Business Budgeting and Appraisal

Module Identifier
RD22520
Module Title
Business Budgeting and Appraisal
Academic Year
2027/2028
Semester
Semester 2 Taught over 2 semesters
Co-ordinator
Mr Anthony O'Regan
Reading List
View on Aspire
Other Staff
Mr Anthony O'Regan
Dr Ruth Wonfor
Dr Ifat Shah

Assessment

Assessment Type

Assessment details

Proportion
Semester Assessment Spreadsheet Template: 500 Words 10%
Semester Assessment Business budgeting and analysis assignment.: 3500 Words 90%
Supplementary Assessment Spreadsheet Template: 500 Words 10%
Supplementary Assessment Business budgeting and analysis assignment.: 3500 Words 90%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

  1. Construct and analyse a set of financial statements
  2. Describe the requirements when budgeting for businesses.
  3. Utilise different techniques to quantify the business options available.
  4. Construct fully detailed farm/equine business budgets (including financial statements).
  5. Prepare an investment plan, including appraisal and selection of appropriate finance
  6. Identify informational requirements of financial institutions in lending assessments.

Brief description

This module provides students with the necessary skills to analyse, budget and appraise a rural business. It also provides students with skills necessary to appraise capital investments.

Content

Analysis of Cash, Capital and Profit
Gross Margin and Enterprise analysis
Using budgeting tools in the decision making process
Construction of a budget plan that combines physical and financial assumptions to predict likely business success
Risk and Uncertainty in the budget process
Appraisal of capital investment opportunities

Module skills

Skills type

Skills details
Application of Number Preparation and analysis of farm/equine budgets
Improving own Learning and Performance Business budgeting and appraisal assignment allows students to develop own ideas on the future direction of case study farm/equine enterprise. This will be based on own collection of data and own analysis.
Information Technology Case study submission is word processed, extensive use of spreadsheets for accounts/budget construction and extensive data analysis using spreadsheets
Personal Development and Career planning Case study is based on a real life scenario which a student could be expected to encounter
Problem solving The Business budgeting and appraisal assignment requires the selection and analysis of appropriate information, within a specified timescale, to allow for the development of a budget. The volume of information encountered will not see the assignment submitted within set deadlines if self management is not practised.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5