EVALUATION OF CASH AND CREDIT MANAGEMENT POLICIES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR AVOIDING ILLIQUIDITY

EVALUATION OF CASH AND CREDIT MANAGEMENT POLICIES AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR AVOIDING ILLIQUIDITY AND LIQUIDATIONS (A CASE STUDY OF ANAMCO, ENUGU STATE)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover page

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Proposals

List of table

Table o contents

Chapter one: Introduction

1.1            General introduction and background of the study

1.2            Statement of problem

1.3            Objective of the study

1.4            Research questions

1.5            Working hypothesis

1.6            Significant of the study

1.7            Scope and limitation of the study

1.8            Historical background of Anamco

1.9            Definition of terms and concepts

References

Chapter two: Literature review

2.1            Concepts of liquidity and its effect on business operations

2.2            Issues in cash management

2.3            Cash planning and control

2.4            Techniques of cash control

2.5            Management f receivable (debtors)

2.6            The use of  accounting ratios in the management of cash and accounts

References

Chapter three: Research design and Methodology

3.1            Sources of data

3.2            Research population

3.3            Sample size and sampling techniques

3.4            Questionnaire design /administration

3.5            Validity and reliability of instrument

3.6            Method of data analysis

Chapter four: data presentation, analysis and interpretation of data

4.1            Analysis and discussion of research questionnaires

4.2            Test of hypothesis

Chapter five: summary of findings, conclusion and recommendation

5.1            Summary of findings

5.2            Conclusion

5.3            Recommendations

References

Appendix

Questionnaires

RESEARCH PROPOSALS

This research work is designed to find out the magnitude to which cash and collectibles bear to the firms total working capital and to discuss as far as possible the extent to which improper management of cash resources and accounts receivable can create illiquidity and a state of insolvency in a business outfit.

In conducting the research for this topic, the primary sources of information will be interviews and questionnaire and also secondary sources like text book, Annual reports, journals and periodicals.

The appropriate statistical tools will be applied in analyzing the project data.

The major problems which I am likely to encounter while doing this research work are: time factor, inadequate funding, anti-research attitude.  Apart from all these problems and which must be looked at the time of initiating this research, the research work will be a practicable one if adopt all the techniques above.

I hope that when this project has been completed, the problem of untimely liquidation and illiquidity in financial and other sectors of the economy will be a thing of the pasty.

In conclusion therefore, the researcher will suggest how adequate cash and credit management by the financial managers can lead to expansion of business.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1            General introduction and background of the study

The management of an organization’s capital relates to the finance and investment of non-human resources, that is, physical and monetary assets, for the purpose of maximum benefit in terms of profitability.  According to Frear (1980) profitability is determined in part by the way in which a company manages its working capital elements, especially the company’s management policies in respect of cash and account receivable/payable.  Basically, there would be a drop in profit if the basic element of working capital were raised without a corresponding rise introduction or margins. So one of the principal functions of a financial manager is to provide the arrect amount of each elements of working capital at the right time and in the appropriate place to realize the greatest return on investment. A business which is basically profitable in a capital intensive industry with high level of inventory turnover but does not have an effective/efficient policies for it’s’ working capital constituents, especially cash, can easily be stopped by a temporary set-back into liquidation because it has no room to maneuver. Traditionally, the users of accounting