12MBAFM321 Advanced Financial Management syllabus for MBA


Unit-1 Working capital management 6 hours

Determination of level of current assets.Sources for financing working capital. Bank finance for working capital. (Noproblems on estimation of working capital). Working capital financing:Short term financing of working capital, long term financing of workingcapital. Working capital leverages.

Unit-2 Cash Management 6 hours

Forecasting cash flows – Cash budgets, long-term cashforecasting, monitoring collections and receivables, optimal cash balances –Baumol model, Miller-orr model,. Strategies for managing surplus fund.

Unit-3 Receivables Management 6 hours

Credit management through credit policyvariables, marginal analysis, Credit evaluation : Numerical credit scoring andDiscriminate analysis. Control of accounts receivables, Problems on creditgranting decision.

Unit-4 Inventory Management 6 hours

Determinations of inventory control levels :ordering, reordering, danger level. EOQ model. Pricing of raw material.Monitoring and control of inventories, ABC Analysis.

Unit-5 Capital structure decisions 10 hours

capital structure & market value of a firm.Theories of capital structure – NI approach, NOI approach, Modigliani Millerapproach, traditional approach. Arbitrage process in capital structure.Planning the capital structure: EBIT and EPS analysis. ROI & ROE analysis.Capital structure policy .

Unit-6 Dividend policy 6 hours

Theories of dividend policy : relevance and irrelevancedividend decision. Walter’s & Gordon’s model, Modigliani & Millerapproach. Dividend policies – stable dividend, stable payout and growth.Bonus shares and stock split corporate dividend behavior. Legal andprocedural aspects of dividends Corporate Dividend Tax.

Unit-7 Mergers and Acquisitions 6 hours

Meaning and definition, . types of merger –motives behind mergers – theories of mergers – operating, financial andmanagerial synergy of mergers – value creation in horizontal, vertical andconglomerate mergers – internal and external change forces contributing toM & A activities

Unit-8 Corporate financial modeling 10 hours

Agency problem and consideration. Effect of inflation on ; Asset value, firm value, returns, Financial planning – Basis of financial planning, sales forecast method, pro-forma P & L accountmethod, pro-forma balance sheet method, determination of ExternalFinancing Requirement (EFR). Financial Management of sick units:Definition of sickness, causes, symptoms, predictions, revival strategies,institutions for revival of sick units. Economic Value Added (EVA) –concept, components of EVA. Market Value Added (MVA)

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