FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK

Healthcare Facility Management Certification Programme

Course
Title
Course
Code
Course
Credit
Course
Status
Prerequisite
Synopsis
Course
Outcomes
(CO)

COURSE PLAN
Business and Financial Management
KNH 5083
3
Core
This course provides exposure to business and financial concepts and techniques, and how they can be
applied for sound and informed decision-making, planning and controlling.

By the end of this course, students should be able to;

2
3
4

Day

CO

CO1

C02

Programme Outcome
(PO)
Identify the opportunities and implications of the business Entrepreneurship Skills
environment to the management of facility within the
healthcare industry.
Formulate an effective planning system and establish a Critical Thinking
systematic decision-making mechanism.
Analyse the financial & accounting information to make Cognitive
informed operational decisions.
Produce an effective monitoring system for optimum Communication Skills
resources utilization and present the outcome in a
professional manner.

Topics & Activities

Understanding the Business

Fundamentals
Malaysian Business System and
Environment
Factors influencing Business
Development: Economic, politicallegal, technological & socio-cultural
Application of the business principles
in government organizations / GLC
Principle of Planning
Types & levels of strategies
The what&how of the planning
process
Strategic versus Operational Planning
Contingency Planning
Crisis Management
Risk Management
Establishing the decision-making
hierarchy: Authority distribution &

No.
Of
Hours
8

Teaching
Activities

Assessment /
Evaluation
Method

Lecture:
Explain,
clarify
Video &Case
Study
Group
Discussion
Case Study

Assignment
SCL Activities
Oral
Presentation
Quiz
Theoreticalbased question:
final exam

Lecture:
Explain,
clarify
Case Study

Assignment
SCL Activities
Oral
Presentation
Theoreticalbased question:
final exam

CO3

the delegation process

Interpreting Accounting
Information
Malaysia public sector accounting
standard
Income Statements, Balance Sheets,
and Cash-flow Statements
Budgeting
Basic GST

Lecture:
Explain,
clarify
Case Study

Assignment
Theoreticalbased
question:
exam

CO3

Reading and Understanding Financial

Information
Ratio Analysis
Measures of Liquidity
Measures of Efficiency
Measures of Financial Leverage
Measures of Profitability

Lecture:
Explain,
clarify
Case Study

Assignment
Report
Writing
Theoreticalbased
question:
exam

CO4

Control Techniques and Process

Control Process
Audit
Types of Controls: Feedforward,
Concurrent and Feedback Controls
Characteristics of effective controls
Control Techniques: Bureaucratic
Controls, Financial Controls, Budget
Controls, Marketing Controls and HR
Controls.

Lecture:
Explain,
clarify
Case Study

SCL Activities
Oral
Presentation
Theoreticalbased
question:
exam

Final Exam

Teaching Learning Approach

Assessment

Lectures
Activities
Final Exam
Total
Assignments
SCL Activities
Oral Presentation
Report Writing
Quizzes
Exam
1.

Resources
2.

3.
4.
5.

Hours
20
20
3
43
Percentage
20
15
15
10
10

30
Total
100
Ebert, R., and Griffin, R. (2014). Business Essentials (10th Ed.). New Jersey:
Pearson Prentice Hall.
Khalidah Khalid Ali, Rahayu Abdul Rahman, Sofiah Molek Lope Aman,
Rohani Salleh, Lai Fong Woon, Satirenjit Kaur Johl, (2012). Business
Management: A Malaysian Perspective (2nd Ed.). Malaysia: Oxford Fajar,
Oxford University Press.
Titman, S., Keown, A., and Martin, J. (2013). Financial Management:
Principles and Applications (12th Ed.) New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Madura, J. (2010). Introduction to Business (5th Ed.). South Western
Publishing.
Shaari Isa. (2007). Accounting Principles (2nd Ed.). Selangor, Malaysia:
Prentice Hall.

6. Bateman, T., and Snell, S. (2012) Management: Leading & Collaborating in

the Competitive World (10th Ed.). McGraw-Hill/Irwin Publishing.
7. Certo, S. (2013). Modern Management (13th Ed.). New Jersey: Pearson
Prentice Hall.

Prepared by:

Checked and certified by:

................................ .............................................................
(AP. Dr Kartinah
( AP. Dr. Abdullah Yassin )
Ayupp)
Date:................................................
Date:.......................

Approved by:
...................................................................
(Dean of Faculty)
Date:...................................................