There exists four primary elements of financial management
namely,- Planning, controlling, organizing and directing and the
final decision making. The description and application of all the 4
elements along with application of each of them to home or personal
finances can be studied below-
- Planning- This element refers to making the
blue print of the entire financial management. There has to be a
plan made to decide the need of funds required and the amount of
fund available at the right time to meet the needs of the business.
In personal finance management planning is necessary in order to
know how much funds or money will be needed for meeting the
personal goal which may be buying a new car or house or making an
investment or any other thing.
- Controlling- Controlling the financial
activities is a critically important activity to help the business
ensure that the entity is doing everything required to meet its
financial objectives in control. Nothing is kept at stake to
blindly follow the financial goals. In personal finance management
controlling is required to manage or keep in check that the efforts
are kept in check or control for meeting the financial goal of
buying a new car or house or making an investment or any other
thing.
- Organizing and directing- The financial plans
needs to be organized in the most efficient manner and the
directions must be given in order to keep the activities as per the
plan. The personal financial goals are not completed unless the
plan is organized and all the activities are directed towards the
common goal of fulfilling them.
- Decision making- It requires the final
decision making step as to what has to be done when and how. The
important decisions with respect to the plan as drafted. With
respect to personal decision making it is important to have a firm
decision making for the accomplishment of goals.