Financial Management

Paper Code: 
COM 304
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

To familiarize the students with fundamental principles and practices of Financial Management.

10.00
Unit I: 
Financial Management

Financial Management: Meaning, Scope, Importance and Limitations. Analysis of Financial Statements.
Financial Planning: Objectives, Significance & Factors affecting Financial Planning

8.00
Unit II: 
Ratio Analysis

Ratio Analysis: Meaning and classification of ratio- Liquidity ratio, Activity ratios, Profitability ratios, Leverage ratios and Investment ratios.
Operating and Financial Leverages: Meaning and Types of leverages

9.00
Unit III: 
Break Even Analysis

Break Even Analysis: Meaning and Methods of Break Even Analysis. Inventory Management: Meaning, Importance, Techniques of Inventory control

8.00
Unit IV: 
Capital Budgeting

Capital Budgeting: Meaning, Process and Techniques of Capital Budgeting.
Dividend and Dividend policy: Meaning, Forms of dividend, Factors effecting dividend policies

10.00
Unit V: 
Cost of capital

Cost of capital: Concept, factors affecting cost of capital and computation of cost of capital.
Capital Structure and Capitalization : Meaning, concepts, difference between capital structure and capitalization, factors effecting capital structure

Essential Readings: 

Agarwal MR- “Financial Management” Garima Publication, Jaipur
• Agarwal & Agarwal "Financial Management" RBD Publication. Jaipur

References: 

Bhalla, V.K., “Financial Management & Policy,” (Anmol Publications, Delhi).. Chandra, P., “Financial Management- theory and practice”, (Tata Mc Graw Hill).
• Rustagi, “Fundamentals of Financial Management”,( Galgotia Publishing House,
• Delhi)
• Khan M.Y- Indian Financial Management, Tata Mc Graw Hill, India
• Maheshwari S.N –Financial Management, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi
• Horne, J.C. Van., “Fundamentals of Financial Management”, 9th ed. (New Delhi Prentice Hall of India 1995).
• Khan and Jain., “Financial Management text and problems”, 2nd ed. ( Tata Mc Graw
• Hill New Delhi 1992).
• Pandey, I.M., “Financial Management”, Vikas Publications.

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