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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Communicating Financial Information

AB504 · Financial Reporting — Week 11 of 16

CourseAB504
Week11 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Communicating Financial Information

  1. Stakeholder information needs
  2. Tailoring financial reports for non-financial managers
  3. Visual presentations and executive summaries
  4. CIMA F3 Stakeholder Exercise
  5. Agency theory | What information asymmetry is in agency theory and how to cotrol it |ICAN CSME
  6. Presentations - Visual Aids

What you will be able to do

  • 4.3 Demonstrate how to communicate financial information to different stakeholder groups.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: demonstrate how to communicate financial information to different stakeholder groups.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA F3 Stakeholder Exercise · YouTube · OpenTuition · 7 min · for registered students
  • Agency theory | What information asymmetry is in agency theory and how to cotrol it |ICAN CSME · YouTube · Gbenga Olatunji · 18 min · for registered students
  • Presentations - Visual Aids · YouTube · Manchester Metropolitan University · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • What Makes a Good Annual Report and Accounts (FRC) · PDF · Frc, guidance · for registered students
  • Business Communication for Success, ch. 9.3–9.4: Business proposal and report · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 340–353 · for registered students
  • The Future of Business Reporting: A Review Article · 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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