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Finance for Non-financial Executives  
     
 
  • 2008.06.19 - 06.22   [Beijing]   English with sequential Chinese interpretation
  • 2008.11.21 - 11.24   [Shanghai]   English with sequential Chinese interpretation
Programme Fee: ¥29,800
 
     
 
 
     
 
Message Description Objective Participants Benefits
Coverage Schedule Faculty Venue Admissions
 
     
 
  Description  
     
  This intensive four-day programme is designed to help participants become intelligent users of financial information. The programme will enable participants to understand the financial implications of their managerial decisions and to work effectively alongside financial specialists. The programme draws heavily on the instructor's extensive consulting experience with multinationals and Chinese enterprises and presents a systematic and practical framework for analysing managerial problems from a financial perspective.  
   
     
  Objective  
     
 

The objective of this programme is to equip participants with the financial skills that are prerequisites for success in today's increasingly competitive environment. The programme will help participants communicate more effectively with people in financial areas, develop financial policies and better understand the effect of financial decisions on their company's profitability.

 
   
     
  Participants  
     
 

This programme is designed for non-financial executives, from all disciplines, whose work involves financial discussion and decision-making processes.

Previous participants have included directors and managers of various levels from the fields of administration, commerce, operation logistics, sales, business development, customer services, engineering, human resources, marketing, merchandising, production, project management, quality assurance, internal and industrial control, energy market analysis and computer consultancy.

 
   
     
  Benefits  
     
  Participants in the programme will learn how to:
  • understand the basics of financial statements and conduct a proper analysis of financial statements
  • communicate more effectively with finance professionals
  • use financial information to improve managerial decisions
  • evaluate the viability of business proposals in terms of return on investment
 
   
     
  Coverage  
     
 
  • Financial statements and analysis
  • Financial planning and control
  • Cash flow and working capital
  • Corporate long-term investment decisions
 
   
     
  Schedule  
     
 

Day 1

  • morning
    • Introduction to Financial Management
      • Elements of financial management
      • Role of finance in an organisation
    • Understanding Financial Information
      • Structure of financial statements
      • Relationships between items in financial statements
      • Cash flow statement
  • afternoon
    • Analysing Financial Performance
      • Understanding financial ratios
      • Interpreting financial ratios
      • Du Pont Chart, trend analysis and common size analysis
      • Interpreting cash flow statement

Day 2

  • morning
    • Analysing Financial Performance
      • Case analysis
  • afternoon
    • Management of Working Capital
      • Cash flow and liquidity cycles
      • Determining working capital requirements

Day 3

  • morning
    • Management of Working Capital
      • Case analysis
  • afternoon
    • Management of Asset Investment
      • Time value of money and opportunity cost of capital
      • Investment criteria

Day 4

  • morning
    • Management of Asset Investment
      • Project cash flow estimation
  • afternoon
    • Management of Asset Investment
      • Case analysis
      • Summary, wrap-up, conclusions
 
     
   
     
  Faculty  
     
 

Professor Lawrence Carr, Programme Director

 
   
     
  Venue  
     
 

The course will be held in Shanghai and Beijing.

  • Shanghai session: CEIBS campus at 699 Hongfeng Road, Pudong, Shanghai
  • Beijing session: CEIBS Beijing Representative Office at 3/F Raycom InfoTech Park Tower A, 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Zhongguancun, Beijing
 
   
   
  Admissions  
     
 

Applications are reviewed as they arrive. Completed applications must be received 20 working days before the start of the programme. Any applications received after that date will be considered on a space-available basis. Please address all applications and enquiries to our customer service team in Shanghai, Beijing or Shenzhen.

If a confirmed booking is cancelled within 15 working days of the start of the programme, or if the applicant fails to attend the programme, a cancellation fee equaling to 20 percent of the total programme fee will be charged. If an applicant is unable to attend the programme, the applicant may transfer to another CEIBS Executive Education programme within the same calendar year. When a request to substitute participant(s) for the same programme is made less than 15 working days prior to the start of the programme, we are unable to guarantee the seat(s).

 
   
     
 

* CEIBS reserves the right to amend information on this programme including price, date, location, faculty, daily schedule and other details.

 
   
 

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  Comments From Participants
 

The programme provides me with an overall understanding of financial reporting system and also helps me to make sense of all my previous understanding of corporate finance. The cases chosen by the professor are also great.

Jimmy Guo
Vice President
Joyson Investment Holding Co., Ltd.

 

The practical exercises of making three financial statements help to strengthen understanding and knowledge retention. The professor also links the three statements to real business situations.

Chong Eik Ming
General Manager
Rohm and Haas (Shanghai) Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

 

The programme helped me to understand and conduct a proper analysis of the financial statements and Annual Report of the corporation, communicate more effectively with financial professionals, and evaluate the viability of business proposals in terms of return on investment.

Jack Zhang
General Manager
Haemonetics Medical Devices (Shanghai) International Trading Co., Ltd.

   
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