Learning Outcomes:
This module will integrate strategic analysis with strategic choice and strategy implementation, enabling course participants to provide practical guidance and advice to management at strategic level. On completion of this module, course participants will have developed the ability to:
* evaluate and discuss governance and risk management structures and provide guidance/recommendations on improvements which can be justified
* demonstrate an awareness of corporate social responsibility and corporate ethics in the modern business environment
* evaluate and discuss financial and non-financial performance in order to highlight key performance issues which need to be addressed
* provide guidance, advice and/or recommendations in respect of key strategic decisions including risk management
* demonstrate an awareness of different company valuation techniques and their relevance in different contexts
* Assess merger/acquisition proposals and evaluate the impact of alternative post-merger/acquisition ownership structures on shareholder wealth, taking different types of synergy into consideration
* advise on the appropriate use of different sources of long-term finance in the financing of strategic investment proposals
* evaluate investment decisions and demonstrate an awareness have of key factors that influence corporate financing and dividend decisions.