Overall objectives:

0 - Provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge of business finance, so that they are able to organize and plan the following functions:
1 - Read and analyze the information of the economic and financial maps;
2 - Manage the treasury;
3 - Determine the funding needs;
4 - Adequate and manage current capital;
5 - Establish budgeting and forecast elements of the company;
6 - Issuing opinions on the economic and financial developments of the company.

Syllabus:

1 - Introduction to financial equilibrium
1.1 - Financial management - concept and objectives
1.2 - Notion of Real and Financial Flows
1.3 - Study of the balance cycles
1.4 - Financial Maps
1.5 - Analysis of financial statements
2 - The profitability of the company
2.1 - The main concepts of profitability
2.2 - The Company's profitability
3 - Treasury Management
3.1 - Elementary Concepts
3.2 - Necessary Management Fund (FMN)
3.3 - The management of working capital
3.4 - Short-term debt management
3.5 - Operating Fund Needed for Exploration
3.6 - Statement of Cash Flows
3.7 - Functional Balance
4 - Short-Term Financial Planning
4.1 - The dynamism of FMN
4.2 - The Annual Treasury Budget
4.3 - The Social Security Balance Sheet
4.4 - CP Financial Policies
4.5 - Treasury Budget Control

Literature/Sources:

Neves, J. C. , 2012 , Análise e Relato Financeiro , Texto Editora
Menezes, H. C. , 2008 , Princípios de Gestão Financeira , Edit. Presença

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Programmatic contents are addressed in theoretical classes (where the theoretical principles of the program are presented and discussed) and theoretical-practical (through interactive classes, fostered by the intense and valuable participation of students, using standard cases (SCN) of real situations. Regular Assessment: - 2 Individual Tests without minimum grade (50% per each test) Re-sit Exam: - The final grade of the course focuses entirely on the grade of the re-sit exam which comprises 100% of the given subject.