BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIBUR RAHMAN AVIATION & AEROSPACE UNIVERSITY

LESSON PLAN
MBA in Aviation Management

Course/Subject : Managerial Finance

Code : FIN-5301
Class Duration : 1:00 Hours

Week - 01

Class Learning Objective Content

a. The definition and conceptual meaning of

Understanding meaning of
1 finance and financial
management
Finance
b. Tasks of a finance manager
c. Decisions faced by a finance manager

a. Financial management and the goal of an

Basics of financial organization
2
management b. What causes troubles in effective financial
management and how to minimize them?

a. Types of profit and non-profit

organizations

b. The functions of a finance manager in

Basics of financial different types of organizations
3
management
b. The positioning of a finance manager in
the organizational structure

Week - 02

Class Objective Content

a. The concept of time value of money (TVM)

b. Why is TVM necessary in financial

Basics of financial
4 management?
management
c. What are the uses of TVM in different
organizational settings?

1

The basics of financial markets
5
and institutions
The basics of financial markets
6
and institutions
Week - 03
Class Objective
Fundamental concepts in
financial management:
7 financial statement?
Understanding financial
statements
Fundamental concepts in
8 financial management: Cash
flows vs Net Income
Fundamental concepts in
financial management:
8
Understanding performance of
an organization using Ratios
Week - 04
Class Objective
a. The definition of a financial market
b. The role of a financial market in an
economy
c. Different types of financial markets
a. Different types of financial institutions and
their functions
b. The role of a financial institutions in an
economy
Content
a. What are the different types of financial
statements prepared by organizations?
b. What is the purpose of each type of
c. How to read and interpret financial
statement items in a financial management
context?
a. The significance and purposes of Cash
flow and Net Income
b. The confusion and myth about Net Income
c. Why Cash flow is more important than Net
Income in a financial management context?
a. What is Ratio analysis and what does it
do?
b. How to run Ratio analyses?
c. How to interpret Ratios?
Content
2
 a. What is an interest rate?
Fundamental concepts in
financial management: b. Where to look for interest rates?
10
Understanding performance of
an organization using Ratios c. Where and how to use interest rates in
financial decision making?

a. Different types of financing needs of an

Financing for an organization, organization
11
financial assets and securities b. Different types of financial market sources
available for an organization

a. The ins and outs of equity valuation of a

firm
12 Valuation of equity securities
b. The significance of equity valuation and
financial management

Week - 05

Class Objective Content

a. The ins and outs of valuation of debt

securities
13 Valuation of debt securities
b. The significance of debt valuation and
financial management

a. What is Return?
14 Measuring Return b. How to measure Return from a financial
sector or real sector investment?

a. What is Risk?

15 Measuring Risk b. How to measure risk?

c. The caveats of risk measurement methods

Week - 06

Class Objective Content

a. What is meant by cost of financing under

16 Measuring cost of financing different circumstances?

b. How to measure cost of financing?

3
 a. How to measure cost of financing?

17 Measuring cost of financing c. The relationship between opportunity cost,

cost of financing, discount rates, and interest
rates

a. How to evaluate financing needs?

b. How to compare and evaluate different

Making a better financing
18 potential financing sources?
decision
c. How to make an effective and least cost
financing decision?

Week - 07

Class Objective Content

19 Review for Mid-Semester-01

20 Review for Mid-Semester-02 Contents of Week- 01 to 07

21 Review for Mid-Semester-03

MID-SEMESTER EXAM

4
Week - 08

Class Objective Content

Professional experience sharing session by:

Financial management in Air Commodore Md. Mahbub Jahan Khan

22
action - 1 BPP, psc (Retd.)
Chief Financial Officer and Director Planning
Bangladesh Biman
Professional experience sharing session:

Financial management in Air Commodore Md. Mahbub Jahan Khan

23
action - 1 BPP, psc (Retd.)
Chief Financial Officer and Director Planning
Bangladesh Biman
Professional experience sharing session:

Financial management in Air Commodore Md. Mahbub Jahan Khan

24
action - 1 BPP, psc (Retd.)
Chief Financial Officer and Director Planning
Bangladesh Biman

Week - 09

Class Objective Content

a. Looking for short and long term investment
alternatives available;
Making a better investment b. How to evaluate a potential investment
25
decision opportunity?
c. How to choose the best investment
opportunity?
a. Long-term investment of an organization
Making a better long-term and capital budgeting
26
investment decision b. Estimating projected cost or investment
required for a long-term asset
a. Estimating projected cost of financing a
Making a better long-term long-term asset investment
27
investment decision b. Estimating projected benefits from a long-
term asset investment

5
Week - 10

Class Objective Content

Making a better long-term
28
investment decision
a. Measuring risks with the long-term
investment
b. Incorporating risks into the investment
proposal evaluation framework
c. Evaluating and making the decision for
investment in a long-term asset using
different capital budgeting techniques

a. Evaluating and making the decision for

Making a better long-term
29 investment in a long-term asset using
investment decision
different capital budgeting techniques

a. What is capital structure and why is it

important?
b. Degree of financial and operating leverage
30 Capital structure and leverage
c. The implications of optimal capital
structure and leverage for firm value and
investors/owners

Week - 11

Class Objective Content

a. The dividend decision and its critical
significance in financial management
31 Dividend: to pay or not to pay? b. What to consider when making a dividend
payout decision?
c. Formulating a good dividend policy
a. What is working capital management and
why is critical in an organization?
33 Managing working capital
b. Evaluating working capital conditions
c. Cash budgeting techniques
a. What is financial planning?
b. The significance of financial planning at
Financial planning and the individual and organizational level.
34
forecasting b. Details on the techniques of forecasting
financial statements - Income Statement,
Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement.

6
Week - 12

Class Objective Content

a. Details on the techniques of forecasting

Financial planning and financial statements such as Income
34
forecasting Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow
Statement.

a. What are the key differences between a

non-profit or public organization and a for-
Financial management in a profit private entity and how it affects
35 non-profit/government financial management practices?
organization
b. How to apply the learning for non-profit or
public organization’s financial management?

Financial management in a
a. Open discussion on how to apply the
non-profit/government
36 learning for financial management in the
organization: Open floor
context of participants’ organization?
discussion

Week - 13

Class Objective Content

Professional experience sharing session by:

Financial management in Mohammed Abdur Rashid, FCA, FCMA

37
action – 2 Director Finance
Habib Group
(the parent company of Regent Airways)
Professional experience sharing session:

Financial management in Mohammed Abdur Rashid, FCA, FCMA

38
action – 2 Director Finance
Habib Group
(the parent company of Regent Airways)
Professional experience sharing session:

Financial management in Mohammed Abdur Rashid, FCA, FCMA

39
action - 2 Director Finance
Habib Group
(the parent company of Regent Airways)

7
Week - 14

Class Objective Content

40 Review for End-Semester-01

41 Review for End-Semester-02 Contents of Week- 08 to 13

42 Review for End-Semester-03

END-SEMESTER EXAM

Plan for any educational visit (if needed):

- Two guest lecturer sessions are included in the sessions outlined above,
depending on resource persons’ availability.

References for Textbooks:

- Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston,

12th or higher Edition. South-Western, a part of Cengage Learning.