Theme 3 – Business Objectives & Strategy
Theme 3
Introduction to Theme 3
3.1.1 Corporate Objectives
3.1.2 Corporate Strategy
3.1.3 SWOT
3.1.4 Porter’s Five Forces & impact of external influences
3.1.4 cont. Corporate Influences
Corporate Timelines and Subjective vs Evidence based decision making
3.4.4 Business Ethics
3.4.3 Stakeholders and Shareholders
3.4.2 Corporate Culture
(Pre-reading ch 16, p110)
3.2.1 Business Growth
Sept 2017 – PR slides Lesson 1&2 Theme 1 Sources-of-Finance-1 (1)
3.2.2 Mergers and Takeovers (aka Acquisitions)
Case Study/Debate: Sainsbury’s takeover of Home Retail Group (“HRG” – includes Argos)
Sainsbury’s Takeover of Home Retail Group Positive
Positive Sainsburys and Argos Merger
3.2.3 / 4 Organic Growth AND Reasons for staying small (completes section 3.2)
SECTION 3.3 Decision Making Techniques
3.3.1 Quantitative Sales Forcasting
3.3.2 Investment Appraisal
Investment Appraisal – all 3 techniques
Invt Appraisal examples (Payback method. Homework answer Q1 p322)
Invt Appraisal examples ARR (Average Accounting Rate of Return. Homework answer Q2 p323)
Invt Appraisal NPV p325 (Net Present Value Answer)