Finance and Accounting for HR Managers (Finance Section)

The finance section (7h30) gives a general overview of what finance for corporations is and how

financial decisions are made, as well as understanding and tools on:

- How assets are valued and how capital budgeting (or investment) decisions are made : time

value of money and NPV rule, preparation of cash flow projections.

- How corporations are financed : characteristics and cost of the financial resources used by

corporations (equity, debt).

A good understanding of the Finance is the key to success in your future career.

Some things that will help you do well in this module:

• After each session, review the theory and redo the exercises done in class. Make sure you understand all the concepts and know how to apply them in exercises.

• If there is anything you do not understand, ask! If you do not want to ask in class, come and see us at the break, send an email or ask for an appointment.

Shan Zhao

Course outline

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/IHRM_outline.pdf

Course page at Moodle

http://ggsb.grenoble-em.com/course/view.php?id=125

Course blog

http://cfwatch.blogspot.fr/

New!

Solution of continuouse assessment

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/FinanceAssessment2013.xlsx

1. Slides

Slides 1

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Slides_1_up.pptx

Slides 2

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Slides_2.pptx

Example in Slides 2

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/HomeNet_Example.xls

Additional explanation

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/add1.pdf

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/add2.pdf

Slides 3

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Slides_3_up.pptx

2. Exercises

Exercise 1

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Exercises_1.docx

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Answers_1.docx

Exercise 2

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Exercise_2.docx

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Exercise_2.xlsx

Additional exercise 1

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Ex1_IHRM.doc

Solution to Additional exercise 1

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Solution_Ex1.xls

Additional exercise 2

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Ex2_IHRM.doc

Solution to Additional exercise 2

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Ex2_IHRM_s.doc

3. Miscellanuous

A sample of continuous assessment

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/FinanceAssessment.docx

Solution

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Finance_Assessment_s.xlsx

Timeline

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/courses/corpfinance_hr13/Timeline.docx

4. Additinal References

Chapter 4 and 7 of of Berk, J., DeMarzo P., (2011), Corporate Finance, 2nd ed., Pearson Education

Useful Links

** Highly Recommended

* Recommended

1) Major Links

** http://www.ft.com (free registration using GEM email box)

*http://finance.yahoo.com

MarketWatch, a subsidiary of Dow Jones

http://www.marketwatch.com

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks

http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals

US company filings

http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml

Read and search Wall Street Journal at Factiva for free

http://libraryds.grenoble-em.com/en/Pages/default.aspx

ProQuest databases

http://libraryds.grenoble-em.com/en/databases/Pages/academicjournals.aspx

* Deal Journal at WSJ

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/

* Deal Book at NYT

http://dealbook.nytimes.com

Bloomberg Mobile & Apps

http://www.bloomberg.com/mobile/

Sites that are read by financial managers

www.cfo.com

www.forbes.com

www.money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/

www.businessweek.com/

http://www.euromoney.com/

Finance and Economics on the Web

http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp

http://webpage.pace.edu/pviswanath/finance.html

*Free Cases

The Merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq (A) Strategy and Valuation

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=909887

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=909888

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=909889

Package War: Fedex Vs. Ups

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=909934

2) Additional References

Chapter 4 and 7 of of Berk, J., DeMarzo P., (2011), Corporate Finance, 2nd ed., Pearson Education

3) Fun stuffs related to finance

https://sites.google.com/site/zhaoshan75/funfinance

4) Open On-line Courses