| Code: | MGE2110 | Acronym: | MINV |
| Teaching Area: | Management |
| Acronym | Study plan | Curriculum Years | ECTS | Contact hours | Total Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGE | Aviso n.º 9883/2017, de 25 de agosto | 1º | 6 ECTS | 54 | 160 |
| Theoretical-Practical: | 11,67 |
| Orientação Tutorial: | 0,00 |
Teaching - Hours
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SPSS
Mendeley
Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Office Excel
GNU PSPP
Portuguese
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF CURRICULAR UNIT
In the current context of uncertainty and lack of funding, it is essential to provide students with knowledge of the criteria for investment decisions, firm value and risk analysis.
OBJECTIVES AND EXPECTED LEARNNG OUTCOMES
The objectives of this curricular unit are:
1. Distinguish the different types of real investments
2. Know and calculate the cash-flows of the investment project
3. Know the different types of costs
4. Calculate and analyze the investment decision criteria
5. Know the specificities of each investment decision criterion
6. Know the different sources of financing and impact in the investment decision
7. Analyze and identify investment risk
8. Develop the financial part of a business plan.
SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED
It is important to provide managers and entrepreneurs with the skills to overcome the current context of uncertainty around investment and financing decisions. Therefore, it is intended students to develop the following skills:
1. Learning the criteria for investment decision;
2. Analyze the conditions that must be met when making this investment decision, including those relating to profitability, risk, financing conditions and the strategic framework;
3. Understand and be able to apply to the specifics of each project, a methodology of analysis, involving the different steps in the calculation of the cash-flows of an investment project and the application / use of analytical methods / most appropriate indicators;
4. Learning to use the mechanisms that enable the adoption of strategies to mitigate the risk that characterizes the investment decision, while the decision to root clearly foreseeable;
5. Evaluate the consequences of inflation in the investment decision, and
6. Prepare the financial part of a business plan.
1. Introduction
1.1. Work's Type
1.2. Structure and Rules
2. Research Problem
2.1. Features and ethics research
2.2. research problem discussion
2.3. research strategy
3. Literature Review
3.1 Purpose and planning research
3.2 Information sources and types of analysis
3.3 construction method of literature review
4. Operational Steps of the Research Process
4.1. Construction of Hypotheses/Objectives
4.2. Identification and selection of variables
4.3. Research Methods
4.3.1. Definition of scientific method
4.3.2. Sampling techniques
4.4. Data collection techniques
4.4.1. Classification of technical
4.4.2. data collection tools
4.4.2.1 Interview
4.4.2.2 The questionnaire
5. Quantitative research methodologies
5.1. Empirical analysis and contextualization
5.1.1. Comparative statistical methods
5.2. Construction and subsequent procedures in a database
5.2.1. Descriptive analysis of the variables
5.2.2. Parametric tests
5.2.3. Non-parametric tests
5.3. Linear regression model
5.4. Introduction to factor analysis
5.5. Data analysis and interpretation of results
5.6. Conclusions and future direction lines
6. Qualitative research methodologies
6.1. Methods of data collection
6.1.1. The observation
6.1.2. The individual and group interview
6.1.3. Other qualitative strategies for data collection (biographical approach, direct observation and documentary analysis)
6.2. Qualitative method of data analysis
6.2.1 Content analysis: coding, categorization and interpretation of information
The first two objectives are reached at the end of the program, culminating with the completion of the project work. The third objective is explored in the first three chapters of the program. It is important to note that the Mendeley software is used for the management of bibliographic references, since it allows the collection and insertion of citations and bibliographic references in text. The 4th objective is dealt with in points 5 and 6 of the program using quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The 5th objective is explored in carrying out the project work.
| Hill, M. & Hill A.;Investigação por questionário, Edições Sílabo, 2009 |
| Patton, M. ;Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 3rd ed., London: Sage , 2009 |
| Real de Oliveira, E.; Ferreira, P. ;Métodos de Investigação: da interrogação à descoberta científica, Vida Económica, 2014. ISBN: 978-989-76805-3-3 |
| Denzin, N. & Lincoln, Y. ;The Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd ed., London: Sage, 2005 |
| Quivy, R. & Campenhoudt, L. ;Manual de Investigação em Ciências Sociais, Lisboa: Gradiva , 1992 |
The contents of this curricular unit will be exposed mainly in tutorial classes combining the theoretical exposition of the main concepts, methodologies and techniques with the discussion of practical cases and the resolution of exercises of application. To this end, computer media, such as Microsoft Powerpoint software, will be used for the presentation of programmatic content, as well as other support tools, such as Mendeley and GNU PSPP and various paper publications. In the course of the classes will be encouraged the pro-activity and critical attitude of the students in relation to the issues under discussion.
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
| Description | Type | Time (hours) | Conclusion Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance (estimated) | Lessons | 45 | |
| Tutorial Orientation | Participação Presencial | 9 | |
| Evaluation | Teste/Exame | 2 | |
| Study | Study | 104 | |
| Total: | 160 |
One test: 40%
Pre-project of the final work: 15%
Final report of the Dissertation Project, or project work, or professional stage: 40% (in this component the literature review in each typology of the works will have the 20% component).
Final Test: 50%
Final report of the Dissertation Project, or Project Work, or Professional Stage: 50% (in this component the literature review in each typology of the works will have the 25% component).
In order to achieve the objectives described above, the classes include the presentation of theoretical contents where the Microsoft PowerPoint program is used. In the application of the contents taught, students are offered practical cases and exercises and in "PDF" format. Regarding the 3rd objective, the Mendeley program is used and in the 4th objective to deal with the quantitative methodologies the Microsoft Excel program and the GNU PSPP are used.