Changes in competitive conditions create the need for managers to make rapid and often far-reaching business decisions about their short term operations and long term strategies, with significant financial implications; course offers a unique opportunity to develop an appreciation of the causes and significance of current developments in the financial and corporate sectors and to study advanced theory and practice relating to financial markets and the management of business firms; course aims to provide participants not only with an insight into organisational behaviour and strategic choices in human resource management and marketing, but also with an understanding of theoretical developments relating to corporate finance and the capital markets, and competence in the techniques required to assess the consequences for business management.