INTEL COLLEGE

Course Name: Business Finance and Economics

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OUTLINE

DESCRIPTION:
The aim of this course is to provide you with a strong intellectual and practical grounding in economic and
financial decision-making in an industry as it focuses on the firms financial and economic behavior. The
course also provides a foundation to students who wish to pursue a future career in financial management,
corporate finance and accountancy.

SUMMARY OF OUTCOMES
After successfully completing this course, a student will be able to:
1. Understand the nature of business finance.
2. Know the sources of funds and financial instruments available to a firm.
3. Understand how financial systems operate.
4. Measure business performance.
5. Understand income and expenditure in a countrys economy.
6. Measure the cost of living.
7. Know how the monetary system works.
8. Distinguish between aggregate demand and aggregate supply.

UNIT DURATION
30 lecture hours

TOPIC CONTENTS
1 Relationship between business finance and financial
Nature of Business Finance management
Scope of Finance functions
Goals/Objectives of the firm
Agency theory
Risk-return Trade off
Types of business organization
Equity capital
2 Debt finance
Sources of Funds Bills of exchange
Lease finance
Overdraft finance
Plastic money Debenture finance

Author: David Odhiambo

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 INTEL COLLEGE

Course Name: Business Finance and Economics

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OUTLINE

TOPIC CONTENTS
3 Financial Markets
Financial System Financial Intermediaries
Saving and Investment in National Income
Accounts
The Market for Loanable Funds
4 Definition and Users of Financial Statements
Financial Statement Analysis Ratio Analysis
and Financial Forecasting Financial forecasting
5 Income and Expenditure
Measuring Nations Income Measuring GDP
The Components of GDP
Real and Nominal GDP
GDP and Economic Well Being
6 The Consumer Price Index
Measuring the Cost of Living Correcting Economic Variables for the Effects of
inflation
7 The Meaning of Money
The Monetary System Functions of Central Bank
Banks and the Money Supply
Central tool for Monetary Control
Banking and Financial crisis
8 Understand Economic Fluctuations/Cycle
Aggregate Demand and The Aggregate Demand Curve
Aggregate Supply The Aggregate Supply Curve
Causes of Economic Fluctuations

PARTICIPANTSS EVALUATION AND FEEDBACK OF COURSE

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Author: David Odhiambo

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