Operations, Finance, and Growth Strategies

This unit integrates core managerial functions—operations, finance, risk management, human resources, and market-facing strategy—to prepare students to run and scale a business. Learners will apply analytical and creative tools to improve production and cash flow, manage risk and people, and design growth strategies that leverage partnerships, digital channels, and innovation.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze production and supply-chain scenarios to recommend improvements in materials management, production scheduling, and inventory control using quantitative data and process-mapping techniques
• Apply financial and risk-management tools—including cash-flow statements, insurance selection, credit policies, and basic investment vehicles—to construct a short-term liquidity and risk mitigation plan for a business case
• Evaluate organizational practices (leadership behaviors, training, goal setting, and meeting design) and workforce dynamics to propose HR interventions that reduce operational risk and improve employee performance
• Design a market-driven growth strategy that integrates target-market definition, pricing considerations for global expansion, digital and affiliate marketing tactics, strategic partnerships, SWOT analysis, and elements of organizational innovation