oriented and integrated approach to corporate finance
• It enables participants to understand how investment, financing, working capital and dividend decisions jointly drive firm value
• With a strong emphasis on value creation, risk–return trade-offs, and cash-flow-based analysis, the course bridges financial theory with practical, Excel-enabled application
• It equips learners with clear frameworks and managerial judgment to make sound, lifecycle-aware financial decisions in real organisational contexts

Who can attend

• Working professionals from industry, early- to mid-career managers, finance executives, and entrepreneurs seeking a practical and foundational understanding of corporate finance
• Students and curious learners interested in understanding how financial decisions drive business value
• No prior advanced finance background is required; however, a basic understanding of the income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flow and familiarity with MS Excel are essential

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Certificate

A digital certificate of completion will be provided after meeting the course completion requirements (e.g., quiz/assignment completion and any required participation).

Application process

• Register on the course platform
• Receive confirmation and login details by email
• Start learning on the LMS and complete the weekly activities

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