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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Review and coursework completion

SMP810 · Strategic Financial Management — Week 15 of 16

CourseSMP810
Week15 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Review and coursework completion

  1. Reviewing the learning outcomes
  2. Completing and checking coursework against the criteria
  3. Self-assessment

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically analyse the concepts, features and importance of cost accounting in an organisation.
  • 1.2 Apply tools of costing design and costing systems to an organisation.
  • 1.3 Recommend improvements to the costing and pricing systems of an organisation.
  • 2.1 Analyse financial statements to assess the financial position of an organisation.
  • 2.2 Recommend organisational decisions based on evaluation of financial statements using financial ratios.
  • 2.3 Propose managerial recommendations on the strategic portfolio of an organisation based on financial analysis.
  • 3.1 Evaluate budgetary targets for an organisation.
  • 3.2 Develop a master budget for an organisation.
  • 3.3 Critically evaluate budget and budgetary processes in an organisation.
  • 4.1 Assess the need for short term working capital and long- term funds for an organisation.
  • 4.2 Appraise appropriate sources of short term and funds for an organisation.
  • 4.3 Justify choices of sources of funds using a range of criteria related to cost and risk.
  • 5.1 Apply financial appraisal methods to analyse competing investment projects in different kinds of organisations.
  • 5.2 Justify strategic investment decision for an organisation using relevant financial information.
  • 5.3 Critically analyse strategic investment decisions using information.

Activity

Guided review of every criterion; coursework completion clinic and peer review.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Strategic Cost Management and Systems Design
  • Week 2: Advanced Costing Optimisation and Pricing Strategies
  • Week 3: Advanced Financial Statement Analysis
  • Week 4: Corporate Portfolio Evaluation and Strategic Decision-Making
  • Week 5: Master Budget Architecture and Target Setting
  • Week 6: Critical Perspectives on Budgetary Control
  • Week 7: Strategic Working Capital and Funding Appraisals
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Long-Term Capital Structure and Funding Selection
  • Week 10: Capital Investment Appraisal Under Uncertainty
  • Week 11: Strategic Investment Governance and Qualitative Appraisals
  • Week 12: Applying Strategic Financial Management in practice: case s…
  • 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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