This course shows students how finance help them to understand how firms meet their objectives, emphasizing the financial aspects of management decisions. The focus of this course is on explanation of financial tools and techniques, which can be used to help firms maximize value by improving decisions relating to capital structure, capital budgeting, and working capital management. It touches on all areas of finance, including the valuation of real and financial assets, risk management and financial derivates, the trade - off between risk and expected return, and corporate financing an d dividend policy.