Study Programmes 2016-2017
FINA0086-1  
Depth diagnostics of business: Legal and financial aspects
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Master in management (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Danielle Sougné, Didier Van Caillie
Coordinator :
Danielle Sougné
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
This course intends
  • to propose a synthesis, at the end of the learning process ot the student specialized in Financlal Analysis & Audit, of the different techniques and tools used to realize a strategic and financial business diagnosis
  • to illustrate how professionals from the consulting and banking industry use these techniques and tools in their daily activity.
The 10 sessions that are scheduled are structured around the Life Cycle of the firm and deal successively with the following themes :
  • the creation of the firm (business plan)
  • the emerging phase (individual support to emerging firms)
  • the growth phase (financing of the different steps of the growth)
  • the transmission phase (transmission and take-over of an existing firm)
  • the recovery or the exit phase (liquidation and recovery of the failing firm)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Strategy : The course will allow students to establish a strategy in order to optimize the value chain of a company, an organization or a project. Implementation : The course will allow students to take charge of the everyday management of a company, an organization or a project Quality and Performance Control : The course will allow students to plan and implement the performance and quality control in a company, an organization or a project Communication : The course will allow students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project Adaptability : The course will allow students to adapt their managerial practice to the needs of a fast-evolving world
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Fundamentals of financial statement analysis, corporate finance and financing decisions and business strategy
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Interactive conferences presented by professionals from the bank and the consulting industry
Prior and ex-post knowledge of the specific supports linked to each conference
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Compulsory presence to the different conferences - Absence may lead to the exclusion out of the course
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Defence, by small groups of students, of a real business diagnosis in front of a panel of professionals from the banking and the consulting industry
Presentation of a professional PPT support and delivery of a detailed written report before the oral defence of the report
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
The practical aspects of the organisation are available and updated on the Intranet available for the students
Contacts :
Prof. Danielle SOUGNE (coordination) : danielle.sougne@ulg.ac.be
Prof. Didier VAN CAILLIE : d.vancaillie@ulg.ac.be