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| Investing and Finance: Planning Investment Activities |
| Course Status: | Released |
| Course Language: | English |
| Course Duration: | 3 Hours |
| Deployment Options: | Online, Interactive CDs, Network, Downloads, Intranet |
| Audience |
| Managers, prospective managers, and other employees seeking advanced competency in the area of accounting |
| Prerequisites |
| An understanding of primary accounting concepts and methods |
| Course Aim |
| To discuss capital budgeting, discounted cash flow analysis, and the impact of employee-related costs |
| Learning Objectives |
| Explain the capital budgeting process. Explain how a firm selects appropriate investments. Discuss general cash flow analysis issues. Explain the net present value method of discounted cash flow analysis. Explain the time-adjusted rate of return method of discounted cash flow analysis. Explain how income taxes affect cash flows. Discuss the role of uncertainty in capital budgeting. Explain that employees are a business?s assets. Discuss the cost to businesses of retirement packages. Explain the impact of deferred compensation. Discuss worker motivation and the role of unions. |
| Topics Covered |
| Introduction to Capital Budgeting - The capital budgeting process - Implementing investments Before-Tax Discounted Cash Flow Analysis - The net present value method - Hands-on: Calculating the NPV - Time-adjusted rate of return method After-Tax Discounted Cash Flow Analysis - Income taxes and cash flows - Capital budgeting Human Resource Planning - The cost of people - Retirement packages - Deferred compensation - Motivation and unionization |