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Business Finance 101
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69 STUDENTS
1h 14m

This course is designed for those interested to learn the basics of business finance, how to manage the investment, financial controls and learn about financial reports, financial performance indicators, and investment analysis. This course will give you a good grasp of the key principles and issues in business finance.

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Course Skill Level
Beginner
Time Estimate
1h 14m

Instructor

Based in Scotland, I am a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. I am a process improvement consultant and course author.

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About This Course

Who this course is for:

  • Students of business management
  • Students of business finance
  • Managers in business
  • Management trainees
  • People with an interest in the basics of business finance

What you’ll learn: 

  • What we mean by business finance
  • The history of business finance
  • The two main purposes of business finance
  • The key principles of business finance
  • What debits and credits are
  • The three key financial statements in business
  • The Balance Sheet and how it works
  • The Income Statement and how it works
  • The Cash Flow Statement and how it works
  • Key financial performance indicators in business
  • Simple tools for analysing business investments

Requirements: 

  • No prior knowledge is required to take this course

There are three main reasons for business failure – an under-skilled management team; ineffective marketing; and poor financial management. Every manager, or student of management, requires a good grasp of business finance. This course will help.

Business finance concerns the management of the monetary resources of an organisation. There are two aspects to this: Raising the money to invest in the business and Managing that investment properly to generate a return.

Raising the money is about having an attractive proposition and managing the risk to investors. Managing the investment is about the financial controls and reporting of the business. This course covers the three main financial reports; financial performance indicators; and investment analysis.

This course will give you a good grasp of the key principles and issues in business finance.

Our Promise to You

By the end of this course, you will have learned business finance.

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Course Curriculum

Section 1 - Introduction And Lectures
What is Business Finance? 00:00:00
Why Businesses Fail 00:00:00
The Principles of Business Finance Part 1 00:00:00
The Principles of Business Finance Part 2 00:00:00
The Balance Sheet 00:00:00
The Income Statement 00:00:00
The Cashflow Statement 00:00:00
A Business Finance Exercise 00:00:00
Financial Performance Indicators 00:00:00
Investment Analysis 00:00:00
Investment Analysis Exercise 00:00:00
Key Learning Points in Business Finance 00:00:00
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