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Overview of financial management

Unit: Financial Management

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August 2025

1 Questions
Question 1a
​​(i) Explain FOUR functions of a finance manager in an organisation. 

(ii) Highlight FOUR mechanisms that might be used to ensure that managers act in the best interest of the shareholders.


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April 2025

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Question 1a
​ ​​Examine THREE overlaps and THREE conflicts that could arise as firms strive to achieve various financial and non-financial objectives.


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December 2024

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Question 4a
​​Highlight FOUR limitations of profit maximisation goal of a firm.


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December 2023

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Question 1a
​​Explain FOUR corporate objectives that may conflict with the financial objective of a firm.


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August 2023

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Question 1a
​​Outline FOUR limitations of profit maximisation as a financial goal of a firm.


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April 2023

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Question 1a
​​Management of a limited liability company is appointed to promote and protect shareholders’ interest in the performance of their functions. The aim is to maximise shareholders’value. The management, however, could have interest that might be in conflict with shareholders’ interest. 

Required: 
In reference to the above statement: 

(i) Identify this type of conflict in modern day financial management of a firm.

(ii) Explain THREE factors that could contribute to the conflict identified in (a) (i) above. 

(iii) As a financial management professional, explain FOUR strategies that could be used to manage or mitigate this conflict to protect shareholders.


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August 2022

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Question 2b
​​Distinguish between the following terms as used in finance: 
 
(i) “Agency cost” and “agency problem”. 
 
(ii) “Intrinsic value” and “market value”. 
 
(iii) “Liberal credit policy” and “conservative credit policy”.


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Question 3b
​ ​​Discuss three causes of conflict between shareholders and managers in relation to agency theory.


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April 2022

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Question 1a
​​Describe four ways of encouraging managers to achieve stakeholders' objectives.


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Question 5b
​​Explain four conflicts that could arise in the course of achieving a firm's objectives.


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December 2021

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Question 1a
​​Describe four possible sources of conflict of interest between shareholders and bondholders.


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September 2021

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Question 1b
​​Highlight four advantages of the wealth maximisation objective of a firm.


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May 2021

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Question 2a
​​The role of a finance manager in a modern organisation is pervasive in all the activities of any business firm. 

In light of the above statement, highlight four roles of a finance manager in an organisation.


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November 2018

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Question 1b
​​Differentiate between the following terms as applied in finance:

(i). "Operating leverage" and "financial leverage" 
(ii). "Cum-right" and "ex-right" market price per share. 
(iii). "Time value of money" and "time preference for money" 


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May 2017

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Question 5c
​​The goal of profit maximisation is considered to be a short-term objective with long-term survival. The firm's growth cannot be achieved without continuous profitability.

Required:
In relation to the above statement, summarise four arguments in favour of and four arguments against profit maximisation as a business goal


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