Finance for Strategic Managers

FINANCE FOR
STRATEGIC MANAGERS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
[Covered in PPT].........................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
Interpretation of Samsung PLC Financial Statements to assess its current viability..................1
Comparative analysis of Financial Data related to Samsung PLC.............................................2
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................4
[Covered in Information Leaflet]................................................................................................4
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................4
Capital Expenditure Appraisal....................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Finance for Strategic Managers plays an important role as most of the businesses require
formulation of various strategies and decisions on the type of financial data and information
available with the company. Such managers, then, analyse and interpret various data so as to
conduct resource planning and forecasting so as to achieve their overall short-term and long-term
objectives (Alkaraan, 2015). This report aims to provide a detailed account on Samsung PLC in
regards to the types of methodologies undertaken by it for the purpose of strategic planning,
appraisal of capital investment projects as well as financial data required for the same. The entire
report is bifurcated into various tasks which provides supporting evidence for the members of
Chamber of Commerce who want to research and study the success of Samsung PLC. For this
purpose, this report aims to provide a presentation, information leaflet, discussion paper and
practical application of capital expenditure appraisal methods in a comprehensive manner.
TASK 1
[Covered in PPT]
TASK 2
Interpretation of Samsung PLC Financial Statements to assess its current viability
Financial Statements help in providing relevant information to not only the management
of the business but also to other internal as well as external stakeholders. This is due to the fact
that they include all the financial data in a predefined format that facilitates easy identification of
the company's health in terms of corporate performance and profitability.
In the context of Samsung PLC, the company creates quarter-wise reports along with a
full year report so as to brief their stakeholders in a continuous manner (Annual Report, 2018).
For this purpose, however, the following financial statements, related to full year, have been
analysed so as to determine its current viability:
 Statement of Cash Flows:
As per this statement, Samsung PLC reports its net cash-flow generated from Operating,
Investing and Financing activities in both South Korean Won (KRW) as well as U.S. Dollar
(USD). The balance of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of 2018 is reported as
$27,763,038 whereas at the end of the period, this amount reduced to $27,577,050. Even though
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