Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: ◆ Identify the three main forms of business organization and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each one. ◆ Identify the primary goal of the management of a publicly held corporation‚ and understand the relationship between stock prices and shareholder value. ◆ Differentiate between what is meant by a stock’s intrinsic value and its market
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Agency Costs and Financial Decision-Making The Concept An agency relationship is a contract under which one or more persons (the principal(s)) engage another person (the agent) to perform some service on their behalf which involves delegating some decision making authority to the agent. If both parties to the relationship are utility maximizers and they may have divergent goals and objectives‚ and there is good reason to believe that the agent will not always act in the best interests of the
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Financial Management Recommendation of Acquisition Target SGH Warszawa Winter 2012 An example of the Motorola Solutions In the following three pages I will give main reasons for investing into this company. I’m going to use key figures presented the book Financial Management – Principles and Applications (10th Edition) by Arthur J. Kewon et al. referring to chapters 1 – 10. I’m going to focus on the analyzing part of key elements of the balance sheet. I chose this company because it used
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Creating a balance of spending and saving is the key to a successful financial life. According to Sharon K. Zoumbaris‚ author of Teen Guide to Personal Financial Management‚ "It really can be summed up in the most elementary equation: if your expenses are less than your income‚ the difference represents potential savings and investments. The more you can save‚ the better your financial foundation."(Zoumbaris 2000) However‚ financial security means more than just cash savings in the bank account‚ it
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ROLE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - Financial management is one of the functions of management - Financial management is concerned with o Profits and losses of operations o Control over funds o Ensuring appropriate cash flow is available o Chas management o Raising funds / controlling internal funds o Investment of funds o Cost control / pricing o Forecasting / measuring financial performance against expectations - Accounting is a subset of financial management. Financial transactions must be recorded
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questions: 1. In what long-term assets should the firm invest? (Capital budgeting) 2. How can the firm raise cash for required capital expenditures? (Capital structure) 3. How should short-term operation cash flows be managed? (Working capital management) Forms of business organization: Proprietorship- single owner Partnership- more than one owner Corporation- legal entity separate and distinct form its owners and managers. Corporations Advantages: Unlimited life- independent of owners
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ACCT1501 ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1A SEMESTER 1 2008 COURSE NOTES Last Revised: 13th August 2008. kaheiyeh.web.officelive.com Contents Page 3: The Nature of Accounting Page 5: The Balance Sheet & Transaction Analysis Page 8: The Income Statement & Transaction Analysis Page 13: Financial Reporting Principles Page 18: Adjustment to Accounting Entries Page 23: Completing the Accounting Cycle Page 26: Accounting for Cash Holdings & Receivables Page 30: Accounting for Inventory Page 37:
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Activity 2 for FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS Make a research on governance and accountability in handling the finances of the school. Then assume you are the principal or school head and answer the following questions below. 1. What is the role of governance and accountability in the general expenditures of the school? As stated in Sec. 5 of Republic Act 9155‚ shared governance is a principle which recognizes that every unit in the education bureaucracy has a particular role‚ task
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16 SBUs operating over 4 major geographical market segments:- 2.0 Internal Analysis 2.1 Financial Analysis (Appendix A‚ B‚ C) 1. Profitability Net profit margin is keep going up from year 2007 until 2010. Unstable return on equity and return on capital from year 2007 until 2010. 2. Efficiency Debtor turnover increase from 24 days to 30 days. Unstable creditor turnover day due to financial crisis at the year 2008 and 2009. Inventory turnover increase from 7.69days until 9.7 days. 3
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Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Strategic Management TRUE/FALSE 1. The term strategy refers to various plans at all levels of the organization. ANS: F Strategy refers to top management’s plans to develop and sustain competitive advantage. PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 1-1 2. The term strategy refers primarily to activities at the top level of the organization. ANS: T Strategy refers to top management’s plans to develop and sustain competitive advantage. PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 1-1 3
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