Finance For Decision Making

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MOD007667 Finance for Decision Making
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
2. Financial Overview of Ocado Group Using Ratios.....................................................................3
2.1 Comparison With Competitor (Tesco Plc.)...........................................................................7
2.2 Ratio Analysis Limitations....................................................................................................8
3. Uses and Drawbacks of Preparing Budgets.................................................................................9
3.1 Financial Planning Approaches...........................................................................................10
3.2 Role of Performance Management (PM) in Decision Making............................................11
4. Investment Appraisal Methods..................................................................................................11
4.1 NPV (Net Present Value).....................................................................................................12
4.2 IRR (Internal Rate of Return)..............................................................................................13
4.3 Risk and Uncertainty Involvement......................................................................................14
5. Conclusion.................................................................................................................................14
Reference.......................................................................................................................................16
Appendix........................................................................................................................................20