BUSI 4500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Capital Budgeting, Limited Partnership, Socially Responsible Investing
26 Jan 2019
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How to succeed in 4500: attend lectures and take notes, read text chapters to supplement class notes, do suggested practice problems, ask questions during class and/or office hours, do and understand assignments. Know the basic types of financial management decisions and the role of the financial manager. Know the financial implications of the different forms of business organization. Understand the conflicts of interest that can arise between owners and managers. Understand the various types of financial markets and financial institutions. Understand the current trends in canadian financial markets. Some important questions that are answered using finance. Financial managers try to answer some or all of these questions. The top financial manager within a firm is usually the chief financial officer (cfo: treasurer oversees cash management, capital expenditures and financial planning, controller oversees taxes, cost accounting, financial accounting and data processing. Three major forms in canada: sole proprietorship, partnership, general, limited, corporation.
