This document outlines learning objectives for a session on financial strategies. By the end of the session, students will be able to assess the suitability of specific financial strategies for different contexts. It discusses financial strategies as plans of action to help businesses develop competitive advantages and achieve financial goals. As an example, it provides lowering costs below competitors. Students are then challenged to create an information poster explaining financial strategies like sources of finance, profit centers, cost minimization, and allocating capital expenditures.
1. Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
1. Assess the suitability of specific financial strategies
in a given context.
2. Selecting Financial Strategies
What are financial strategies?
Plans of action that will help a
business to develop and maintain
a competitive advantage and
achieve financial objectives.
Example – lower costs to below
that of competitors.
3. Your challenge
Produce an information poster to
explain different financial strategies
including:
Sources of finance
Implementing profit centres
Cost minimisation
Allocating capital expenditure
Prepare to feedback….
4. Financial Strategy?
The two main external sources of long-term finance
include: equity share capital and debt.
TRUE
