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Financial Management

Question
CBSEENBS12004712

'Sound Financial Planning is essential for the success of any business enterprise.' Explain this statement by giving any six reasons. 

Solution

A sound financial planning is an important part of the success of any business enterprise. It aims at enabling the company to tackle the uncertainty in respect of the availability and timing of the funds and helps in smooth functioning of an organisation.
The importance of financial planning are:
(i) It helps in forecasting what may happen in future under different business situations. By doing so, it helps the firms to face the eventual situation in a better way. By preparing a blueprint of these three situations the management may decide what must be done different situations. 
(ii) It helps in avoiding business shocks and surprises and helps the company in preparing for the future.
(iii) If helps in coordinating various business functions, e.g, sales and production functions, by providing clear policies and procedures.
(iv) Detailed plans of action prepared under financial planning reduce waste, duplication of efforts, and gaps in planning.
(v) It tries to link the present with the future. 
(vi) It provides a link between investment and financing decisions on a continuous basis.