2019-2020 / FINA0086-1

Depth diagnostics of business: Legal and financial aspects

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in management (120 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Danielle Sougné

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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 legal 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 (legal aspects)
  • 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

Advanced knowledge in accounting, financial statement analysis, corporate finance, financing decisions, corporate valuation and business strategy

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex-caethedra sessions and interactive conferences presented by professionals from the legal world, bank and the consulting industry
Case studies
Prior and ex-post knowledge of the specific supports linked to each conference
Group case studies 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Compulsory presence to each course - Absence may lead to the exclusion out of the course

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous evaluation: 40% of the final grade
Exams: 60% of the final grade
Written examination in the form of a report on a practical case per group
Oral examination in the form of a group presentation of a professional-quality Powerpoint support on the practical case, an oral defence of the case and individual questions on the course content.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The practical aspects of the organisation are available and updated on the Intranet available for the students (lol@)
The course start on Thursday, September 19.
Most of the course is taught in French

Contacts

Prof. Danielle SOUGNE (coordination) : danielle.sougne@uliege.be


 

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

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Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

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