Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis

llsmg2000  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h + 10.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Cerrada Cristia Karine;
Language
French
Main themes
This class pursues three objectives a) Highlight the links between reading balance sheets and income statements and the accounting. b) To appreciate the reconciliations and the distances between the accounting and financial data of the annual accounts and economics , given the legal requirements ( reporting to the accounting law, company law and tax law ) . c) To understand the relativity of commonly applied methods to study the Financial Statements and establish a business diagnostic
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 Having regard to the LO of the programme X, this activity contributes to the development and acquisition of the following LO:
  • 1. Corporate citizenship 1.1. 'Look critically ' 2. Combine knowledge 2.1. Master a core knowledge.. 2.3. Articulate the acquired knowledge from different areas of management 2.5. Articulate and apply the acquired knowledge ' 3. A scientific and pragmatic approach 3.1. Conduct an analytical reasoning ' 3.2. Collect, select and analyze information , ' 3.3.Consider problems using a pragmatic approach , ' 3.4. Perceptively synthesize 'diagnosis ' 3.5.Produce implementable solutions' 4. Entrepreneurship and ability to evolve 4.1.Reflect on and evolve content, process and aims of professional practices. 5. Work in intedisciplinary environment 9. Enlargment of its own competencies 9.2. Quick and autonomous study'
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Basic business laws underlying accounting, Accounting tools, reporting measures, ledgers, cost reports, Financial statement analysis: Ratios; cash flow analysis, financial performance measurement tools Investigate the influence of business laws on financial reports
Evaluation methods
Written exam
Online resources
https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=10037
Bibliography
  • Pas de syllabus.  DIAPORAMA non obligatoire et disponible en ligne (moodle du cours) .
 OUVRAGE proposé : K. Cerrada, Y. De Rongé et M. De Wolf, Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers, 3 eme ed, de Boeck, Bruxelles, 2019. non obligatoire.
Teaching materials
  • K. Cerrada, Y. De Rongé et M. De Wolf, Comptabilité et analyse des états financiers, 3 eme ed, de Boeck, Bruxelles, 2019. non obligatoire.  DIAPORAMA non obligatoire et disponible en ligne (moodle du cours) .
Faculty or entity
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Management