Financial forecasting for strategic growth

1. Chapter 15
FINANCIAL FORECASTING FOR
STRATEGIC GROWTH

2. Introduction
Long Range Planning
-is a means of systematically thinking
about the future and anticipating
possible problems before they occur.

3. What is Financial Planning?
Financial Planning
-formulates the way in which
financial goals are to be achieved.

4. Growth As Financial
Management Goal

5. Perspective Of Financial
Planning

6. What Are The Benefits That
Can Be Derived From
Financial Planning?

7. Provides a rational way of planning options or
alternatives.
Interactions or Linkages between investment
proposals are carefully examined.
Possible problems related to the proposal
objects are identified actions to address them
are studied.

8. Feasibility and internal
consistency are ensured.
Managers are forced to think
about goals and establish
priorities.