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Financial Management in Journals Publishing<http://www.alpsp.org/Ebusiness/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=433>
DATE: Friday 20 March 2015
VENUE: West One, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR
DELEGATE COMMENTS
'This course enables managers to speak the same language as their finance directors and the board. There were clear explanations of financial concepts, strategy models and methods of approaching risks. The tutors inspired confidence.' Siobhain Butterworth, BMJ
'Best external training course I have done. Extremely well pitched for managers of journal portfolios with no formal economics or accountancy training.' Richard Hughes, Wiley-Blackwell
'Well pitched course on how strategy and risk are and how this can be managed.' Mohamed Desouky, Cambridge University Press
'Good opportunity to consider overview of financial questions away from day to day tasks.' Guy Edwards, Palgrave MacMillan
PROGRAMME
* Understanding the competitive environment including: Porter's Five Forces, pricing policy, strategic issues.
* Making investment decisions in a strategic context
* How to manage risk for a journals portfolio, including: attitude to risk, balancing society versus proprietary and new versus mature journals, new business models and financial risks associated with trading overseas
* How to approach investment decisions and securing budget, including: investment appraisal, net present value, investment decisions, title and portfolio valuation
* Financial planning for new business models including accounting for open access.
This well established course is essential for middle and senior publishing managers, who meet a multiplicity of financial problems in managing a journals portfolio. The workshop will introduce finance and accounting problems that managers face at this level, and ensure they have the tools to deal with these effectively.
TUTORS: Oliver Callaghan, IOP Publishing and Ian Russell, Oxford University Press
Further information and to book<http://www.alpsp.org/Ebusiness/Meetings/Meeting.aspx?ID=433> or email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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