Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Date to be determined
9 am - 4 pm; $1299; Baldwin Wallace, Berea
Instructors: Lori Radulovich and Susan Kuznik
Master the fundamentals of business finance through team-based learning using a business simulation. This hands-on course will improve your knowledge of financial and managerial accounting by teaching you how to conduct financial analyses on small capital budgeting projects, division budgets, and a company’s financial reports. You will gain decision-making skills and financial terms knowledge while running a business in a simulated marketplace with your course teammates.
Over the three-day course, the practice and decision-making you exercise in running your business will enhance your understanding of key financial statements and ratios that measure business success. Your financial acumen will be improved and you will be able to use financial data to make better decisions.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the basic accounting process and preparation of accounting statements
- Read and interpret financial statements using key financial ratios and performance metrics
- Perform Capital Budgeting Analysis using accounting and financial concepts to make decisions more effectively
- Understand the financial impacts of decisions made in every area of a business through an interactive business simulation
Target Audience: This course can benefit managers, project managers, and analysts from all functional areas who are new to using financial and accounting statements to evaluate a project, perform financial analysis, and create a capital budget.