B.Com. (Accounting and Finance) Vocational Skills in Accounting and Finance Paper III Introduction to Financial Forecasting Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the FY BAF syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based syllabus below alongside it for ATKT candidates, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Vocational Skills in Accounting and Finance Paper - III Introduction to Financial Forecasting
Module I: Understand
- Role of forecasting in financial decision-making.
- Limitations and risks associated with forecasting.
- Ethical considerations involved in financial forecasting.
- Types of Forecasting Techniques in Finance: Straight Line, Moving Average, Time series analysis, Sales Forecasting and Cash Budget. (Manual Calculations are expected).
Module II: Creating
- Trend analysis using excel.
- Calculation of moving averages and forecast function in excel.
- Forecasting Sales and Cash Budget using excel function.
- Evaluation of model using Mean Absolute Percentage Error.
Reference Books
- 1 Quick course in Micro-soft office - Joyce Cox, Polly Orban
- 2 Office 2013 complete reference - Stephen L.Nelson
- 3 Rajkamal, Internet and web Technologies, Tata McGraw Hill (2013)
- 4 Mastering Office 2013 - GimiCouster
- 5 Excel with Microsoft Excel: Comprehensive & Easy Guide to Learn Advanced MS Excel 2019 by Naveen Mishra
- 6 Valuation: Measuring and Managing the value of Companies: Thomas Copeland- Wiley
- 7 The Handbook of Advance Business Valuation: Rovert F Reilly and Robert Swhweish: Mc Graw hill
- 8 Business Valuation: Pitabas Mohanty- Taxmann
- 9 Valuation- Measuring and Managing the value of Companies : Tim Koller- Mc Kinsey & Co
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Com. (Accounting & Finance) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2024-25. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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