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Strategy and Planning Techniques

Bribery Act 2010

Bribery Act 2010

The concept reviews the Act and suggests procedures which relevant commercial organisations can put into place to prevent instances of bribery.

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Budgeting Processes

Budgeting Processes

This concept describes purposes and uses of budgets in organisations and identifies stages of the 'traditional' budgeting process. It also describes some of the benefits of effective budgeting and assesses some of its limitations.

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Business Continuity Management / Business Continuity Planning

Business Continuity Management / Business Continuity Planning

The Business Continuity Management concept has been created to help business professionals to identify and mitigate risks which threaten to disrupt essential processes and services in their organisations.

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Business Cycle

Business Cycle

The concept defines and describes the business cycle and reviews different explanations, types and leading theories that explain business cycles.

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Business Innovation

Business Innovation

The concept explores innovation and how it can create and capture value for organisations. It will provide professionals with a basic understanding business innovation.

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Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence

The theory reviews the notion of Business Intelligence and discusses the conditions necessary to make good decisions. It also explains how it helps organisations to unlock the hidden potential of data.

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Business Modelling

Business Modelling

This concept is intended as a 'hands-on' practical discussion of how business modelling is used to explore a range of business decisions and to identify the essential elements that drive business.

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Business Process Improvement

Business Process Improvement

Business process improvement (BPI) can enhance internal organisational efficiency and change the way organisations function. The concept provides an overview of BPI and describes the process and tasks used to support organisational objectives.

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Business Process Re-engineering

Business Process Re-engineering

The concept describes how to leverage best practices in business process reengineering while avoiding common pitfalls. It also reviews the latest technological and market perspectives.

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Business Valuation

Business Valuation

This concept introduces Business evaluation as a business assessment method. It is designed to give you a better understanding of investment decisions and issues surrounding business evaluation.

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Capability Management

Capability Management

Capability management is an effective technique for creating market change and to sustain long-term competitive advantage in fast-moving markets. Learn how to use dynamic capabilities as organisational and strategic routines to deploy and reconfigure your firm’s resources.

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Capital Asset Pricing Model

Capital Asset Pricing Model

The concept introduces the CAPM term and its components and looks at the theory, advantages and disadvantages of the model. You will understand how CAPM can be used to estimate the cost of equity by introducing the asset beta formula.

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Cash Flow Statement and Management

Cash Flow Statement and Management

Cash Flow Statements enable managers to properly plan and coordinate financial operations. This concept is designed to assist business owners and managers to recognise how to monitor cash flow more closely and improve internal finances (Wisan, 2023).

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Centralisation / Decentralisation

Centralisation / Decentralisation

This concept defines and describes different models of decision-making in organisations. It looks at the strengths and weaknesses of centralised and decentralised systems and provides practical examples based on real industry cases.

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Change Agents

Change Agents

Irrespective of the magnitude of a change that takes place within an organisation, there needs to be a change agent. Learn about the roles and attributes that change agents can adopt and consider the case study evidence and practical application steps provided.

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