Economic, Social and Demographic Trends
Companies use funds to finance long term operations, it’s important to know how to evaluate future returns to determine if a project is worth pursuing.
STUDY:
capital budgeting, NPV, Payback, P.I
break-even analysis,
estimating cash flow
cost of capital
long-term asset management
depreciation, SL, Accelerated
READ:
1) Module 4: Financing Alternatives (Modules are located in LEO – Content – Course Content –click on the title of the Module and Read Commentary)
a. The Firm’s Cost of Capital- Read through Cost of Capital Debt Financing.
b. Breakeven Analysis
2) Course Text : Boundless Finance Online Text
(A PDF of the Boundless course textbook may also be found in Leo under Content > Syllabus)
Chapter 10: Cost of Capital
Chapter 11: Capital Budgeting
3) TeachMeFinance.com – read topics:
Cost of Capital, http://teachmefinance.com/
View: Capital Budgeting You Tube video: Capital Budgeting
TO DO:
Participate in the Weekly Discussion
Problem Set in ‘Homework’ #6 – My Tools/ Quizzes & Exams/ Finc 331 Homework Week 6
Discussion
Capital budgeting is a complicated process that is essential to an organization’s making good investment decisions. Please give an example of a capital budgeting decision a company might need to make. Once a business computes its cost of capital, how does a manager decide whether to take on a project or not? What considerations might inform the decision?
This discussion is more interesting if we review either your personal experiences and/or the financial literature to identify and present a description of one actual capital project/product failure and the reasons attributed to the failure. For those of you who do not have personal experiences the following are some illustrated examples of failed projects/products over the last 50 years you may want to look up and consider: -New Coke,- The Iridium Satellite Communication,- the Edsel automobile, Beta (vs. VHS), the Concord SST, and various Dot Coms. Feel free to research others.
HRMN 395
Week 6: Global Rewards and Culture
Objectives:
By the end of this week students should be able to:
Describe some of the cultural, legal, and country-specific practices important in designing total rewards for global companies.
Read:
1. Lee, E. & Yu, K. S. (2013). How are global HR competency models evolving for the future?
2. Framework for Benefits and Compensation
3. An Overview of Economic, Social and Demographic Trends
Do:
Go to the discussion questions and post initial answers and value added responses to classmates by Sunday 11:59 p.m.
Discussion #1
Describe what you learned about the impact of economic, social, and demographic trends affecting the US labor environment.
Use at least one reference and interact with at least two classmates.
Discussion #2
What competencies are needed today that were not needed ten years ago for HR professionals because now we are a global economy?
Use a minimum of two references and interact with at least two classmates.
