1. What three trends affect business management in general and financial management in particular? ANSWER: 1.The increased globalization of business 2. Ever-improving information technology 3. Corporate governance or the way the top managers operate and interface with stockholders. 2. What’s the difference between a stock’s current market price and its intrinsic value? ANSWER: Market price is based on perceived but possibly incorrect
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develop and implement the basic FOUR MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. The success of any business organization depends on how the four functions of management are implemented. These management functions allow an organization to handle its business strategy‚ tactical and operational decisions. The aim of the paper is to discuss the four functions of management namely; PLANNING‚ ORGANIZING‚ DIRECTING or LEADING and CONTROLLING. A. PLANNING This is the first management function and it is a very important area
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(For your information‚ in this whole report‚ Petronas Dagangan Bhd‚ we will short it as PDB and Petronas Gas Bhd as PGB) Question (a) Background and Future Prospects of the selected Company i) History PDB is incorporated in 1982 and listed on the Main Board of Bursa of Bursa Malaysia in 1994. Notably‚ PDB is also known as the principal domestic marketing arm of Petroliam Nasioanal Berhad (PETRONAS) and Malaysia’s leading retailer and marketer of downstream oil and gas products. Today‚ PDB
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Efficient management of every business enterprise is closely linked with efficient management of finance. In general‚ finance may be defined as the provision of money at the time it is needed. Financial management may be defined as procurement of funds and their effective utilization. This study has undertaken with some predetermined objectives like evaluate the general efficiency of business‚ to measure the financial solvency of the company‚ to use financial ratios for
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in the management of the firm. 3. In a corporation‚ what group has the ultimate responsibility for protecting and managing the stockholders’ interests? Board of directors 4. What document is necessary to form a corporation? Articles of incorporation 5. What issue does agency theory examine? Why is it important in a public corporation rather than in a private corporation? It examines the relationship between the owners of the firm and the managers of the firm. Management in privately
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Functions of management The functions of management uniquely describe managers ’ jobs. The most commonly cited functions of management are planning‚ organizing‚ leading‚ and controlling‚ although some identify additional functions. The functions of management define the process of management as distinct from accounting‚ finance‚ marketing‚ and other business functions. These functions provide a useful way of classifying information about management‚ and most basic management texts since
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Financial Management Questions- Short answers and Multiple Choice Short Answer 1. What is the difference between stock price maximization and profit maximization? Under what conditions might profit maximization not lead to stock price maximization? 2. Assume that you are serving on the board of directors of a medium-sized corporation and that you are responsible for establishing the compensation policies of senior management. You believe that the company’s CEO is very talented‚ but your
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The Development of Risk Management in the GCC Oil and Gas Sector Dr. Faisal Al-Thani November 9‚ 2008 0 Contents Why Risk Management is important National Oil Company case study N ti l C t d The Risk Management model Conclusion C l i 1 Characteristics of Oil and gas Industry Oil and gas industry is prone to uncertainty – – – – – – Oil reserve uncertainty Exploration uncertainty Crude price uncertainty Product price uncertainty Demand uncertainty Supply uncertainty Oil and
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Risk Management Toolkit Contents • Section 1 – Introduction 3 • Section 2 – Risk definition and language 7 • Section 3 – Risk appetite 33 • Section 4 – Risk governance‚ roles and responsibilities 51 • Section 5 – Risk policy 65 • Section 6 – Risk and control self assessment 93 • Section 7 – Key risk indicators 113 • Section 8 – Internal loss events 129 • Section 9 – External loss data 143 • Section 10 – Management
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Financial Management APC308 Individual assignment Weighting – 100% of the marks for this module This is an individual assignment of about 3‚000 words. Requirements: You are the senior financial manager in a large listed company‚ Carr plc. The directors of the company have identified a potential project‚ which they hope will be successful in increasing the wealth of the shareholders. The project will involve the purchase of new machinery costing £120 million with a life of
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