Building effective business cases and using plain language
FREE03 – People Professionals and Finance
This CIPD Level 0 video on building effective business cases and using plain language, part of the FREE03 – People Professionals and Finance unit, addresses assessment criteria AC 3.3 on communicating financial information effectively. The video explores how people professionals can present compelling business cases by adopting plain language, linking proposals to organisational strategy and outcomes, and incorporating assumptions, risks, metrics and visuals to strengthen their arguments. You'll discover practical approaches to collaborating with finance colleagues and establishing agreed measures of success that demonstrate HR's business impact. By completing this learning resource, you'll gain the skills to communicate financial proposals clearly and persuasively to stakeholders.
Assessment Criteria 3.3
Explain how people professionals can communicate financial information effectively.
Indicative Content
To include: presenting a business case; using plain language; linking proposals to strategy and outcomes; assumptions and risks; using metrics and visuals; working with finance colleagues; agreeing measures of success.
What You'll Learn
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About FREE03 – People Professionals and Finance
To develop learners’ understanding of essential finance concepts in business and how people professionals use financial insight to support workforce decisions, budgets and organisational performance.
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