Business Modelling
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Overview
In today’s uncertain business environment decision makers are faced with complex situations. It is important that firms and individuals operating in local and global markets are able to model business strategies and investment opportunities and to evaluate and understand the risks associated with business decisions.
Business modelling and risk analysis are an essential part of the decision-making process. Business models enable decision makers to:
- calculate measures of value of a business or strategy
- compare strategic options
- identify key drivers of value
- anticipate unfavourable outcomes
- structure and document decisions
- communicate decisions and the rationale for those decisions to stakeholders
Topics Covered
The Short Course will cover the following topics:
- framing and scoping decisions
- calculating value measures e.g. NPAT, NOPAT, CF, CFROI, Payback, EVA, Value-at-Risk
- model structuring and best-practice spreadsheet modelling
- collecting information and estimating input variables and distributions
- sensitivity analysis – understanding critical issues and value drivers
- probability analysis – quantifying uncertainty
- gaining insight from decision trees and evaluating real options
- communicating and presenting to decision makers and boards
Who should attend
This Short Course will benefit CEOs, CFOs, General Managers, Strategy Directors, Line Managers, Strategic Planners and Analysts from all industries.
It will particularly appeal to anyone interested in:
- valuing an organisation’s business or strategies
- portfolio analysis and valuation
- capital and resource allocation
- merger and acquisition modelling and valuation
You should have reasonable but not advanced Excel skills.
Outcomes
This two-day Short Course provides an introduction to decision analysis and business modelling. You will learn how to develop computer-based business models which will enable decision makers to evaluate business and investment strategies and to evaluate and understand the associated risks.
What Participants Say
"This is one of the best courses I have attended due to its abundance of practical applications that I have been able to immediately apply within our organisation. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who is wishing to begin or improve their knowledge and expertise in business modelling."