This week’s topics
Strategic Evaluation and Selection
- Suitability, Feasibility, Acceptability (SFA) framework
- Real options valuation
- Stakeholder impact modeling
- Risk and return trade-off analysis
- SBL Topic Explainer: Suitability, Acceptability & Feasibility (SAF)
- Dr Michael Jacobides on finding an appropriate risk versus growth or return trade-off
- CIMA P2 Discounted cash flow - Real Options
What you will be able to do
- 3.3 Evaluate strategic options for an organisation.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate strategic options for an organisation.
Study materials
Videos
- SBL Topic Explainer: Suitability, Acceptability & Feasibility (SAF) · YouTube · ACCA Student Study Resources · 11 min · for registered students
- Dr Michael Jacobides on finding an appropriate risk versus growth or return trade-off · YouTube · University of Cambridge Judge Business School · 4 min · for registered students
- CIMA P2 Discounted cash flow - Real Options · YouTube · OpenTuition · 10 min · for registered students
Further resources
- The Green Book: Central Government Guidance on Appraisal and Evaluation (HM Treasury, 2026) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 88 pages · for registered students
- The Orange Book: Management of Risk – Principles and Concepts (HM Treasury, 2023) · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance; 64 pages · for registered students
- Mastering Strategic Management, ch. 8: Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 237–272 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
