Business Game (5 cr)
Code: A9141-3014
General information
- Enrollment
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23.11.2020 - 29.11.2020
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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25.03.2021 - 31.05.2021
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual proportion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Distance learning
- Campus
- Laurea Leppävaara
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Palveluliiketoiminnan koulutus (MLA2), Laurea Leppävaara (Finnish)
Learning outcomes
The student is able to
- use planning, analysis and decision-making tools and techniques in strategic planning
- analyse financial statements and different kinds of business reports and use them as a basis for decisions
- make business decisions in various business contexts and consider the multidimensional aspects of these decisions
- make business decisions in groups
Materials
Book and articles:
Financial analysis & decision making: tools and techniques to solve financial problems and make effective business decisions
Author(s):Vance, David E.
Published:New York : McGraw-Hill, 2002.
Chapters: 1 Financial Statements and Accounting Concepts, 2 Financial Ratios and Other Measures of Performance , 12 Product Costing , 13 Break-Even Analysis and Modeling, 15 Master Budgets Vanriance Analysis and 16 Pricing Theory.
Book is available as ebooks, follow links below
How to to read the eBook:
Laurea's students: (open links as a new window)
https://laurea.finna.fi/Record/nelli01.111056485280488
ADDITIONAL eBOOK SOURCES:
BarCharts, I. (2016). Accounting Terminology. Boca Raton: BarCharts, Inc.
J. Madegowda. (2007). Management accounting. Global Media.
Tiffin, R. (2007). The Finance and Accounting Desktop Guide: Accounting Literacy for the Non-financial Manager. London: Thorogood Publishing.
Tracy, J. A. (2008). Accounting for Dummies.
Sterling, M. J. (2008). Business math for dummies®. Hoboken (NJ): Wiley.
Barrow, Colin, et al. The Business Plan Workbook, Kogan Page, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central
Barker, R. (2011). Short Introduction to Accounting.
Marriott, P., Edwards, J. R., Edwards, J. R. & Mellett, H. J. (2002). Introduction to Accounting.
Haber, J. R. (2004). Accounting Demystified. New York: AMACOM Division of American Management Association International.
Teaching methods
The student is able to
•use planning, analysis and decision-making tools and techniques in strategic business planning
•analyse financial statements and different kinds of business reports and use them as a basis for decisions
•make business decisions in various business contexts and consider the multidimensional aspects of these decisions
•make business decisions in groups
Content scheduling
Contents
Management decision making
Group decision making
Business Simulation Game
Financial statements
Income statement
Balance sheet
Cash flow statement
Budgeting
Market report
Operations report
Ratios
Evaluation scale
H-5