Fundamentals of Financial Management

Paper Code: 
24EBSG316
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will empower students to grasp essential financial management concepts such as financial planning, ratio analysis, leverage, break-even analysis, inventory management, capital budgeting,  dividend policy, cost of capital, and capital structure, enabling them to understand finance.

 

Course

Course Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24EBSG316

Fundamentals of Financial Management

(Theory)

 

 

CO103: Student will analyze the concept of financial management and interpret the role of financial planning in business decision making.

CO104: Student will examine the financial statements according to Ratio analysis and leverages.

CO105: Student will evaluate the significance of break even and inventory control management in business.

CO106: Students will compare different Capital Budgeting techniques and Dividend policy decisions in business.

CO107: Student will analyze the various methods of calculation of cost of capital and interpret the concept of Capital structure.

CO108: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials.

 

Learning activities for the students:                               Reading assignments, Case studies, Demonstration

 

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Financial Management and Financial Planning:
  • Meaning, Scope, Importance and Limitations.
  • Analysis of Financial Statements
  • Financial Planning: Objectives, Significance & Factors affecting Financial Planning.

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Ratio Analysis and Operating and Financial Leverages:
  • Meaning and classification of ratio-
  • Liquidity ratio, Activity ratios, Profitability ratios, Leverage ratios and Investment ratios.
  • Operating and Financial Leverages: Meaning and Types of leverages.

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Break Even Analysis and Inventory Management:
  • Meaning and Methods of Break Even Analysis.
  • Inventory Management Meaning, Importance and Techniques of Inventory control

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Capital Budgeting and Dividend and Dividend policy:
  • Meaning, Process and Techniques of Capital Budgeting.
  • Dividend and Dividend policy: Meaning, Forms of dividend, Factors effecting dividend policies.

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Cost of Capital and Capital Structure and Capitalization:

·      Concept, factors affecting cost of capital

·      Computation of cost of capital.

     Capital Structure and Capitalization: Meaning, concepts, Difference between       capital structure and capitalization and Factors effecting capital structure

Essential Readings: 
  • Agarwal MR- “Financial Management” Garima Publication, Jaipur
  • Agarwal & Agarwal "Financial Management" RBD Publication. Jaipur
  • Bhalla, V.K., “Financial Management & Policy,” (Anmol Publications, Delhi)
  • Chandra, P., “Financial Management- theory and practice”, (Tata Mc Graw Hill).
  • Khan M.Y- Indian Financial Management, Tata Mc Graw Hill, India

 

References: 
  • Chandra, P ,Financial Management : Theory & Practice, Tata McGraw-Hill Education
  • Rustagi, “Fundamentals of Financial Management”,(Galgotia Publishing House,
  • Delhi)
  • Maheshwari S.N –Financial Management, Sultan Chand and Sons, New Delhi
  • Horne, J.C. Van., “Fundamentals of Financial Management”, 9th ed. (New Delhi Prentice Hall of India 1995).
  • Khan and Jain., “Financial Management text and problems”, 2nd ed. ( Tata Mc Graw
  • Hill New Delhi 1992).
  • Pandey, I.M., “Financial Management”, Vikas Publications.

 

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Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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