Whether to invest and how to raise the necessary finance for the investment: two key decisions in all forms of organizational development. This module will provide students with the key financial techniques used to evaluate the opportunity of investing and secondly how to put in place the finance required and so to proceed with the initiative once the decision to invest is made. The role of stakeholders at various levels, including shareholders - but not only these - will be part of the analysis. The current financial environment and the question of increasing financial risk as a result of a range of factors will also be considered.
