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State, with Reasons, Whether the Following Statements Are True Or False (Any Three) : It is Not Possible to Go Ahead Without Financial Plan. - Secretarial Practice

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State, with reasons, whether the following statements are True or False (Any THREE) : 

It is not possible to go ahead without financial plan. 

Solution

True.
Reasons: (1) Finance is the life - blood of any business. Financial management is of utmost importance to the company which has multi crores of capital as investments.
(2) Financial plan is the first step of successful financial management. A good financial plan leads to proper budgeting of money inflow and outflow. It also serves the below said purposes.  
Importance of Financial Planning:
1.       Elimination of Waste: -Due to financial planning, it is possible to eliminate the wasteful expenditure. There are several factors such as change in government policy on taxes, fluctuating interest rates. Etc. which can be anticipated and tackled with the help of financial planning.
2.       Coordination: -Co-ordination is the most vital part of management. Finance holds the key to all activities of organization such as production, distribution, marketing and personnel. These activities hamper if not supported by proper financial planning.
3.       Dynamism: -Financial planning is demanding exercise, which requires dynamism on the part of finance manager. It means finance manager mist take initiative and faces various changing financial situations as and when they arise. Accurate forecast of future trends are required for effective planning.
4.       Communication: -communication is an effective tool for management. Financial planning enables the finance manager to communicate various aspects of financial plan to the executives of other departments. Effective financial planning helps to finance manager to communicate easily with others in the organisation.
5.       Decision Making: -it is necessary for a firm to take appropriate and timely decisions to achieve its objectives. Financial planning prepares itself for attainment of these objectives. Any scheme, how so ever effective, cannot go through unless budgetary provision is made in the financial planning.
6.       Integration: -Financial planning gives a fairly good idea to the firm about its available resources. Financial planning is to be completed in full consultation and coordination of other departments. This promotes team spirit among all executives.
7.       Futuristic: - Financial planning is effective when it foresees events. It must take into account not only present but also future developments. This futuristic element of financial plan helps for advance programming.
Thus it is not possible to go ahead without financial plan.
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2014-2015 (October)

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