Course Objective
Course Outcomes
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CO 66:Acquaint with the arena of Financial Management and apply concepts of discounting and compounding to solve practical problems. CO 67:Understand the concept of risk and return, Cash Management, Marketable Securities Management, Receivables Management and Inventory Management. CO 68:Calculate working capital requirements and Cost of Capital of a Company. CO 69:Apply Capital Budgeting techniques to evaluate a project proposal. CO 70:Understand significance of Leverage; basics of Capital Structure and Dividend policy
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Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Group Discussion, Tutorials, Case Study
Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, presentations |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation |
Meaning, Nature, Scope, Importance and Objectives of Financial Management; Functions of a chief financial officer; Sources of finance- Long term and Short term; Indian financial system-structure and functions.
Time value of money-Compounding and Discounting concept and its applications
Risk and Return – Risk of a single asset, portfolio theory and risk diversification, Systematic and unsystematic risk, Capital Asset pricing model (CAPM)- Assumptions, CAPM equation, Security Market line (SML)
Cash and Marketable securities management- Meaning and Principles of cash management;
Management of working capital- Meaning, Estimation of working capital requirements, Working capital financing by banks; Receivables management- Meaning and importance; Inventory management- Meaning, objectives and techniques-Economic order quantity, Re-order point, Fixing stock levels. |
Cost of Capital- Meaning, Cost of Debt, Preference and Equity Capital, Weighted average cost of capital;
Capital Budgeting: Concept, need and objectives; Methods of Capital budgeting –Average Rate of Return, Payback period, Net present value, Internal Rate of Return, Profitability Index.
Leverage: Meaning, types of leverages and their significance;
Capital Structure-Meaning, considerations in capital structure planning, value of firm and capital structure;
Dividend Policy- Meaning, Factors affecting dividend decisions, Alternative forms of dividends, Types of dividend policies, Dividend policy models-Assumptions and criticism