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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Traditional Investment Appraisal

AB504 · Financial Reporting — Week 6 of 16

CourseAB504
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Traditional Investment Appraisal

  1. Capital budgeting fundamentals
  2. Payback period calculation
  3. Accounting rate of return (ARR)
  4. Assessing strategic proposal impact
  5. CIMA P2 Basic Investment Appraisal Techniques – ARR and Payback
  6. Investment appraisal – Payback period - ACCA Management Accounting (MA)
  7. Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) | Explained with Example

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Apply different methods of investment appraisal to business decision-making.
  • 3.2 Assess the impact of an investment proposal.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: apply different methods of investment appraisal to business decision-making.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA P2 Basic Investment Appraisal Techniques – ARR and Payback · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students
  • Investment appraisal – Payback period - ACCA Management Accounting (MA) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 13 min · for registered students
  • Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) | Explained with Example · YouTube · Counttuts · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 11: Capital Budgeting Decisions · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 517–564 · for registered students
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 8: How Is Capital Budgeting Used to Make Decisions? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 472–540 · for registered students
  • How Do CFOs Make Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Decisions? · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Financial Reporting Frameworks
  • Week 2: Budgeting Approaches and Strategy
  • Week 3: Variance Analysis and Budget Monitoring
  • Week 4: Principles and Preparation of Control Accounts
  • Week 5: Control Account Analysis and Internal Reporting
  • Week 6: Traditional Investment Appraisal
  • Week 7: Discounted Cash Flow and Investment Reporting
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Financial Analysis: Profitability and Liquidity
  • Week 10: Financial Analysis: Efficiency and Solvency
  • Week 11: Communicating Financial Information
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Reporting in practice: case studies
  • 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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