Nature, Purpose
and Scope of
Financial
Management
◊ Describe the nature, goal and basic scope 2
of Financial Management
◊ Explain briefly the three major parts types
Chapter of decision that the Financial Manager
makes
Objectives:
◊ Discuss the importance and significance of
Financial Management
◊ Describe the relationship between
Financial Management and Accounting
◊ Describe the relationship between
Financial Management and Economics
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○ a decision making process
Financial concerned with planning,
Management acquiring and utilizing funds in a
manner that achieves the firm’s
desired goals
○ Process for and analysis of
making financial decisions in the
business context
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Goal
Stock Price Make Money and Shareholder’s
Add Value Wealth
Maximization
Maximize the Profit Maximization
current value per and Managerial
share of the Reward
existing stock or Maximization
ownership in a Social
business firm. Responsibility
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Acquisition
Scope of Funds
of FM
Financing
Management
of Assets
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Procurement of
Short Term and
Traditional Long Term Funds
Function of
Financial
Management Mobilization of
Funds
Legal and
Regulatory
Compliance
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Total Funds
Requirement
Financial of the Firm
Managers in
Modern
Approach Assets and
Resources to be
Acquired
Determine Best
Pattern of
Financing Assets
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Types of Investment
Decisions Financing Decisions Dividend Decisions
Financial -determine how
scarce or limited -assert that the mix -Determination of
Decisions resources in terms
of funds of the
of debt and equity
chosen to finance
quantum of profits
to be distributed to
business firms are investments should the owners,
committed to maximize the value frequency of
projects. of investments payments and the
made amount to be
retained by the firm
Reduction of 9
Chance of Failure
-strength of a Measurement of
business lies in its Return of
Significance Broad Applicability
financial discipline. Investment
-FM is applicable in Finance function is
of FM all forms of primordial which
-FM studies Risk
Business. . enables other
and Return
functions like
production,
marketing and
personnel to be
effective in
achieving
organizational goal
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Relationship
Accounting
Finance
between FM
and Treasury
Accounting
Tax
Etc
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Financial
Management
and Economics
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Financial Management
and Public Responsibility
Reconcile social and environmental requirement with
profit making motive.
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“Having a plan with money does not
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just help you right now,
it also gives you
VISION and HOPE
for the END GOAL”
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Thanks!
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