Capital and Project
Investment Appraisal Techniques
We
offer courses in investment appraisal
techniques for both finance and
non-finance professionals.
If you
are looking for an introduction to
investment appraisal, a practical guide,
a refresher or to enhance your existing
understanding then we have the right
course for you. No
mater what your experience or level, we
can pitch our courses at the right level
for you.
Course
details
Capital
expenditure decisions are some the most
important decisions made by organisations.
It is essential that best practice
techniques are used to evaluate options and
chose the best alternatives.
Expensive mistakes are
made by many organisations through poor
evaluation techniques. Our courses
demonstrate best practice techniques for
project and capital investment appraisal.
Generally our courses on
investment appraisal include a combination
of the following areas:
- Basic practice
investment appraisal techniques
- Payback
- Return on Investment
- Net Present Value (NPV)
- Internal Rate of
Return (IRR)
- Accounting for Risk
- Leasing Decisions
- Capital Replacement
- Capital Rationing
- Investment Appraisal
in the context of a business case
- Practical issues of
Investment Appraisal
Spreadsheets
In practice most
investment appraisal is conducted on
spreadsheets.
Our investment appraisal
training courses utilise spreadsheets to
demonstrate best practice and highlight some
of the common pitfalls.
Delegates have the option
to use laptops in the training. You can
decide what is the best approach for you and
we will let you know the pros and cons of
using computers in training.
See also our
spreadsheet skills for finance courses.
Course delivery
We
take an open friendly and enthusiastic
approach to learning finance. We believe
that people learn more effectively when they
are enjoying themselves. We make finance
interesting for you.
We love questions and
welcome as many as possible. We encourage an
open atmosphere which in our experience
accelerates the learning process.
We always use lots of
exercises, case studies and real life
examples in our training as we believe this
really helps our clients to understand
concepts. We find that people only really
learn when they test their understanding
through practice.
We offer traditional
training, facilitation, interactive
simulations, coaching and online training.
Tailored courses
All
our courses are tailored to meet our client's specific needs. We like
to spend time getting to know our clients as we strongly believe that
training is most effective and valuable when tailored and focused.
In-house training
Our
training can be held within your office or an external venue of your
choice. We can also secure venues on your behalf through our venue
sourcing agency.
