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Level 6 Diploma in Health and Social Care Management

Strategic Evaluation of Financial Sourcing

HSC605 · Resource Management in Health and Social Care — Week 11 of 16

CourseHSC605
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Strategic Evaluation of Financial Sourcing

  1. Debt covenants and cost of capital
  2. Risk exposure across public and private funding streams
  3. Dilution of control and governance obligations
  4. Ethical and regulatory implications of financial strategies
  5. CIMA F3 Returns on debt finance and debt covenants
  6. The cost of capital – Cost of debt - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  7. Capital Structure: Debt vs. Equity Explained

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Analyse the role of financial information in decision-making processes.
  • 4.3 Evaluate the implications of different sources of finance for health and social care organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the role of financial information in decision-making processes.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA F3 Returns on debt finance and debt covenants · YouTube · OpenTuition · 7 min · for registered students
  • The cost of capital – Cost of debt - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students
  • Capital Structure: Debt vs. Equity Explained · YouTube · Corporate Finance Institute · 4 min · for registered students
  • The Public Sector - Financial Strategy and Private Finance Initiative (2/11) · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 3 min · for registered students
  • Calderdale: Preparing The Bid - Financial Strategy and Private Finance Initiative (7/11) · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 3 min · for registered students
  • The government Spending Review: Implications for NHS public health & social care funding (subtitled) · YouTube · The Health Foundation · 59 min · for registered students
  • Chapter/Session 7: Business Financing across the Life Cycle · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 28 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 17: How Firms Raise Capital · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 509–536 · for registered students
  • MIT 15.414 Financial Management, lecture notes: Financing Decisions (2) · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • MIT 15.414 Financial Management, lecture notes: Discount Rates in Practice · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Human Resource Planning
  • Week 2: Determining and Managing Skills Requirements
  • Week 3: Recruitment Planning and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 4: Selection Methods and Decision-Making
  • Week 5: Workforce Retention and Addressing Talent Deficits
  • Week 6: Financial Information and Managerial Decision-Making
  • Week 7: Financial Ratio Analysis in Health and Social Care
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Short-Term and Long-Term Capital Requirements
  • Week 10: Sources of Finance in the Care Sector
  • Week 11: Strategic Evaluation of Financial Sourcing
  • Week 12: Applying Resource Management in Health and Social Care in p…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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