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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Divisional Performance Measurement

AB602 · Business Performance Measurement — Week 5 of 16

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Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Divisional Performance Measurement

  1. Decentralisation and autonomy
  2. Return on Investment (ROI)
  3. Residual Income (RI)
  4. The controllability principle
  5. CIMA P2 Divisional Performance Measurement - Divisionalised structures
  6. Divisional Performance Measurement - ROI and RI Compared, Annuity Depreciation - ACCA (APM)
  7. Return on Investment (ROI) and Residual Income (RI) - ACCA Performance Management (PM)

What you will be able to do

  • 2.3 Explain why divisional performance is measured in organisations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain why divisional performance is measured in organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • CIMA P2 Divisional Performance Measurement - Divisionalised structures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 45 min · for registered students
  • Divisional Performance Measurement - ROI and RI Compared, Annuity Depreciation - ACCA (APM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students
  • Return on Investment (ROI) and Residual Income (RI) - ACCA Performance Management (PM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 25 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 11: How Do Managers Evaluate Performance in Decentralized Organizations? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 710–797 · 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
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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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