Programme Objective

By the end of the programme, participants should be able to:

• Read financial statements with an understanding of the basic accounting principles.
• Compile a budget, understanding the importance of cost behaviour and the break-even analysis.
• Analyse the financial statements using ratio analysis.
• Perform cost-volume-profit and break-even analysis.
• Integrate both financial and non-financial performance measures using balanced scorecards.
• Evaluate capital investment projects using discounted cash flow techniques.
• Compute the cost of capital, understanding the impact of risk on the required rate of return investors
• Comprehend the importance of sustainable growth and the impact of growth on the cash flows of the business.
• Assess the performance of different divisions using economics value added (EVA).

Programme Content

• Basic accounting
• Analysis of financial statements and cash flows
• Cost-volume-profit-analysis
• Budgeting
• Balanced scorecard
• Ratio analysis
• Cost of capital
• Debt versus Equity
• Evaluating Capital Budgeting Projects using Nett Present Value (NPV)
• The management of growth
• Performance appraisal using EVA

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Your Lecturer for this online programme:

Dr Liezel Alsemgeest

Liezel completed her PhD thesis titled: The drivers of customer perception and sustainable profitability of an agricultural business in South Africa in 2011. She is also a lecturer for the first year B.IURIS students at the Centre for Financial Planning Law, as well as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®). Her research mainly focuses on personal financial management and agricultural businesses.

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