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SBUS42040

Academic Year 2024/2025

Mergers & Acquisitions (SBUS42040)

Subject:
Business
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr John McCallig
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

The objectives of this module are to enable participants:
• to understand and manage ‘agency problems’ through effective corporate governance, performance related pay and other arrangements.
• to evaluate mergers and acquisitions (‘M&A’), including the valuation of target companies and synergies, and the structuring of consideration.
• to appreciate the typical responsibilities and challenges facing finance functions within organisations, and the foundations required for the department to deliver the value-adding services discussed within this Diploma.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Appreciate the potential significance of agency costs.
• Appreciate the critical elements within good corporate governance.
• Structure performance related pay to reduce agency costs.
• Critically evaluate the strategic rationale presented for M&A activity.
• Value equity and synergies within M&A transactions.
• Assess the structuring of M&A consideration.
• Assess the stage of development of a Finance function and possible paths to enhance the function.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

16
Specified Learning Activities

60
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

116

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
The module has a detailed study guide. Students are required to complete the module pre-reading or pre-work prior to attending the seminar sessions. The sessions themselves will be a combination of lectures, group discussion, in-class presentations, case study discussions and classroom exercises. A heavy emphasis in the seminars is on teasing out the implications of theory for practical application in a workplace context.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Written feedback to be provided within 20 days of assignment deadline.

Name Role
Jack Massey Tutor
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