Unit Guide
AFW3841 Lending decisions
SYNOPSIS: Lending environment; decision making and organization of lending, lending policies and controls; behavioural aspects of decision making and decision-makers; retail, commercial and corporate lending; business expansions; off balance sheet lending; loan management and problem loans.
Mode of delivery: Workload:
ON-CAMPUS at Sunway This is a six credit point unit with three hours class contact per week over 12 teaching weeks. It is expected that you will spend, on average, nine hours in self-directed study each week, in addition to the three hours of class contact. Self-directed study for a particular unit may exceed nine hours during weeks preceding an in-semester test, submission of a major assignment or final examination. AFW 2401 and AFG 2631 or AFW 2631 AFF3841 Dr Sockalingam R. Ramasamy +6 03 5514 44931 Ms Sharon Cheah r.sockalingam@monash.edu
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SEMESTER 1, 2013
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ACADEMIC OVERVIEW Learning objectives
The learning objectives associated with this unit are to:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. apply appropriate analysis techniques to particular loan facilities analyse the risk return characteristics (and pricing) of a loan application examine the major types of lending products and gain the ability to match these products to customer needs investigate the behavioural aspects of decision making and decision makers describe statistical techniques used in decision making at the approval, monitoring and termination stages of lending apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with lending decisions and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFW3841.
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