The impact of cash flow management on organizational performance of commercial banks in Uganda: a case of bank Africa Luzira Branch
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2018-08
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Kampala International University.College of Economics and Management
Abstract
The study aimed at establishing the relationship between cash flow management and the
performance of Bank Africa Luzira Branch. The objectives of the study were; to assess the
effectiveness of cash flow management policies of Banking Firms of Bank Africa Luzira Branch,
to analyze the motives of cash collection and control on performance of Bank Africa Luzira
Branch, to find out the relationship between cash flow management and the performance of Bank
Africa Luzira Branch.
The study used a research design involving both quantitative and qualitative methods. The
quantitative approach will be used to quantify incidences in order to describe current conditions
and to investigate the relationships between cash management and performances of cooperate
firms using information gained from the questionnaires. The qualitative approach was used to
explain the events and describe findings using interviews and documentary analysis. All this
enabled the researcher to gain in-depth information that was used to find solutions for the research
questions of the study. The responses prior to this chapter were in due respect to research questions
given to respondents. The findings from the study show that effective cash management as a
mechanism of any business to improve the Organizational performance of Bank of African among
other activities in the business Regarding the techniques used in cash management, most
respondents agreed to the idea that collecting of overdue invoices is sued for cash management.
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Use of accounts data base and tracking expenses were also shown to be the most commonly used
techniques of cash management in Bartle of Africa. The study findings are supported by (Myers,
2003) who said that cash management is knowing a company's optimal cash balance and this is
what Bank of Africa strives to do by employing the above mentioned techniques of cash
management. The study recommends a need for deploying a cash management system which
involves support and coordination among multiple departments including Finance, Operations, IT,
Security and Loss Prevention to improve Organizational performance in a company
Description
Research report submitted to the College of Economics and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Business Administration of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Cash flow, Management, Organizational, Performance, Commercial banks, Uganda