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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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 1. “The managers of tomorrow will not be a bigger man than his father was before him.” – Critically analyse this statement and discuss the tasks expected to be performed by future managers to effectively deal with management challenges. 2. Identify four corporate social responsibility initiatives adopted by corporates which you are familiar with. Pg 102 3. “More centralization and decentralization are not advisable” – Do you agree or disagree? Justify. Suggest
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TABLE OF CONTENT 1. Part A: Solvent Plc Table 1: Summary of Differences in two years of Financial Ratios 2 Calculation of Working Capital Cycle (days) 2 Performance Analysis 3-4 2. Part B: Mega Plc Question 1 5 Question 2 6 Question 3 7 Question 4 7 3. Part C: Brothers Ltd Question 1 a) Payback Period Calculations 8 b) Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
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A SEMINAR PAPER ON FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT CHAPTER ONE Introduction Risk means the possibility of loss due to exposure to certain circumstances. In any financial investment‚ there is a chance that the actual return will be much lesser than expected. This chance is referred to as Financial Risk. Managing this risk to minimize financial losses is the best practice known as Financial Risk Management. Managers with a finance responsibility are expected to have a working knowledge of the principles
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Financial Management Challenges and Ethics BUS 401 Principles of Finance Instructor: Richard Burke 4/21/14 Financial Integrity and Foreign Markets Find at least two articles from the ProQuest database that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today. One of the articles should be about the challenge of maintaining ethical financial integrity and the other article should be on any other challenge that a financial manager may face (e.g
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Examination Paper IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper International Financial Management Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) • This section consists of Multiple choice & Short Answer type questions. • Answer all the questions. • Part One questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple choices: 1. Maintenance margin money denotes the minimum level to which the margin is allowed to fall in the sequel of loss‚ if the balance drops below this
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Strategic Financial Management University of Phoenix Finance for Managerial Decision Making / FIN 554 Professor Greg Garay January 17‚ 2006 Table of Contents Abstract 3 Strategic Financial Management ..4 Working Capital Management .4 The Kmart Corporation Debacle ..5 Long-Term and Short-Term Strategies .. 6 Financial Performance
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Chapter 3 - NATURE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT What is finance Finance can be defined as he art and science of managing money. Virtually all individuals and organizations earn or raise money and spend or invest money. Finance is concerned with the process‚ institutions‚ markets and instruments involved in the transfer of money among individuals‚ business and governments. Nature of Financial Management Financial Management as an academic discipline has undergone fundamental changes as regard
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Financial management has emerged as a distinct field of study only in the early part of this century‚ as a result of consolidation movement and formation of large enterprises. Its evolution may be divided into three phases. The Traditional phase‚ The Transitional phase and The Modern phase The Traditional Phase:This phase has lasted for about four decades. Its finest expression was shown in the scholarly work of Arthur S. Dewing‚ in his book tilted the Financial Policy
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