- Paperback - Number of Pages: 672 pages
- Dimensions: 169 x 242 x 40mm - 1,296g
- Publication date: 31 May 2013
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Southern Africa
- Publication City/Country: Goodwood, South Africa
- Illustrations note: illustrations (black and white)
Financial management: Turning theory into practice is an accessible and principles-based financial management textbook for undergraduate and Honours Accounting students. The book takes cognizance of changes in the economic environment and their implications for the role of financial management and the teaching of the subject. Financial management follows the SAICA syllabus for financial management but also takes the skills required by the CIMA syllabus into account. It acknowledges the intent behind the SAICA Competency Framework to develop problem-solving, critical thinking and ethical business leaders, but at the same time provides academic and financial literacy support to students. This guided approach serves to produce both technically competent students as well as students who will be capable financial leaders in the workplace. Financial management supports students in the following ways: - Opening case studies engage student interest and illustrate why the principles that will be dealt with in the chapter are important...
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