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COMM1170 Organisational Resources
Week 5 Tutorial Artefact 5B
Financing for your A3 Organisation
Your Name:
Khushvant Dugar
What is your organisation?
If it has changed, please record that here. Woolworths Supermarkets
What is your organisational issue? If it has changed, please record that here. Staff under-resourcing due to significant cost cutting measures (implementation of new technology) leading to low employee retention/high turnover
Guiding questions and considerations
1.
Based on your research to date about your A3 organisation, identify the most appropriate lifecycle stage that your chosen organisation is in. Provide a minimum of
two pieces of evidence to justify your choice of lifecycle stage
.
2.
Based on the lifecycle stage you identified above. If your organisation requires financing to address the identified organisational issue, what type of financing would be available for your organisation? i.e. debt or equity financing. In addition, Maturity stage
1.
Established brand with enough time to introduce regular competition and improved quality of products and service for customers. “Founded in 1924, largest supermarket chain, market share of over 37%”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/23/woolworths-posts-162bn-
profit-with-dramatic-lift-in-margins-despite-cost-of-living-crisis
Woolworths’ organizational issue is internal and HR related. It is neither risk oriented nor time sensitive. Additional sourcing of equity or debt will not be required as the company is in its maturity stage. Internal cash reserves generated by record profits would be sufficient to sustain the implementation of new technology while incentivizing employees with new reward schemes
CRICOS Provider Code 00098G
think back to the matching principle from the lecture, are there any other factors that you need to consider?
3.
a). Who is the likely market participant that you engage to procure the financing and what type of financial instrument will be deployed? b). What are the expectations of the market participants that have provided the financing? 4.
In your own words explain why your A3 organisation’s characteristics influence the type of financing that it can access? Page 2
a)
If internal funds were not available and Woolworths had to procure the financing from a market participant, an investment bank would be ideal as it would provide funds from the equity market rather than the debt market
b)
Financial stability, strong profits, must comply with regulatory requirements
The life cycle stage it is currently at
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