1st Edition

Financial Management An Introduction

By Jim McMenamin Copyright 1999
    828 Pages
    by Routledge

    828 Pages
    by Routledge

    Finance is a notoriously difficult core subject for business undergraduates, which many find difficult to understand. The area has been dominated by large and complex introductory texts - often from the US - which many lecturers find too detailed and unwieldy.
    This carefully developed and researched text will fill this gap by providing a succinct, modular, UK-focused introduction to the subject of financial management. Quality controlled by an academic review panel, the content and approach has been rigorously developed to answer the needs of non-finance students.
    The user-friendly features and design will be of great appeal to the many undergraduates who find finance a difficult subject. Examples, models, formulas, and exercises are lucidly and clearly presented, supported by strong pedagogical features - learning objectives, worked examples, key learning points, further reading, practical assignments, references, case studies and teacher's guide.
    This ensures that Financial Management will prove the most accessible text for business and finance students.

    Part 1: The Scope and Environment of Financial Management 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Key Issues in Modern Financial Management 3. The Financial Environment 4. Capital Markets Part 2: The Core Concepts in Financial Management 5. The Time Value of Money 6. Risk and Return - Portfolio Theory 7. Risk and Return - The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) 8. The Central Concept of Value Case Study 1 Share Valuation Part 3: Financial Analysis and Performance Evaluation 9. Financial Analysis and Performance Evaluation Case Study 2 Part 4: Strategic Financial Decision-Making - The Investment Decision 10. Investment Appraisal Introduction 11. Investment Appraisal - Risk Analysis 12. The Cost of Capital Case Study 3 Part 5: Strategic Financial Decision Making - The Financial Decision 13. Capital Structure and Gearing 14. Dividend Policy Part 6: Financial Planning and Control 15. Financial Planning and Control Part 7 Short-Term Financial Management 16. Short-Term Financial Planning 17. Working Capital Management 1 18. Working Capital Management 2 19. Short and Medium Term Sources of Finance Case Study 4

    Biography

    Jim McMenamin