Financial Management Practices among Small Non-Manufacturing Companies

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been very important in many countries including Malaysia because of its role for the country's economic growth. This paper explores the level of awareness towards the importance of financial management from the preparation of accounting reports and its...

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Main Author:	Noor Fadzlina, Mohd Fadhil
Format:	Thesis
Language:	eng eng
Published:	2009
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/1/Noor_Fadzlina_Mohd_Fadhil.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/2/1.Noor_Fadzlina_Mohd_Fadhil.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.20342013-07-24T12:14:06Z Financial Management Practices among Small Non-Manufacturing Companies 2009-11 Noor Fadzlina, Mohd Fadhil Ismail, Noor Azizi College of Business (COB) College of Business HG Finance Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been very important in many countries including Malaysia because of its role for the country's economic growth. This paper explores the level of awareness towards the importance of financial management from the preparation of accounting reports and its information usage in the business. The research focuses on small non manufacturing companies because very few studies have been conducted in this area. Besides, the findings will help to reveal some of the key points that can contribute to the decision making and growth especially in the context of small companies. The research is conducted on a case study manner which is to concentrate more and consider a situation that is similar to the previous research done. The situation considered is among small non manufacturing companies which can provide useful tool to study the financial management in the companies and the usage of accounting information. Sources of data are gathered from primary and also from secondary data. The primary data is collected and gathered through an interview technique. The findings from the primary data are then is used with secondary data which is taken from previous researcher. This study found that the level of awareness on the importance of financial management is still very poor in small firms. It is found that lack of accounting knowledge has been the factor that causes them unable to use the accounting information wisely. Moreover, the companies still do not have the effort to find alternatives to improve themselves to increase the level of their knowledge. This problem of lack of accounting knowledge and the perception that they had on the financial matters at the end may affect the accuracy of the information and the credibility in decision making. In addition, in this paper the level of awareness on the importance of using information technology (IT) in managing companies' financial also has been identified. The results show the difference in accounting preparation whether manually or computerized and its impact on the accounting information produced. The findings also show that companies that manage their financial using IT are still at minimal stages and prefer to use simple programmes such as Microsoft Excel and Word. Thus it can be concluded that most companies did not have proper and systematic financial records and the used of IT to assist in managing financial are not fully utilized. 2009-11 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/1/Noor_Fadzlina_Mohd_Fadhil.pdf application/pdf eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/2/1.Noor_Fadzlina_Mohd_Fadhil.pdf application/pdf eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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advisor	Ismail, Noor Azizi
topic	HG Finance
spellingShingle	HG Finance Noor Fadzlina, Mohd Fadhil Financial Management Practices among Small Non-Manufacturing Companies
description	Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been very important in many countries including Malaysia because of its role for the country's economic growth. This paper explores the level of awareness towards the importance of financial management from the preparation of accounting reports and its information usage in the business. The research focuses on small non manufacturing companies because very few studies have been conducted in this area. Besides, the findings will help to reveal some of the key points that can contribute to the decision making and growth especially in the context of small companies. The research is conducted on a case study manner which is to concentrate more and consider a situation that is similar to the previous research done. The situation considered is among small non manufacturing companies which can provide useful tool to study the financial management in the companies and the usage of accounting information. Sources of data are gathered from primary and also from secondary data. The primary data is collected and gathered through an interview technique. The findings from the primary data are then is used with secondary data which is taken from previous researcher. This study found that the level of awareness on the importance of financial management is still very poor in small firms. It is found that lack of accounting knowledge has been the factor that causes them unable to use the accounting information wisely. Moreover, the companies still do not have the effort to find alternatives to improve themselves to increase the level of their knowledge. This problem of lack of accounting knowledge and the perception that they had on the financial matters at the end may affect the accuracy of the information and the credibility in decision making. In addition, in this paper the level of awareness on the importance of using information technology (IT) in managing companies' financial also has been identified. The results show the difference in accounting preparation whether manually or computerized and its impact on the accounting information produced. The findings also show that companies that manage their financial using IT are still at minimal stages and prefer to use simple programmes such as Microsoft Excel and Word. Thus it can be concluded that most companies did not have proper and systematic financial records and the used of IT to assist in managing financial are not fully utilized.
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author	Noor Fadzlina, Mohd Fadhil
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title	Financial Management Practices among Small Non-Manufacturing Companies
title_short	Financial Management Practices among Small Non-Manufacturing Companies
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granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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publishDate	2009
url	https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/1/Noor_Fadzlina_Mohd_Fadhil.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/2034/2/1.Noor_Fadzlina_Mohd_Fadhil.pdf
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