Accenture: Planning for Growth and Financial Strategies Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Accenture's growth planning, exploring various aspects of business expansion and financial strategies. It begins with an introduction to growth planning and its significance for organizations like Accenture, a global consulting and processing services firm. The report delves into key considerations for evaluating expansion opportunities, including Porter's generic strategies, Ansoff Matrix, and PESTLE analysis. It assesses different sources of funds accessible to firms, such as venture capital and retained earnings. Furthermore, the report proposes a company plan for expansion, incorporating financial information, and evaluates exit options for small firms, outlining their advantages and disadvantages. The analysis covers market penetration, market development, product development, and diversification strategies within the Ansoff Matrix framework. The report uses frameworks like BCG Matrix to analyze different product types. Overall, the report provides a structured approach to understanding and planning for business growth, offering valuable insights for strategic decision-making.

Planning For Growth

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
P1. Various considerations for evaluating expansion opportunities.........................................................3
P2. Evaluate expansion opportunities by apply Ansoff Matrix................................................................4
TASK 2.......................................................................................................................................................6
P3. Assess sources of funds accessible to firm........................................................................................6
TASK 3.....................................................................................................................................................10
P4. Propose a company plan for expansion that involves financial information....................................10
TASK 4.....................................................................................................................................................11
P5. Assess exit options for a small firms along with advantages and disadvantages.............................11
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................13
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................14

INTRODUCTION
Growth planning are should be considered or recognized that strategy activity of business
organizations which are unable to plan for employers and track progress for business. This will
give opportunity for business organizations to allocate some limited resources to what adoption
of some changes of strategy and tactics are include their growth plan and consult their driver of
generated income in their business organization (Ahmad and Ahmad, 2018). For this
assessment, selected organization is Accenture is a international firm that gives a consulting and
processing services which will be generated income 44.33 billion in 2020 and was established in
1989 by David Rowland. This report cover key considerations for evaluating expansion
opportunity such as a porters, Ansoff matrix and PESTLE analysis should be included. Various
sources of fund which is manager are searching for potential funds and design a business plan for
growth and financial information, exit or succession for a small business with benefits and
drawbacks.
TASK 1
P1. Various considerations for evaluating expansion opportunities
For the new technology, small organizations are considered a opportunity to expand their
business in international market place. For utilize their more opportunity and grab their attention
for their customers to build a sustainable competitive advantage is essential to conduct a proper
marketing research. There are two situations that would be helpful to analyzing market according
to porters generic and pestle analysis. Various factors of growth of the business and their
business organization are taken into consideration that will be helpful for success growth of
business concern on very large scales. This factor is also helpful to increase effective to rise in
capability and support a meeting to achieve their target and aim in business. This factor support
to firm a better market opportunities to connect a customer base and also help to development
and growth of business firm which support a good relations to maintain their stakeholders for
growing their market share (Akam, 2020)

Potential of growth: The firm look after their potential customers to expand their
business in business activity to a wide range of services are should be provided. This helps that
company to maintain a stakeholder’s relation to follow in order to increase a good control over
variety of firm operation. For example, technologies group should be assess possible and build
up a greater helpful to growth plan for meeting their operational requirements. It will be
supported for suitable increase in efficiency of firm to meet their operational requirement of
organization
Competitive advantage: It should be component that growth of business organizations
in marketplace to conduct business and innovative in an efficient manner. This would provide a
benefit for advantage of a consumer to available of a product or services for best price on high
quality product and should be considered with context to Accenture innovations refer to their
search competitors of their people in purchase for those which is fastest and given better services
to becomes essential for innovative software for customers and health provider satisfaction level.
Strategic relationships: Strategic relationship need to improve their synergy of a
business organization through partnerships, joint venture and collaborations (Almagro, 2019).
Mergers and acquisitions are above mentioned report for sustainable competitive advantage
again to access and pool their funds for better environment of skills and ability of human capital
market share of the business organization.
Innovation: It should be helpful that a developer of new goods and services for current
system industries that they also had to such a innovations of discovery power of technology as a
virtual reality is tracking progress of property purchased by clients and company like proper in
addition to provide brochures. This helps to attracting remote of customers and had to extend
their market share.
Business performance: These performances of business play a vital role for evaluating
extend their growth opportunity for business organization and it is one of the key success
indicators for failure which undertaker new project investments. With context to Accenture,
company can take up growth opportunity for investing a medium size project due to their
capability of such events and provide better consulting services.

