Published by Pearson (November 13, 2024) © 2025
Peter AtrillEverything you need to know about financial management
"The textbook integrates financial management, business policy and management function, and places emphasis on the integration of the finance function within the context of managerial decision-making and business planning. It also helps students to understand why sometimes theory and practice differ. Activities within the main text are inserted at appropriate points and real-world examples introduce readers to real-life scenarios and offer an opportunity to apply financial management theory and techniques." – Dr Kalsoom Jaffar, Lecturer in Business Education, The University of Edinburgh
Financial Management for Decision Makers, 10th edition, is the go-to text for learning essential principles of financial management, with a unique and practical focus on its application and role in decision-making.
Fully revised and updated, this textbook uses examples and introduces techniques and theory you will need in your studying. Topics include covers various topics such as financial planning, capital investment decisions, financing a small business and managing for shareholder value.
Suitable for undergraduates from a non-accounting or non-finance discipline, this textbook provides the ideal introduction to the world of financial management.
Key features include:
- A wide range of activities throughout the book, giving opportunities to engage with key concepts,
- Real-world examples, providing connections between the theory and practice of financial decision-making, helping students understand the issues impacting finances of real companies. Examples include Adobe, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Heinz, Boohoo, John Lewis, Ryanair,. ITV, Shell and more.
- An expanded body of end-of-chapter questions allows you to test your understanding of the essentials and go further by applying knowledge to realistic scenarios.
The latest edition includes revised and more detailed explanations of useful techniques, with updated examples and activities to help you engage with the most recent developments in the field.
Preface
- The world of financial management
- Financial planning
- Analysing and interpreting financial statements
- Making capital investment decisions
- Making capital investment decisions: further issues
- Financing a business 1: sources of finance
- Financing a business 2: raising long-term finance
- The cost of capital and the capital structure decision
- Making distributions to shareholders
- Managing working capital
- Measuring and managing for shareholder value
- Mergers and takeovers
- Valuing shares in a business
Appendix A Solutions to multiple choice questions
Appendix B Solutions to self-assessment questions
Appendix C Solutions to review questions
Appendix D Solutions to selected exercises
Appendix E Present value table
Appendix F Annual equivalent factor table
Glossary
Index