Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors Training Course

Scheduled Dates

Classroom

15 - 19 Jun 2026

Dubai - UAE

$5,950

14 - 18 Sep 2026

London - UK

$5,950

19 - 23 Oct 2026

New York - USA

$7,950

14 - 18 Dec 2026

Vienna - Austria

$5,950

11 - 15 Jan 2027

London - UK

$5,950

22 - 26 Mar 2027

Dubai - UAE

$5,950

22 - 26 Mar 2027

Berlin - Germany

$5,950

14 - 18 Jun 2027

Dubai - UAE

$5,950

13 - 17 Sep 2027

London - UK

$5,950

18 - 22 Oct 2027

New York - USA

$7,950

13 - 17 Dec 2027

Vienna - Austria

$5,950

Online

09 - 13 Nov 2026

Online

$4,950

08 - 12 Nov 2027

Online

$4,950

Why Choose this Training Course?

This Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors training course aimed to equip the participants with modern and sophisticated tools and techniques. They will acquire essential skills to value investment opportunities using various techniques, source of funds available to the firms at different stages, techniques for risk assessment and measurements, and sufficient cash flow management.

Making effective and sound investment decision is critical in a contemporary business environment. In a competitive economy, financial decisions play important roles in achieving organization goals and contributing to the economic growth. Decision making process requires skills to effectively assess organizations capabilities and opportunities using various methods. Organizations are constantly facing very dynamic and volatile market conditions that requires effective and thorough skills when making decision is such environment.

Choosing the appropriate technique in making financial decisions is challenging in today’s economic climate due to rapid changes in organizations’ risks. The most comprehensive tools in assessing investment opportunities include: Net Present Values (NPV), Internal Rate of Returns (IRR), Payback rule and Option valuation.

This PetroKnowledge 'Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors' training course will highlight:

The analysis of investment decisions using time-adjusted measures and real options techniques
Acquire an understanding of the fundamentals of effective management of cash flow
How to value investments using a range of techniques?
Understanding short-term and long-term funds available to firms
The nature of financial statements and the key financial tools and techniques in the broader context of how and where they are applied for the assessment of business performance

What are the Goals?

By the end of this 'Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors' training course, the participants will be able to:

Use different techniques to evaluate investment performance
Improve management skills and increase their value to the organization
Understand and use analytical tools and techniques using real-world examples
Make (and/or) contribute to strategic financial decisions and risk assessments
Understanding the implication of inflations to business decisions

Who is this Training Course for?

This 'Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors' training course is a suitably wide range of professionals but will significantly benefit:

Financial Analyst
Financial Managers
Risk and Return Analysts
Financial Planner Specialists
Financial Risk Assessment Specialists
Merger and Acquisitions Specialists
Managers and those with financial responsibilities
Financial Decision-makers, whose techniques of decision making, and analysis will be improved through attendance
Professionals acting upon the financial decisions of others, who will gain an appreciation for decision making thereby ensuring shared values within the organization
Managers involved in planning, risk assessments and decision making

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This 'Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors' training course will be conducted along workshop principles with formal lectures and interactive worked examples. Relevant cases will be used to illustrate the application of each tool in an operation environment. Each learning point will be re-enforced with practical exercises. The instructor will clearly explain and demonstrate how these techniques are applied using a real-life example.

Organisational Impact

The participants in this 'Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors' training course will provide benefits for their organization through the enhanced knowledge and set of skills that they will take back to the workplace:

Able to analysis various business problems but will also be able to evaluate various courses of action and make sound recommendations
Ability to use the latest and flexible techniques in project valuations
Understand how to apply different financial skills
Using relevant techniques and analysis in a work situation.
Knowledge gained can be shared amongst other departments of the company
New skills to make more informed and hence better management decisions

Personal Impact

By attending this Project Appraisal: Financial and Economic Factors training course, you will:

Able to make more informed and hence better financial decisions
Using various models and techniques relevant to the valuations
Enhanced financial and decision-making skills
Improve your importance and ability to contribute effectively to your organization’s goals and the economic growth
Develop professional skills, powers of analysis, evaluation, and decision-making
Able to enhance your skills in financial analysis

Daily Agenda

Day 1: Source of Finance

Potential Funding Sources
Financing Options:
- Long Term Source of Finance
- Short Term Source of Finance
Evaluation of the Types of Finance
Equity Finance
Debt Finance
Hybrid Finance
The Cost of Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Measures of Risks

Day 2: Investment Decisions

The Most Appropriate Valuation Techniques for Different Economic Sectors
Applying Time-adjusted Measures
Social Cost-benefit Analysis in Project Appraisal
- Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and Payback Method
Decision-making using NPV
Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR)
Integration of Financial, Economic and Social Appraisals to Investment Decisions
Impact of Inflation on Financial Viability and Risks
Foreign Exchange Risks
Financial and Economic Analysis for Selecting a High-quality Project
Sensitivity Analysis, Scenario Analysis and Simulation

Day 3: Managing, Controlling and Modelling Cash flow

Development of the Cash Flow Statement
Cash vs. Profit
The Cash Conversion Cycle
Calculating and Managing the Cash Flow Cycle
Cash Flow Ratios
Working Capital Ratios
The Cost of Maintaining Working Capital
Maintaining the Optimum Level of Working Capital
Preparing a Monthly Cash Flow Forecast

Day 4: The Challenge of Financial Economic Decision-Making

The Practice of Financial / Economic Analysis
The Value-creating Company
Corporate Value and Shareholder Value
A Dynamic Perspective of Business
The Agency Problem and Corporate Governance
What information and data to use?
The Nature of Financial Statements
The Context of Financial Analysis and Decision-making

Day 5: Revisit the Key Concepts in Decision Making

Course Summary and Checklists
Cash Budgets & Capital Budgets Reviewed
Financial Skills and Further Development
Re-visit Cash Flow Management
Key Challenges in Decision making

Certificate

On successful completion of this Training Course / Online Training Course, a PetroKnowledge Certificate / E-Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
On successful completion of this PetroKnowledge training course, Certificate with eligible Professional Development Units (PDUs) / Contact Hours from Project Management Institute (PMI®), will be awarded to the delegates

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