Various theories or frameworks are should be defined with context to Accenture are as follows:
BCG Matrix framework:
Stars: This type of product are generated due to cash which is highest firm market and
determine heavy incentive to the growth rate it can become the high market share it becomes a
cash cow reduced in growth rate.
Cash cow: Market leader they can improve their growth rate that can generate the more
income as compared cash counter consumes and turning of question mark in market leader for
covering their operation and administration cost.
Question mark: Question mark is determined that they can grow rapidly and quickly with
the heavy consumer to the low level of market share and able to generate their complete the other
competitors.
Dogs: Dogs have low growth market share and other consumer not generate any
investment for any income which are generated in the business organization are should be
considered contract cash-strapped due to heavy money which has a very little potential.
P2. Evaluate expansion opportunities by apply Ansoff Matrix
To evaluate Ansoff matrix, they can provide a strategic planning for a member to help
their business organization and develop to decide a strategy for growth. It is designed to evaluate
provide strategic options for high level of risk associated in the business organization. Ansoff
growth vector matrix generate for planning tool which is used by larger, small businesses to what
understanding for growth business through business development (Carroli, 2018). Through
Accenture, they can access a limited resource there any kind of mer These matrixes take into a
goods and services and existing both in a marketer should be considered. As per view point of
Ansoff matrix business concern can either achiever product growth or market growth by
employing those scenarios. The ansoff growth vector matrix with context to Accenture which are
described below:

From the above image, there was an opportunity for business success and taken into
consideration our type of strategy. It also helps to evaluate their opportunity but different market
for product was certain and what kind of strategy should be feasible for business organizations
and undertake such expansions (Cheng, 2019)
Market penetrations: It is simply says that selling more same product from previous
customers are need to find a way to increase their customer loyalty and customer lifetime value
to improve their order process and easy for customers and their businesses and also helpful to
improve their long term job market and strategies used by organization helps to produce their
share of market in present industries and it involve more approach can be accomplished through
sales handle point weekly direct to clients and improve their dealer network to increase lifetime
value to increase their market share.
Pros and cons: It may cause a rapidly adoption of the product in the market. It may create
Goodwill among their customers to purchase a product
Cons: There may be a lack of reserves in the business organizations according to the market
condition. Bad company image also so that they can establish their brand image through their
goodwill.
Market development: The best approach to attract more customers to their existing product
that they can define geographical location and it is important whether it is intended for their
product and supports their demand. In case of Accenture, to create a new marketing channel for

current product this may involve international market entry when they have domestic product for
complementary firms drive their sales product (Chofreh, Goni and Klemes, 2018)
Pros and cons: It should create a competitive advantage in the business organization. It is also
determined that investment funds are targeted which company who and which is important to a
strategy
Disadvantage: The risk of market development which is typically required capital investment
expansion to expand their marketing efforts. It should give a new opportunity that company
waste capital and resources to invest the other strategies
Product development: This will be creating a new product or services to sell their present
customers to adapt itself on last longer company can look their increase their productive to
improve other ways for new development may be influenced by customer feedback. Accenture
adding new features to their product current product or services for existing market customers on
market of product a largely remain the same but the company its one should improve their
version target existing market.
Pros and cons: It should be a considerable opportunity for product development at business
is to leverage of a point according to market references. They can provide their opportunity that
help to attract their customer and build a brand reputation
Disadvantage: It is involved in additional cost for development strategy with special invests
the process and market research or advertising. It can also increase their competition that can
work hard to solve the same problems and they come up something innovative product.
Diversification: This is represented that hiring strategy should be considered for selling a
new product or service centre new market and marketing consultant and have business to
whether it is a skills for infrastructure support system of diversification can work well in their
business is already in foundations. If they can easily adapt their new geographic market in case
of Accenture, when product and services in market are new in the firms they can well organized
and opportunity other which is industry or a complete different industries.

