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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Working Capital Assessment and Funding Strategies

AB502 · Financial Management — Week 4 of 16

CourseAB502
Week4 of 16
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This week’s topics

Working Capital Assessment and Funding Strategies

  1. Forecasting working capital needs
  2. Aggressive, conservative, and matching funding strategies
  3. Short-term versus long-term financing mix
  4. Impact of business cycles on liquidity
  5. Working Capital Requirement Assessment-I
  6. Working Capital Requirement Assessment-II

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Evaluate how a business assesses its working capital requirements and funding strategies.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate how a business assesses its working capital requirements and funding strategies.

Study materials

Videos

  • Management of Working Capital  - Introduction - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 30 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 19: The Importance of Trade Credit and Working Capital in Planning · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 567–598 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 16.3–16.5: Short-term, long-term and equity financing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 543–548 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 1, ch. 5.3: Current ratio and working capital · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 272–282 · 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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