Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Services and their management
- 2 The services environment
- 3 Stakeholders and their influence on services
- 4 Managing strategy in services
- 5 Marketing management in services
- 6 Strategic operations management in services
- 7 Financial management in services
- 8 Human resource management in services
- 9 From managing ‘service’ to integrated services management
- Index
- References
7 - Financial management in services
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures and tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Services and their management
- 2 The services environment
- 3 Stakeholders and their influence on services
- 4 Managing strategy in services
- 5 Marketing management in services
- 6 Strategic operations management in services
- 7 Financial management in services
- 8 Human resource management in services
- 9 From managing ‘service’ to integrated services management
- Index
- References
Summary
Learning objectives
After studying this chapter, readers will be able to:
appreciate the importance of financial management
understand the underlying principles and concepts of financial management
discuss the financial manager's responsibilities
explain some of the main financial management objectives and concepts
identify some of the key functions of financial management (for example, financial analysis, planning, control and sourcing for funds), and analyse each function from a services perspective
apply a selection of financial management techniques to the services environment (for example, activity-based costing, financial risk management)
examine contemporary issues in financial management of services.
Introduction
This chapter highlights the underlying principles and contemporary importance of financial management with particular reference to its implications for services. In general, the study of finance consists of three interconnected areas:
Capital and money markets, which deals with securities markets, banks and financial institutions.
Investments, which includes the decision making of individuals and organisations with respect to securities (shares and bonds) for their respective investment portfolios.
Financial management, which involves the acquisition, management and financing of resources for organisations.
The broad nature and characteristics of the global finance environment will be discussed first.
Financial management has undergone significant changes in recent years. The focus of financial management has changed dramatically from the historical emphasis on legal aspects such as mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, the formation of new organisations, and the various types of securities (shares and bonds) issued by corporations in the early 1900s.
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- Managing Services , pp. 252 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005