TASK 2
P3. Assess sources of funds accessible to firm
Venture capital: It is one of the greatest source of financial support in business
organization which is a suitable option for all businesses to make a startup as well as their who
need their large amount of money for increase a market share which are usually involved in their
business management. To play a important role in milestone target and achieve a better success
for business organization Venture capitalist invest in business they are likely to go for public and
message profit in upcoming years. Moreover, they want to fund firms have capability within
more five years they also go through extend of firm and procedure for deciding investor to invest
their money (Cooke, 2018). Venture capitalist and equity question of business organization has
to carry a promise but higher risk for should be involved some ownership or equity of business is
to external part and also expect they have a healthy written on investments they also look for a
generated when business start selling shares to their public.
Advantages and disadvantages
 Venture capital provide firm with an opportunity to expand their businesses and they
have not been through other methods and bank loans or any loan. It should start up for
high initial cost limited operating history.
 It is also helpful to build their network and connections because every business
organizations are also held up startup to grow and become successful a business to enter
into a line is a potential consumer (Fabos, 2019)
Disadvantage:
 It is difficult in ownership and control because venture capitalist give a huge capital to
startup in order to maintain their equity they have to actively participate in company
decision making and their Investments.
 Venture capital take a long time to decide how much cost should be involved with this
amount of respectively take a lot of times whether investments or not venture capitalist
availing funds for a great source for startups firm.

Retained earnings: Many businesses are aims to maximize their profits and minimize their
losses to selling a product or services which is higher prices what is cost to them for produce
goods and services. It is the best primary source for funding any company and after meet up
some profits from decided what to do, how it looked to efficiently manage. It can be distributed
shareholders and can decrease a number of shares outstanding by stock repurchase again stock
company invest their money into a new project and build a new factory of parting with company
to keep a joint venture (Geertman and Stillwell, 2020). Firm can access some income by
promotion a goods or services and it is the best source of funds for any firm that used primary
technique to bring their money for company these funds are used to invest into some projects and
for businesses are also often are located in to reward employee for firm of dividend and buyback
of shares. It will also helpful to increase capital from exterior investors and attracting more invest
through their stakeholders can prove most cost successful largely business.
Benefits and disadvantages
 It is a best cheapest source of financing does not include any acquisition cost and no
obligations to another in reverence of the retained earnings. Retained earnings brace their financial situation of firm organization and provide a
constancy of business enterprises so that they can make a stable dividend even if
company does not making a more profit (Kamariotou and Kitsios, 2019)
Disadvantage
 There is a proper utilization of funds and it may lead to large spending of funds if it is
over and dividend policy is over capitalization leads to use a combination of retaining
leading to over capitalization.
 Retained earnings to stakeholders to ensure of full benefits of retained earnings and
create own dissatisfaction among their stakeholder but also and adversely affect their
market value of shares.
Equity capital: Organization can raise their capital from public in exchange for appropriate of
ownership to be stake in the firm in type of shares are issued and investor who develop into
stakeholders after purchase with shares. Private equity finance that can provide entity and
individuals to that they can read it and any project whether it should be ready or not. It can

