Management of Financial Institutions

Management of Financial Institutions

At the end of this lecture, students are expected to be able to analyse, discuss and critique, at current state and at decision-making levels - senior Management/board - major issues (micro as well as macro) in the management of financial institutions. Students are expected too, to be able to fully appreciate the dimensions and diversity of management problems and constraints in the day-to-day as well as in the future of their organizations, to be able to appreciate the multidisciplinary nature of the decision processes in banks and other financial institutions, including human and technology elements, the regulatory and Environment’s imperatives, the psychological and sociological impact/effects of management decision-making. In addition, the students are expected to be able to develop competencies in the application of the knowledge of theory/concept to real life decision-making situations in banks and other financial institutions. The knowledge gained in this lecture is expected to enhance students’ ability in understanding the central role of finance to the economic and social development of nearly all countries of the world today; an appreciation that should influence and drive managers of banks and other financial institutions in their operations/decision-making functions. This subject is linked to all other subjects of the examination