Unit Guide_ Bank Management2010.docVIP

 Unit title: BANK MANAGEMENT Credit value: 3.0 Lecturer: Dr Ping Wei Office: 米塔尔 416 Office Hour: Wednesday 15:00-17:00 Email: pingwz@ ________ PRE-REQUISITES As prerequisites, students should be familiar with elementary accounting, basic interest rate and basic macroeconomics. AIMS The course aims to develop students’ knowledge of commercial bank management. Students will be introduced to different aspects of decision making in bank management, including how to evaluate bank performance, how to measure and manage interest rate risk, the features of bank liabilities and liquidity analysis, how to manage credit risk, how to evaluate commercial loan requests and consumer loans, etc. some contemporary issues will also be explored in order to understand the changing environment which is shaping methods and development of modern bank management. LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODS The course employs a learning strategy of lectures, seminars, group and individual learning activities. This unit is a common unit delivered on programmes in different modes and the actual composition of the learning strategy will be designed to best support the nature of the unit and the mode of delivery for the programme concerned. This course will be taught through 24 two-hour teaching sessions through the Autumn term, starting on Wednesday of Week 7 (13rd Oct 2010). All lecturing ppts and other course material will be circulated before lectures. ASSESSMENT The course is assessed through coursework (weighted 30%) and exam (weighted 70%). The coursework is assessed by a combination of class attendance record and in-class discussion (10%) and presentations (20%). INDICATIVE CONTENT 1 Fundamental Forces of Change in Banking 2 Analyzing Bank Performance 3 Managing Noninterest Income and Noninterest Expense 4 Managing Interest Rate Risk 5 Managing Liabilities 6 The Effective Use of Capital 7 Liquidi