Unit Objectives

This Unit’s goal is to deepen students’ grasp of advanced strategic financial management concepts and how to apply them in challenging corporate settings.

The ability of the learners to evaluate financial information,

make wise financial decisions and efficiently manage financial resources to maximize shareholder value will be improved. The Unit will contain the following:

• Advanced Strategic Analysis
• Financial Decision-Making under Uncertainty
• Strategic Financial Planning and Forecasting
• Behavioral Finance
• Ethical Considerations in Financial Decision Making
• Financial Technology (FinTech) and Digital Transformation
• Financial Distress and Restructuring.

Learning Outcomes

• Critically evaluate Enterprise, Entrepreneurship, and the characteristics of the entrepreneur.
• Critically evaluate the requirements for the early development of an enterprise.
• Analyse the role of idea generation within an enterprise.
• Critically assess success factors for entrepreneurship. Examine the key theories of innovation, disruptive entrepreneurship, and patterns of adoption of innovation and disruptors.
• Justify the need for and content of a business plan and pitch.