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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture : Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture

791-322 Financial Decision Making

Credit Points:

7.5

Coordinator:

Mr J Heaps

Prerequisite/s:

Accounting II; Business Mathematics and Statistics.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

3 hours per week

Objectives:

The objective of this subject is to:

  • introduce students to a range of decision making tools for use in a farm or agribusiness organisation;

  • develop an understanding of:

  • investment analysis using discounting techniques;

  • gross margins budgeting;

  • partial budgeting;

  • develop an awareness of sources of finance;

  • introduce students to planning techniques such as linear programming.

Content:

Development budgeting, net present value, internal rate of return and benefit cost analysis; gross margins analysis; partial budgets, break even budgets, and parametric budgets; sources of business finance, and types of loans; linear programming as a business planning technique.

Assessment:

2 x two hour examinations (40% each); assignment up to 2000 words (20%)
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