ABSTRACT
Working capital management underlines the purpose of the manaqernent of a firm's current assets and current liabilities in a way to: achieve the optimum balance between liquidity & profitability. Its inefficiency can lead to corporate deficit as much as over investment in working capital can be equally detrimental. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of working capital on the performance of the identified manufacturing companies in Nigeria. Secondary data were extracted from the annual report of Paterson zcchonts Nigeria Pie and Unilever Nigeria Pie for lOyears (2001-2010),to enhance the creditability and applicability of the generalization we may wish to make from the findings. Under this study, the following findings were made on both Paterson Zochonis and Unilever Nigeria Pie. For company PZ, the result shows that the company maintains an excessive working capital which impairs the profitability of the firm and also leads to a decrease in their returns on assets. Therefore the data tested that the working capital has a negative impact on the performance of the firms. While for the Unilever Company, the result shows that the company maintains an adequate working capital and this enables them to meet up with financial requirements when they fall due. And the result tested that there is a positive relationship between the working capital of the firm and its performance.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction ......
Background of the Study .. ... . ..
Statement of the Problem.. ..
Objectives of the Study ..
Research Question .. 8
1.5 Research Hypotheses Statement .... 10
1.6 Significance of the Study .. 10
1. 7 Lirnitations of the Study .. 11
1.8 Definition of Terms .. 12
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature Review.. 17
2.1 Concept of Working Capital. ... 17
2.2 The Working Capital Cycle or operating cycle .... 21
2.3 Key Factors Affecting Working Capital Management .. 22
2.4 Cornponents of \tVorking Capital.. ..
2.5 Working Capital Theories and Implications .. 27
2.6 Principle ways of Increasing or Decreasing Net Working Capital Decreasing Net Working Capital.. 30
2. 7 Marketable Securities .... 31
2. 7 .1 Types of Marketable Securities.. .. 32
2. 7.2 Criteria for Selection.. .. 34
2.8 Management of Cash..... 35
2.8.1 Advantages of Adequate Cash.. 37
2.8.2 Motives for Holding Cash. 37
2.8.3 Cost of not Holding Adequate Cash.. 38
Acceleration Cash Collections .. . . 40
Strategies for Accelerating Cash Collections.. .. 40
Working Capital Management.. 42
2.9.2 Stock Control .. .. 44
2.10 Credit Poiicy.. 45
2.11 vVorking Capital and Over Capitalization and Under Trading 47
2.11.1 Working Capital and Under Capitalization and Over Trading 47
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research Methodology .. 49
3.1 Research Design .. 49
3.2 Scope of Study.... 50
3.3 Area of Study.. 50
3.4 Population of the Study .. 51
3.5 Sources of Data Selection.. .. 51
3.6 Validation/Reliability of Instruments .. 52
3. 7 Data Analysis Technique .. 52
. 7 .1 Correlation Coefficient .. 53
3.7.2 Simple Regression ... 54
3. 7.3 Muitiple Regressions.. .. 55
3.8 Decision Rule .. 55
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 Interpretation .. 56
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary, Conclusion and Recommeridations .. 67
5.1 Summary of Findings.... 67
5.2 Conclusions .. 68
5.3 Recommendations .. 71
Bibliography
Appendix i
Appendix ii
NWACHUKWU, M (2020). EVALUATION OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ORGANISATIONAL PROFITABILITY. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved Nov 22, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-working-capital-management-as-a-strategy-for-the-enhancement-of-organisational-profitability
MOUAU/08/11807, NWACHUKWU. "EVALUATION OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ORGANISATIONAL PROFITABILITY" Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 02 Apr. 2020, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-working-capital-management-as-a-strategy-for-the-enhancement-of-organisational-profitability. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
MOUAU/08/11807, NWACHUKWU. "EVALUATION OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ORGANISATIONAL PROFITABILITY". Repository.mouau.edu.ng, Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 02 Apr. 2020. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-working-capital-management-as-a-strategy-for-the-enhancement-of-organisational-profitability >.
MOUAU/08/11807, NWACHUKWU. "EVALUATION OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF ORGANISATIONAL PROFITABILITY" Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2020). Accessed 22 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/evaluation-of-working-capital-management-as-a-strategy-for-the-enhancement-of-organisational-profitability