Strategic Financial Management

1.  Understand and critically appraise the significance of strategic management and decision making to the performance of the organisation and apply and critique the various forms of internal and external business and strategic analysis and formulation

1. Identify a range of business resources to meet organisational objectives
2. Identify and apply relevant academic theories to understand the various internal and external factors of an organisation

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2.  Understand and evaluate the key financial theories relevant to financial decision makingand critical application of strategic implementation techniques inclusive of balance scorecard and portfolio management tools

1. Identify and evaluate key financial theories
2. Apply theories identified on financial decision making
3. Identify and apply strategic implementation techniques using balance scorecard and portfolio management tools

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3.  Evaluate the role of culture on strategy, includingmanaging change and be able to analyse the effects

1. Identify the role of culture on strategy
2. Identify the role of change management
3. Identify the role of change management

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4.  Evaluate and apply stakeholder analysis

1. Understand the significance of stakeholder analysis
2. Understand the application of the analysis on a chosen organisation
3. Identify business expansion methods and its impact on stakeholders
4. Identify the ability to compute the return and risk

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5.  Critically evaluate corporate and business valuation techniques

1. Identify the concept of corporate and business valuation techniques

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6.  Evaluate performance measurement systems for an organisation and application of problem solving and financial analysis techniques to strategic business problems

1. Identify performance measurement systems
2. Identify financial analysis techniques
3. Assess the application of systems and techniques identified on solving business Problems

• The assessment strategy for this course is designed to test all the learning outcomes.
• Learners must demonstrate successful achievement of all learning outcomes to pass the course.

• The assessment criteria for a pass will be presented with the summative exercise.
• Further information and guidance on the assessment will be made available through the tutor.

To pass the unit a 40% overall grade must be achieved.