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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Operational Functions of Financial Management

AB502 · Financial Management — Week 2 of 16

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This week’s topics

Operational Functions of Financial Management

  1. Investment appraisal decisions
  2. Financing decisions
  3. Dividend distribution policies
  4. Financial planning and budgetary control
  5. CIMA P2 Discounted Investment Appraisal Techniques - Net present Value, IRR
  6. Lecture 59: Dividend Decisions - Part I
  7. CIMA P2 Budgetary Control and Performance Management

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Explain the scope and control of financial management and control in business.
  • 1.3 Explain the operational functions of financial management in a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the scope and control of financial management and control in business.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA P2 Discounted Investment Appraisal Techniques - Net present Value, IRR · YouTube · OpenTuition · 36 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P2 Budgetary Control and Performance Management · YouTube · OpenTuition · 33 min · for registered students
  • Discounted Cash Flows - Net Present Value - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 36 min · for registered students
  • Investment Appraisal – NPV, IRR - ACCA Management Accounting (MA) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 26 min · for registered students
  • INVESTMENT APPRAISAL (PART 6) - INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN · YouTube · FOG Accountancy Tutorials · 29 min · for registered students
  • INVESTMENT APPRAISAL (PART 5) · YouTube · FOG Accountancy Tutorials · 19 min · for registered students
  • INVESTMENT APPRAISAL (PART 1) · YouTube · FOG Accountancy Tutorials · 34 min · for registered students
  • INVESTMENT APPRAISAL (PART 4) · YouTube · FOG Accountancy Tutorials · 15 min · for registered students
  • What is Budgeting? | Budgetary control | Advantages & Limitations of Budgeting · YouTube · Educationleaves · 6 min · for registered students
  • [Strategic Cost Management] Master Budget (Budgeting and Business Planning) · YouTube · Sir Chua's Accounting Lessons PH · 56 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 16: Understanding Financial Management and Securities Markets · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 551–584 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 11: Capital Budgeting Decisions · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 517–564 · for registered students
  • How Do CFOs Make Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Decisions? · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Scope and Objectives of Financial Management
  • Week 2: Operational Functions of Financial Management
  • Week 3: Nature and Elements of Working Capital
  • Week 4: Working Capital Assessment and Funding Strategies
  • Week 5: Managing Working Capital: Cash and Liquidity
  • Week 6: Managing Working Capital: Receivables, Inventory, and Payab…
  • Week 7: Determinants of Capital Structure
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Capital Structure Theories and External Influences
  • Week 10: Causes of Undercapitalisation and Overcapitalisation
  • Week 11: Strategic Impact of Capital Imbalances
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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