Performance Management (PM) Study Programme
Taught Phase Study Programme
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Introduction to the exam and the course 5
1 Assumed Knowledge: Variance analysis 13
2a Activity based costing 27
2b Target costing 37
2c Life cycle costing 45
2d Throughput accounting 51
2e Environmental management accounting 63
Achievement Ladder Step 1 69
3 Cost volume profit analysis 71
4 Limiting factor analysis 85
Achievement Ladder Step 2 97
5 Pricing decisions 99
6 Short-term decisions 111
7 Quantitative analysis in budgeting 129
8a Risk preferences 139
8b Risk and uncertainty in decision making 149
Achievement Ladder Step 3 159
9 Budgetary systems 161
10 Budgeting and standard costing 175
Achievement Ladder Step 4 185
11 Mix and yield variance analysis 187
12 Planning and operational variance analysis 195
13 Performance management information systems 203
14 Sources of management information and management reports 211
15 Performance management 217
16 Divisional performance measures 239
17 Further performance management 259
Achievement Ladder Step 5 267
Achievement Ladder Step 6 269
18 Answers to Lecture examples 271
19 Step 4 and Step 6 Questions 311