This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #6 released on Monday, 7 February 2022. In today’s episode we are going to talk about the objective test exams, or OTs. In your CIMA professional qualification journey, you will encounter 9 OT exams, 3 in each of the 3 levels. If you guys remember, the … Continue reading Addressing the OTQs – What’s the Strategy?
Tag: Performance pillar
The CIMA Code of Ethics and the Trolley Problem
This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #5 released on Monday, 24 January 2022. So what I wanted to do for this episode is to start off from where I got the inspiration for today’s topic. The title of this episode is the Trolley Problem. And for children of ethical studies, you will … Continue reading The CIMA Code of Ethics and the Trolley Problem
The Barista and the Balanced Scorecard
This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #4 released on Monday, 10 January 2022. In today’s episode, we will be discussing a performance management tool that’s been around for a very long time, one that is certainly quite popular in CIMA exam circles. And that is the Balanced Scorecard or BSC for short. … Continue reading The Barista and the Balanced Scorecard
TARA with a Chance of Rain
This should come as no surprise. All companies face risks. I think we'd be hard-pressed to find a business operation that has not encountered uncertainty in any of its activities. I think it's very natural to associate uncertainty as a bad thing. But the truth of the matter is, not all risks are bad. There are … Continue reading TARA with a Chance of Rain
Variance Analysis – Part 5
I debated about writing this post. I had thought that maybe 4 parts discussing the different variances and their analyses were long enough. But then, I had a change of heart. Somehow 5 parts seem to be a rounder figure to end off a series. MJ the tutor presents her 5-part "Variance Analysis" series...ta-da! It … Continue reading Variance Analysis – Part 5