compare debt equity funding doesn't require any interest payments to borrower. Some can raise
their capital to promotion possession stake in the type of shares become a stakeholder advantages
of this technique is to not require any making and interest expenditure like bondholders and this
variety of capital can be increased at whether it is a money earning or not. The main
consideration of future profits are divided among various stakeholders which means tends to be
among most expensive firms of capitals and does not come with some tax benefits of debt (Luz,
Moura and de Almeida, 2018)
Advantages and disadvantages
 A business that use a more equity than debenture have a lower risk of bankruptcy because
they set backs fail to make interest payments and force into a bankruptcy equity investor
has no such rights.
 It can bring in equity partner for new equity if they will look for investor to interest in the
senior business success. If a partner have a better transaction of knowledge connection or
authority this could make dissimilarity between stressed and thriving firms.
Disadvantages
 It should be doesn't need payments of interest whether it is a typical great largely cost
than venture capital stakeholders should extra firm and the respective as complete greater
because last line to get compensated if firms goes insolvent.
 It takes much more time to get loan application and getting through of underwriting
procedure. This question of a security equity support can be much in consuming time and
typically takes precise for connection powerful tips to check equity whenever they need
(Mathur, 2019).
Crowd funding: This type of platform are should be determined that they can raise their
funds for a small contribution from any individual investors or purchaser so that they can either
run a business for equity crowd funding campaign where they can exchange equity for
investments and reason based crowd funding campaign their investor received awards in terms of
their capital. Crowd funding doubles and effective marketing are effectively process to fund your

project and it is usually takes a important quantity of training makes marketing to produce and
run a winning crowd funding movement.
Advantages and disadvantages
 It is a good idea to take public relation for some product ideas that people are invest in a
good sign and ideal work in marketplace and investor can track their development this
may aid to support their brand through their complex.
It can be fast way to increase economics with no honest fees where diving a project through
online stage can be expensive form of marketing in result of media concentration and it is
alternative finance options which they have a struggle to get a bank loans or traditional funding
(Pham and Pugalis, 2020)
Disadvantages
 It will not be necessary to easier this process has compared to their traditional way of
raising finance and all projects are applied to crowd funding platform got into them
where they can choose their platform they need to a lot of work to build the interest for
project launches in a significant resources required.
 To fail a project risk damage of reputation of business organization and people have to
pledge money for them and they have a reach of funding target will usually return to their
investors and will receive nothing.
TASK 3
P4. Propose a company plan for expansion that involves financial information

Executive summary
This plan has should be launched in October 2022 to launch a book and many sales
are required, how much exports and import of another nations, how much invested to
launch a book or made a book. This is one has to verify their business and enter their possible
roadblock and choose what they will need in way of resource with idea for growth plan and
success of business is not every firm launch for a formal firm plans but the founder of worth time
to take a step back and research something better in marketplace (Rumble, 2019). Business plan
include various outlines strategic objectives, financial planning, management outline, firm
overview, marketplace study, competitive services and customer segmentation. Financial
planning supplement their financial position that a goal to convince their reader's business are
stable financial success and include the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement
at least three to five time. To put against of loan they should provide their prospective next 5
years and into income statement, cash flow statement and capital expenditure budget to make
sure that clear left in projection make them your funding request stop the level of feature which
is necessary a financial plan will depend upon viewers goals and objectives will include three
measures of financial temperature in cash flow statement all these are suitable for include
financial projection.
Company description: It is all about how much shareholders, management structure is
an area of responsibility how much cash investment in the business is to financial legal advisor to
be listed with names, address and contact details product and services has been closed at a
unique selling points advantage and disadvantages of this product and make a business plan it
should be determined that there is a weak point to a future development.
Objective: It should be decided to complete their company over a next five years
development sales exports imports and employment.
Strategic initiative of action to enable that they can revenue doubled within three to five
years and client have requested to reach the summit of average in order to achieve their goals and
objectives. This plan include marketing aims and objectives that our customers are predictable
size of clients based at the end of period in operation in order where firm is based on suppliers
and the premises equipment are needed for in sequence to profit and loss, cash flow statement,

