Course Description

More Secrets of the MBA: Tools and Metrics

Consulting

(17 credits) $216.95

• What to look for

• What to do

• What to watch out for

• How to do it

You’ll find ratios, formulas, guidelines, and rules of thumb to help analyze and evaluate any business-related problem. Throughout, you’ll find this course practical, quick, and useful.

Part I takes you through accounting principles and guidelines for evaluating a company’s financial health. You will have an increased understanding of various financial statements and their implications. You will be exposed to Corporate Responsibility Law, better known as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act.

Part II takes a look at financial analysis tools, financial metrics, and financing methods for decision making.

Part III takes you through the seemingly complex world of quantitative analysis. You’ll use statistics for forecasting and validity testing. Decision theories include linear programming, learning curve theory, and queuing models; these are presented concisely and comprehensively to help you use such sophisticated techniques with relative ease. And, you’ll learn how computer applications facilitate the many complex procedures.

This course has been designed in question-and-answer format in order to address the pertinent issues that come up during the course of business.

Major Subjects:

	Financial Statements, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and Corporate Governance
	How to Evaluate and Improve a Company’s Financial Performance
	Internal Accounting Applications for Your Company
	Cost-Profit-Volume Analysis, Operating Leverage, and Discounting Analysis
	Capital Budgeting
	Assets Management, Financing Techniques, and Portfolio Theory
	Decision Making with Statistics and Forecasting
	Making Use of Quantitative Decision Making