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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Financial Mathematics for Decision Making

AB404 · Quantitative Methods in a Business Context — Week 4 of 16

CourseAB404
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Financial Mathematics for Decision Making

  1. Compounding and discounting
  2. Net present value (NPV)
  3. Payback period analysis
  4. Evaluating capital investment proposals
  5. Capital budgeting techniques
  6. NPV vs. The Payback Method
  7. NPV IRR Payback period scenarios

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Perform calculations to inform business decision making.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: perform calculations to inform business decision making.

Study materials

Videos

  • Capital budgeting techniques · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 34 min · for registered students
  • NPV vs. The Payback Method · YouTube · Edspira · 11 min · for registered students
  • NPV IRR Payback period scenarios · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 16: How Companies Think about Investing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 483–508 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 11: Capital Budgeting Decisions · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 517–564 · for registered students
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 8: How Is Capital Budgeting Used to Make Decisions? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 472–540 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Business Data
  • Week 2: Essential Numerical Techniques for Business
  • Week 3: Cost and Pricing Calculations
  • Week 4: Financial Mathematics for Decision Making
  • Week 5: Tabular Data and Chart Construction
  • Week 6: Principles of Graphical Construction
  • Week 7: Plotting and Interpreting Management Graphs
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Descriptive Statistics for Data Interpretation
  • Week 10: Time Series and Trend Interpretation
  • Week 11: Data Communication and Stakeholder Reporting
  • Week 12: Applying Quantitative Methods in a Business Context in prac…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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