Financial and Strategic Management (519H3)
Financial and Strategic Management
Module 519H3
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
This module provides students with skills to critically evaluate the strategic position of a business, from financial, marketing and strategy perspectives. Students will gain an understanding of how these areas are interrelated and will be able to use tools from these aeras to diagnose strategic problems, drawing upon an organisation’s commercial, cultural, societal, environmental, quality management and security context. They will learn about the importance of finance in organisations, particularly relating to financial planning for engineering projects. They will then be able to use this analysis to design solutions for strategic problems that minimise adverse impacts.
AHEP4 LOs M5, M7, M9, M10, M14, M15
Module learning outcomes
Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the problems involved in planning and managing the financial resources of organisations
Apply appropriate financial, marketing and strategic tools to assess the strategic position of a business and diagnose key strategic problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of the strategic context of organisations and engineering projects, including how cultural, societal, environmental and commercial matters, and shape the context.
Understand elements of the strategic planning process and be able to propose solutions for strategic problems, reflect produce recommendations to address these problems, drawing upon relevant tools to understand and minimise the security, environmental and societal impact of these solutions.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 40.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Group written submission | T2 Week 10 | 100.00% |
| Computer Based Exam | Semester 2 Assessment | 60.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 01010101010 |
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 2 hours | 11111111110 |
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