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Financial aspects of leadership (5 cr)

Code: WM00DJ92-3002

General information


Enrollment
08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021
Registration for the implementation has ended.
Timing
10.01.2022 - 31.05.2022
Implementation has ended.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Local portion
0 cr
Virtual portion
5 cr
Mode of delivery
Distance learning
Unit
Liiketalouden koulutusyksikkö, Mikkeli (vanhennettu)
Campus
Ecampus
Teaching languages
English
Seats
0 - 40
Degree programmes
Degree Programme in Wellbeing Management
Teachers
Juha Häkkinen
Teacher in charge
Juha Häkkinen
Groups
WMMI20KP
Wellbeing management, full-time studies
Course
WM00DJ92
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Objective

You are able to take into account the financial goals of a service enterprise and act accordingly from the leadership point of view.
You are able to interpret financial information.
You are able to utilize financial information in management decision making.
You are able to apply the most common price setting methods.

Content

How can the profitability of a service enterprise be affected?
How does the price setting affect the profitability of an enterprise?
What do financial statements indicate about the financial situation of a service enterprise?
What kind of key ratios and indicators can be used in analyzing the economic situation of a service enterprise?
What kind of calculations can be used in decision making?

Evaluation

a. You can use professional vocabulary related to leadership in financial administration.
d. You can evaluate operations considering leadership in customer, user, and other target group situations.
e. You can choose the most appropriate models and methods and justify your choices.

Course material

- Bettner Mark S: Using Accounting and Financial Information, 2014. (The book is available as an e-book from the XAMK’s Kaakkuri Library.)
- Texts and articles compiled by the teacher
- Three sets of PP-slides related to the book Elliott-Elliott: Financial Accounting and Reporting. (Book is not mandatory). PP-Slides can be found on the Learn website.

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Study forms and methods

Book and other materials, exams and assignments. Contact events in Teams.

RDI and work-related cooperation

The course does not include guided working life cooperation.

Timing of exams and assignments

10.1.2022 Course starts
10.1.2022 18.00-19.00 (6-7 pm) and 13.1.2022 16.00-17.00: Teams-meetings. Voluntary course start meeting, come to one or the other if you can and do. Let's go through the course and its assignments. There is no actual lesson in the meeting.

13.2.2022 Return Assignment A (Part 1).
13.3.2022 Return Assignment B (Part 2).
24.1. - 24.4.2022 Exam "Book" (Part 3). Take the exam optionally during this time period.
11.1.-10.4.2022 Exam "Texts" (Part 4). Take the exam optionally during this time period.
31.5.2022 Course ends.

International cooperation

The course does not include guided international cooperation.

Student workload

135 hours.

Course part description

Completing the course is based on collecting points from separate exams and assignments. Separate passing of each exam/assignment is not required.

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Further information

More information from course's Learn website.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

Completing the course is based on collecting points from separate exams and assignments. Separate passing of each exam or assignment is not required.

GRADING SCALE:
100 - 89 points = 5
88 - 79 points = 4
78 - 65 points = 3
64 - 53 points = 2
52 - 41 points = 1
40 - 00 points = Failed

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Qualifications

The knowledge of the basics in accounting and leadership is recommended.

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