ØAMET2200 Business Decision-Making Using Data Emneplan

Upon successful completion of the course the student:

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Knowledge

• have obtained an advanced and integrated understanding of fundamental drivers of value, and valuation techniques.
• have implemented and understood the use of this knowledge in practical settings.

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Skills

• be able to apply the advanced valuation techniques to real companies, to form an informed opinion as to the fair value of a company.
• have increased competence in presenting and discussing complex corporate valuation issues in a challenging context.
• be able to take complex financial information and distil them into relevant information for the valuation process.
• be able to confidently present the findings of their analysis verbally and in written and presentation of the fair value of a corporation or project towards investors, top management, and board of directors.

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General competence

• have completed demanding case work and presentations as constructive members of a student group.
• can produce alternative methods or resolve discrepancies and argue why they are good solutions to the problem.

ØAMET1100 Statistics or equivalent.

The students require a lot of practice to develop their analytical abilities. The subject matter is taught through ordinary lectures, guest lectures, group hand-ins and presentation, as well as discussions relating to case exercises.

The Course is Taught around 4 "blocks", where the first 3 hand-ins are steppingstones to the final report and presentation. Each student group has one case company throughout the course. Each block has the same structure of lectures/discussions, quiz, case work, presentation with feedback. This gives the students a piecemeal approach to the process of analyzing and valuing a publicly listed company.

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The students will be given feedback on their Presentation, Writing and Typography skills in relation to their reports and presentations of their case company. The final report and presentation will partly be graded on how convincing, understandable, and well argued the report and presentation are. Succinctly arguing your findings is therefore essential.

To be able to obtain a final grade in the course, the student must have the following approved work requirements:

4 individual multiple choice quizzes, available for a limited time at specified dates;;

4 presentations in class: The groups present their three written assignments and the final report (see Assessment below). The group members must participate equally in the presentations.

If the multiple choice quizzes are not approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit a new multiple choice. The lecturer will provide more detailed information about deadlines for submission. All presentation dates and timeslots will be provided at the beginning of the semester.

The final grade will be based on two equally weighted parts:

1. 3 written assignments;that must be handed in by specified deadlines during the course.;
2. A Final written report presented in 10 A4 pages + any relevant appendices and spreadsheets

All written assessments are group based, with groups of 3 students. Exceptions with groups of 2 students are only permitted if the class is not divisible by 3, and at the lecturers’ discretions.;The group work on the same case company throughout the course.

Further information regarding submission and due dates will be provided at the start of the semester.

The following coursework requirement must be approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Coursework 1: Four problem sets containing up to five exercises with subquestions. Each problem set contains exercises based on the topics covered in the course.

The problem sets can be completed individually or in a group of up to four students. To receive approval, all exercises and subquestions must be sufficiently answered.

The purpose of the problem sets is to give students practical experience with the course materials. The problem sets also aims to help students reflect on how the methods and tools taught in the course can be applied to different business problems.  

All required coursework must be completed and approved by the given deadline in order for the student to take the exam. If one or more coursework requirements have not been approved, the student will be given one opportunity to submit an improved version by a given deadline.

The following aids are permitted:

• Calculator (see regulations for the use of calculators in the programme description)
• One dictionary (Native language-English/English-Native language or English-English)
• One sheet of notes (A4-size, single-sided)

Grade scale A - F

The exam papers are assessed by one internal and one external examiner.

At least 25% of the exam papers will be assessed by two examiners. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by two examiners form the basis for determining the level for all the exam papers.