Strategic Financial Management

Module code: MEU22EM2 · Semester: 1

Resources

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• 2025/26
• 2024/25
• 2023/24
• 2022/23
• 2021/22
• 2020/21
• 2019/20
• 2018/19

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Topics

• Business management: strategy, marketing, operations, finance; types of business LO1
• Sources of finance LO1
• Strategy frameworks for the external environment and internal resources LO2
• Competitive advantage and strategy formulation LO3
• Financial statements: balance sheet, income statement, cash flow LO4
• Capital budgeting with discounted and non-discounted methods; risk LO5
• Entrepreneurship and start-up strategy and finance LO6

Learning outcomes

1. Recognise types of organisation and the parts of business management, including competitive advantage and finance
2. Use strategy frameworks to analyse a company's environment, resources and competences
3. Develop a strategy for sustained competitive advantage, considering globalisation and technology
4. Read and analyse financial statements
5. Make financial decisions using risk and return
6. See how strategy and finance interact, especially in start-ups

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.