CA3.3 – Strategic Business Analysis
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CA3.3-Strategic Business Analysis
On completion of this module, candidates will reach a competency sufficient to be able to:- Provide reasoned advice on the formulation, choice and implementation of business strategy
- Advise on appropriate governance and risk management strategies
- Assess strategy within appropriate governance and risk frameworks
- Undertake business valuations
- Conduct financial analysis to support the development of financial strategy
- Understand the ethical framework, choices and impact of strategic decisions
Syllabus topics | Weighting (%) | LO |
Provide reasoned advice on the formulation of business strategy | 20 | 1, 2 and 7 |
Governance | 10 | 2 and 7 |
Risk management | 10 | 3 and 7 |
Provide reasoned advice on the choice of business strategy | 20 | 4, 5 and 7 |
Provide reasoned advice on the implementation of business strategy | 20 | 6 and 7 |
Ethical framework, choices and impact of strategic decisions | 20 | 7 |
- LO1: Explain the purpose and objectives of strategic choice
- LO3: Evaluate suitable risk monitoring and management processes
- LO4: Evaluate strategic analysis techniques
- LO5: Evaluate strategic choice
- LO6: Evaluate strategic implementation plans
- LO7: Evaluate the ethical impact of strategic decisions
- Formulation of business strategy: LO1, 2, 7
- Analyse a business and its strategy given its purpose, mission, vision and objectives from a shareholder and stakeholder perspective
- Analyse the opportunities and threats arising from events or potential events in the environment of a business at a global, national, market, product and competitive level
- Analyse the current position of a business in terms of its competitive strategy, plans and current markets drawing conclusions and giving straightforward advice on the chosen plans
- Analyse the current position of a business with a chosen strategy in the context of its environment based on an assessment of its resources, processes, people, IT, products core capabilities and competences, giving straightforward advice
- Draft an overall analysis drawing conclusions with advice based on given financial and non-financial data and information from a variety of sources in a given scenario
- Governance: LO2
- Assess based on a given scenario the role and responsibilities of an effective board
- Assess based on a given scenario the issues of accountability of management to a board, private and institutional shareholders
- Evaluate based on a given scenario the issues of transparency for an entity
- Explain the importance of probity as a principle of governance assessing issues and their implications in a given scenario
- Assess the extent to which a board is focusing on sustainable long-term success in a given scenario
- Risk and risk management: LO3, 7
- Explain the meaning of risk and business risk including risks arising externally or internally and relating to achievement of:
- Strategic objectives
- Operational efficiency and effectiveness
- Reliable reporting, and
- Legal, regulatory and ethical compliance
- Assess risks in a given scenario and their impact upon objectives
- Explain appropriate responses to risks identified in a given scenario
- Explain appropriate high level procedures to mitigate risks in a given scenario
- Explain the meaning of risk and business risk including risks arising externally or internally and relating to achievement of:
- Choice of business strategy: LO5, 7
- Analyse the appropriate choices of strategy that a company may adopt with explanation based on a given scenario
- Identify from an analysis undertaken of choices of strategy, with explanation, the impact on commercial, ethical, corporate responsibility and sustainability objectives
- Evaluate appropriate strategies based on a given scenario that support a business’s objectives taking into account constraints, conflicts and other issues
- Draw conclusions based on market and product analyses that support a business strategy concerning the pricing, positioning, placing and product decisions in a strategic marketing plan
- Evaluate the potential issues of change arising from a chosen or given business strategic implementation plan.
- Implementation of business strategy: LO6, 7
- Analyse the alternative appropriate functional strategies that may be appropriate to deliver a chosen strategy set out in a given scenario
- Analyse the alternative appropriate organisational structures and related activities that may be appropriate to deliver a chosen strategy set out in a given scenario
- Analyse a chosen business strategy in a given scenario so that an evaluation may be undertaken leading to the drafting of a simple business plan
- Evaluate a given business plan from a shareholder or stakeholder perspective drawing conclusions and judgements as to whether it can meet the business’s objectives in the context of its environment
- Evaluate how information technology and information systems can support the effective implementation of a business strategy including issues of competitive advantage, including considerations of the:
- Impact of Information systems on organisations
- Relationship between Information systems/Information technology strategy and corporate
- Strategy
- Role of Information systems/ Information technology in creating competitive advantage
- Impact of Information technology on organisations
- The impact of contemporary developments in Information technology on organisational strategy
- The impact of e-commerce on organisations and business
- Evaluate the potential issues of change arising from a chosen or given business strategic implementation plan
- Ethical framework, choices and impact of strategic decisions: LO7
- Illustrate using information in a given scenario the meaning of business ethics
- Explain in the context of a given scenario how business ethics and moral duties may be linked
- Explain in the context of a given scenario how business ethics and business success may be linked
- Assess in a given scenario issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility
- Assess in a given scenario issue of professional ethics and corporate governance
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