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Level 4 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Plotting and Interpreting Management Graphs

AB404 · Quantitative Methods in a Business Context — Week 7 of 16

CourseAB404
Week7 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Plotting and Interpreting Management Graphs

  1. Break-even charts
  2. Profit-volume (P/V) graphs
  3. Identifying linear relationships
  4. Graphical sensitivity analysis
  5. Cost Volume Profit Analysis – Breakeven - ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  6. Multi-product Cost Volume Profit analysis - ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  7. CIMA P1 Sensitivity Analysis

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Plot graphs, applying the general rules and principles of graphical construction.
  • 2.3 Interpret mathematical graphs of accounting data.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: plot graphs, applying the general rules and principles of graphical construction.

Study materials

Videos

  • Cost Volume Profit Analysis – Breakeven - ACCA Performance Management (PM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 28 min · for registered students
  • Multi-product Cost Volume Profit analysis - ACCA Performance Management (PM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 32 min · for registered students
  • CIMA P1 Sensitivity Analysis · YouTube · OpenTuition · 22 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting Vol. 2, ch. 3.1–3.2: Contribution and break-even (incl. charts) · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 118–134 · for registered students
  • mathcentre business leaflet: Linear relationships · PDF · Mathcentre, worksheet; 2 pages · for registered students
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 6: How Is Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Used for Decision Making? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 313–382 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Business Data
  • Week 2: Essential Numerical Techniques for Business
  • Week 3: Cost and Pricing Calculations
  • Week 4: Financial Mathematics for Decision Making
  • Week 5: Tabular Data and Chart Construction
  • Week 6: Principles of Graphical Construction
  • Week 7: Plotting and Interpreting Management Graphs
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Descriptive Statistics for Data Interpretation
  • Week 10: Time Series and Trend Interpretation
  • Week 11: Data Communication and Stakeholder Reporting
  • Week 12: Applying Quantitative Methods in a Business Context in prac…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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