Test of Professional Competence in Management
Series: CIMA Exam Practice Kit; CIMA exam practice kit
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780080501482
Subjects: Accounting -- Management -- Examinations, questions; Accounting departments -- Examinations, questions; Accounting. -- Management; Managerial accounting -- Examinations, questions; Managerial accounting
Description: CIMA Exam Practice Kits consolidate learning by providing analysis of past cases in the TOPCIMA exam. Each solution provides an in depth analysis of the preseen and offers a step by step approach to solving the case.CIMA Exam Practice Kits are ideal for students studying independently or attending a tutored revision course. It supplements the Official CIMA Study Systems and CIMA Revision Cards focused purely on applying what has been learnt to passing the exam. CIMA Exam Practice Kits help students prepare with confidence for exam day, and to pass the new.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Foreword; 1 The TOPCIMA Examination; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Is there a syllabus?; 1.3 The case study; title: ""pre-seen""; 1.4 The ""unseen"" material; 1.5 The case study; title: ""pre-seen"" has two possible unseens; 1.6 History of the examination; 1.7 Assessment matrix; 1.8 Useful background knowledge; 2 I am a Management Consultant and I Solve Other People's Problems; 2.1 Consultants are very useful to top management; 2.2 Essential methodology (1) find out about the business; 2.3 Essential methodology (2) The business risk model; title: 2.4 Essential methodology (3) SWOT analysis2.5 Essential methodology (4) Identifying the corporate mission and corporate objectives; 2.6 Essential methodology (5) Analyse the financial data; 2.7 Essential methodology (6) Good communication; 3 Test of Business Awareness; 3.1 Examiner's expectations; 3.2 Welwyn Garden City Manufacturing Engineers Ltd; GLOYDS BANK plc; 3.3 Welwyn Garden City Manufacturing Engineers Ltd; 3.4 Outline suggested answer; 3.5 Integrating your numerical skills with business awareness; Appendix; 4 IRS; title: Cracking the Case by a Standard Methodology; 4.1 Plan of Attack; title: 4.2 Business overview4.3 Financial analysis; 4.4 Business risk analysis; 4.5 Dealing with the unseen; 4.6 Structure of the facilitator's answer; 5 Global Incorporated; title: May 2002; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Business overview; 5.3 Products and markets; 5.4 Financial analysis; 5.5 Management issues; 5.6 Mission and corporate objectives; 5.7 Business risk analysis; 5.8 Dealing with the unseen; 5.9 Pointers to the facilitator's answer; 6 Sparkle May 2003; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Business overview; 6.3 Products and markets; 6.4 Management and human resources; 6.5 Financial data; 6.6 Mission and objectives; title: 6.7 Business risk analysis6.8 Dealing with the unseen; 6.9 Pointers to the facilitator's answer; 7 The New TOPCIMA Examination May 2005; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Business overview; 7.3 Management structure and HR; 7.4 Products, markets and supply chain issues; 7.5 Financial analysis ReuseR and NOW; 7.6 Mission and Objectives; 7.7 Business Risk analysis; 7.8 Dealing with the unseen; 8 November 2005 Questions and Answers; Question Paper; Examiner's Answers; Appendices; title: Case Writer's Answers; IRS; Global Inc.; Sparkle May 2003 Examinations; TOPCIMA May 2005