Financial Management

Nature of Financial Management: Finance and related disciplines; Scope of Financial Management; Profit Maximization, Wealth Maximization - Traditional and Modern Approach; Functions of finance. Capitalization – Under Capitalization and Over Capitalization.

Sources of finance: Classification - Short Term and long term sources of finance. Introduction about Financial Institutions-IDBI, IFCI, ICICI Working Capital Management: Operating cycle method and Net current asset or forecasting method.

Capital Structures: Approaches to Capital Structure Theories - Net Income approach, Net Operating Income approach, Modigliani-Miller (MM) approach, Traditional approach, Capital Structure and Financial Distress, Trade-Off Theory. Dividend Policy Decision - Dividend and Capital; The irrelevance of dividends: General, MM hypothesis; Relevance of dividends: Walter's model, Gordon's model. Leverage Analysis: Operating and Financial Leverage

Capital Budgeting - Principles and Techniques; Nature and meaning of capital budgeting; Estimation of relevant cash flows and terminal value; Evaluation techniques - Accounting Rate of Return, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return & MIRR, Net Terminal Value, Profitably Index Method.
Management of Cash and Liquidity: Motives of holding cash, cash management, Cash Planning and Forecasting.

Management of Inventory: Need to hold inventory, Objectives, importance and functions of Inventory Management, Techniques of Inventory control.
Management of Receivables: Cost associated with receivables, Objective and Factors affecting Investment in receivables, Credit Evaluation.