sales forecast and audited accounts and their summary of business objectives include some
targets and dates individual with distance of departments at this is will be integrated in single
strategy document for entire organization (Sabrieva, 2020). The main thing is to design a
business plan which includes present of business to external audiences with investors or bank
they will into aims and objective for each and every area of business organization, detail of
history of businesses for three years financial data are should be provided and qualification in
business and information about products or services where it fits in marketplace.
Market analysis is to define that target market of product and services like how to sell
their product for its target market and particular semi-active decided for potential customers in
each and every segments segmentations total revenue for target market profile of the competitors
how many competitors are there to launch of business plans and how many competitive
advantage like price new technology are to be developed a unique features how much benefit to
apply intake increases increase efficiency is saves time and resources improve customer service.
Research and development It should be indicated that ongoing activity of business
organization will be exploring and what for future contribution of the business organization that
expect from research patent, copyright brands to indicate a product and services with deck and
launch or not many starting operations in organizational chart through equipment production
facility cost involved suppliers.
Requirement to prepare a project: Latest management audit and accounts for funds to
increase their share capital share premium in their profits seat selection which is given by price
tag and geography research and development identification of a monthly and operation deficit
cash flow and flow in business organization.
TASK 4
P5. Assess exit options for a small firms along with advantages and disadvantages
An existing plan that determine how business plans are selling their invention to business
strategy and exit strategy have business managers to they want to share or close business as if
they must create a business plan before starting a business. It is true and market changes that will
be happen when leave their business and describe outline of form of transitions.

Merger: This type of access strategy where they can combined into one enters to
business value where investors are tends to like that must be need to be part of businesses but
there are true owner or manager of new business might be a numerous businesses. If there is a
merger is not best strategy with margin acquisition business exit strategy it is both purchase by
mass or similar and goals to business organization. It should be depend who they merged with or
sell the business which could be flexibility in terms of your involvement (Samad and Ahmed,
2021)
Benefits: They will be able to clean up break for businesses. It should be negotiating terms price
in return of acquisition.
Drawback: It should be a time consuming costly and an even successful procedure. The
business is to exit is as it once was range of possible consequences which are associated linked
with this action.
Employee buyout: It will be difficult plan to these methods which is possible to exit their
businesses to buy accompany these individuals they know how to manage their organization and
increase loyalty of firms and smooth transition business legacy. Moreover, to aware this
individual already part of businesses and flexibility in terms of involvement (Sreenivas, 2021).
Benefits: They are hand of businesses to someone with experience in the business organizations
and hopefully know and trust. They can remain involved in the capacity and employees who are
buying their businesses should they be more likely to make something work and legacy will
remain somewhat intact.
Drawbacks: They will not be able to find some employee of managers who wants to buy their
business from them. These management changes are difficult to implement and they have a
negative impact on previous customer.
Initial Public Offering (IPO): Initial public offer define that firm can sell their shares to
their public and go through their process to increase their extra capital for their long expensive
procedure for afterward company to public reporting requirements. Going public might be
difficult for some small disaster which is one of cost of important time of money and if they want
a fast exit strategy IPO not be way to go (Ahmad and Ahmad, 2018)

Benefits: It can be very profitable to become a public company. It helps to boost their publicity
reputation and goodwill of brand awareness.
Disadvantage: Shareholders get have to say over the firms direction is used to lose of some
flexibility in managing their businesses and public land expensive and ever take a company.
CONCLUSION
From the above information, it has been concluded that growth of planning have to be
consider their business organization which are unable that two workers to progress business and
a given many opportunities to locate their some limited resources and what adoptions of
strategies into growth plans to generate income and sales in business organization. This report
cover various topics which are named as considerations for evaluating growth opportunities,
growth opportunity apply in Ansoff matrix where market penetration, market development,
product development and diversification, source of funds such as venture capital, retained
earnings, equity capital and crowd funding along with their benefits and disadvantages, design
business plan for growth, exit strategies are should be applied for small businesses along with
their benefits and drawbacks such as merger, employee buyout and initial public offering.

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