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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Performance Analysis in For-Profit Organisations

AB602 · Business Performance Measurement — Week 3 of 16

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This week’s topics

Performance Analysis in For-Profit Organisations

  1. Shareholder wealth maximisation
  2. Financial ratio analysis
  3. Economic Value Added (EVA)
  4. The Balanced Scorecard approach
  5. CIMA P2 Financial Performance Measurement
  6. Divisional Performance Measurement: Economic Value Added - ACCA (APM)
  7. Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard - Non-financial performance measurement

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Outline the systems and processes involved in performance analysis in for-profit organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: outline the systems and processes involved in performance analysis in for-profit organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA P2 Financial Performance Measurement · YouTube · OpenTuition · 45 min · for registered students
  • Divisional Performance Measurement: Economic Value Added - ACCA (APM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 34 min · for registered students
  • Kaplan and Norton’s Balanced Scorecard - Non-financial performance measurement · YouTube · OpenTuition · 10 min · for registered students
  • Shareholder Value to Stakeholder Interests: CEO Capitulation or Empty Doublespeak? · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 33 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 13: How Do Managers Use Financial and Nonfinancial Performance Measures? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 883–972 · for registered students
  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 12: Balanced Scorecard and Other Performance Measures · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 565–604 · for registered students
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting Vol. 2, Lyryx 2021-A, ch. 22: Putting It All Together: Disclosures and Analysis Overview · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 405–442 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations of Performance Measurement
  • Week 2: Data Infrastructure and External Influences
  • Week 3: Performance Analysis in For-Profit Organisations
  • Week 4: Not-for-Profit and Public Sector Performance
  • Week 5: Divisional Performance Measurement
  • Week 6: Activity-Based Costing and Management
  • Week 7: Target Costing and Life-Cycle Costing
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Throughput and Environmental Management Accounting
  • Week 10: Transfer Pricing in Divisionalised Organisations
  • Week 11: Performance Reporting and Stakeholder Communication
  • Week 12: Applying Business Performance Measurement in practice: case…
  • 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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