Understanding the Financial Impact of Operating Decisions

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About This Course

Managers make decisions every day that have an impact on the company’s financial performance. Reputable companies that went bankrupt during the financial crisis between 2007 and 2009 might have escaped that fate if managers had seen problems arising soon enough to take corrective actions to preserve the firm’s cash, and ultimately, its solvency.

In this Learning Sprint, you will learn how common management decisions related to inventory, marketing, sales practices, procurement and others can stress company cash flows. With deeper insight into the relationship between Working Capital and Working Capital Requirements, managers will better understand the impact their decisions have on company Profit & Loss (P & L) statements.

Expert Faculty

Ahmad Rahnema Alavi

Deputy Associated Dean for Faculty, Director of Financial Management Department and holder of the Fuel Freedom Chair for Energy and Social Development at IESE

Course Features

100% Online Course Platform

30 Minutes Per Day

Leadership Coaching

World-Class Expert Teaching

Community of Practice

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What You Will Learn

Anticipate the impact of day-to-day operational decisions on the financial health of the business

Use ratios and other frameworks to identify the source of problems that are contributing to poor financial health

Investigate examples of how operating decisions impact the Balance Sheet and Income Statement

What You Will Do

Analyze company Profit & Loss (P&L) statements to calculate and trend the gap between Working Capital (WC) and Working Capital Requirements (WCR)

Recommend actions that consider cash flow management, customer service, cost and risk to optimize working capital performance

Pursue creative approaches to improve the organization’s cash positions, including suppliers’ terms and processes for receivables

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