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Module Name
Module Code
Lecture Hrs
Practical Hrs
Credits
Financial Management and Control
DFA3021Y(5)
3
0
6

Description
Financial Management Objectives; Nature, Purpose and Scope of Financial Management in profit and non-profit making organisations; Financial Management Environment; Sources of finance (equity, debt, near-debt and financing of SMEs) and relative costs; Requirements; Capital Structure Planning and Policy including application of Modigliani and Miller propositions; Cost-Volume Profit Analysis & Operating Leverage; Analysis of Capital Budgeting Decisions - Identifying Free Cash Flows and Appraisal of capital investment opportunities (DCF and Non-DCF Techniques) inclusive of effects of taxation, inflation, risk and uncertainty; leasing v/s buying with borrowed funds decisions; Financial & Profit Planning; Nature & Scope of Working Capital Management; Management of Stock, Debtors, Short Term Funds, Cash, Overdrafts, and Creditors; Techniques of Working Capital Management. Management Control in Decentralised Organisations - Divisional Performance, Transfer Pricing; Quantitative Aids to Budgeting; Performance Measurement Models - Balanced Scorecard, Financial v/s Non Financial Business measures, Benchmarking; Non Profit Organisations; Public Sector; Impact on Reward Schemes; Planning & Control - Strategic Management Accounting; Management Accounting Framework; Management Accounting Systems - Design, Objectives, Recording and Format of Reports; Management Accounting Theory - Behavioural Implications of Management Accounting Practices.
Faculty Department
FACULTY OF LAW AND MANAGEMENT Department of Finance and Accounting
Contact Details
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu
 

 


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