Financial Management

Paper Code: 
CDMK 402
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 
Investment Decision

Capital Budgeting Process, Basic Principles of Capital Expenditure Proposals, Various appraisal Methods-Average Rate of Return, Payback Period DCF Methods. NPV, IRR and Profitability Index, Merits and Demerits of Appraisal Methods, Conflicts in Decision Making, Investment Appraisal Methods in Practice. 

12.00
Unit II: 
Capital Structure

Basic Issues, Irrelevance Approach, Relevance of Capital Structure Determination of Optimal Capital Structure, Features of Sound capital Structure, Planning the Capital Structure, Capital Structure Theories- Net Income Approach, Net Operating Income Approach, Traditional Approach, Modigliani- Miller Approach.

12.00
Unit III: 
Cost of Capital

Significance, Computation, Composite or Overall or Weighted Average and Marginal cost of capital

12.00
Unit IV: 
Dividend Policy Decision

Introduction, Modigliani and Miller (MM) Hypothesis, Walter’s Model, Gordon’s Model, Determinants of Dividend Policy

12.00
Unit V: 
Leverage

Meaning of Leverage, Operating Leverage, Financial Leverage, EBIT- EPS Analysis, Indifference Point, Combined Leverage Finance software: Finacle.

Essential Readings: 
  • Sinha. P.K, “Financial Management-tools and techniques”, Excel Books
  • Srivastava and Misra, “Financial Management, Second edition”, Oxford University Press
  • Agarwal, M.R. “Financial Management”, Garima Publication
  • Pathak. V, “The Indian financial system: Markets, Institutions and Services”, Pearson
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