Weatherhead Executive Education

Program Dates	Continuing Education
May 13, 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cleveland, OH Add to Cart Scott A. Fine	This program provides continuing education credit for the following professions: OHIO CPA 8 CPE

Creating value is the foundation of good strategic decision-making.  In this capstone program of the Financial Decision-Making Series, learn how your management decisions impact the bottom line with a proven framework for measuring decisions under the microscope of shareholder value creation and economic value-added.   Discover how to create value by analyzing and valuing your decisions’ impact on revenue, earnings and cash flow.  Whether your firm is public, private, or even non-profit, the powerful principle of value creation applies.

Topics

• Brief review of foundational tools
• Time value of money and discounted cash flow
• Capital budgeting
• Relationship between the performance of individual projects or business units and the creation of shareholder value
• A framework for evaluating the impact of decisions on shareholder value at the project, divisional or overall corporate level
• Best practices in applying discounted cash flow
• Benchmarking via other similar projects/divisions/companies
• Applying the framework to capital budgeting, corporate investment policy/decisions, acquisitions analysis and overall financial planning and strategy

Learning Outcomes
As a result of attending this program, participants will:

• Understand how value is created within the firm
• Have a model for evaluating “value creation” that can be applied in their workplace
• Be able to apply this practical approach to a broad range of business situations, including operating decisions, capital expenditures and acquisitions

Who Should Attend
Experienced managers from all functional areas who are interested in building upon their existing knowledge of financial concepts to deepen financial thinking capabilities. Executives who participate in strategic planning, financial planning, capital budgeting and mergers and acquisitions will also benefit. Managers in non-profit organizations will gain necessary skills to translate their work into the shareholder model of finance.

Level of Prior Knowledge in This Subject Area: Intermediate
A basic understanding of accounting and finance is necessary. Although there will be some review at the beginning of the session, the instructor will presume some familiarity with all topics covered in Analyzing Financial Statements for Non-Financial Managers and Financial Decision-Making for Non-Financial Managers.

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