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CIMA on demand In association with BPP

2014

Contents

Special offers and packs ........................................................................... 1

10 course pack................................................................................................... 1

20 course pack................................................................................................... 1

Business tax update 2014 subscription ......................................................... 1

Management accounting ........................................................................... 2

Activity based costing made easy ................................................................... 2

Analysing strategic success ............................................................................. 3

Balanced scorecard .......................................................................................... 4

Brand valuation .................................................................................................. 5

Demand chain debtors ..................................................................................... 6

Emerging accounting issues ............................................................................ 7

Implementing strategy ...................................................................................... 8

Inventory chain management .......................................................................... 9

Investment appraisal basics .......................................................................... 10

Investment appraisal - using sensitivity to assess risk .............................. 11

Lean finance ..................................................................................................... 12

Lean manufacturing ........................................................................................ 13

Lean Six Sigma ................................................................................................ 14

New age budgeting ......................................................................................... 15

Operational cost reduction and procurement .............................................. 16

Operational excellence in cost reduction ..................................................... 17

Reverse supply chain management ............................................................. 18

Shareholder value ........................................................................................... 19

Strategic performance measures .................................................................. 20

Supply chain management ............................................................................ 21

The accounting input into the strategic plan ................................................ 22

Corporate finance and treasury .............................................................. 23

Enterprise risk management .......................................................................... 23

Financial reporting ................................................................................... 24

An introduction to FRS 102 ............................................................................ 24

Brand valuation ................................................................................................ 25

IAS 1 - presentation ........................................................................................ 26

IAS 7 – statement of cash flows .................................................................... 27

IAS 8 - accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors ............................................................................................................................ 28

IAS 12 – income taxes .................................................................................... 29

IAS 19 – employee benefits ........................................................................... 30

IAS 38 – intangible assets .............................................................................. 31

IFRS – group accounting ................................................................................ 32

IFRS – share based payments ...................................................................... 33

IFRS 1 - first time adoption of IFRS .............................................................. 34

IFRS – operating segments ........................................................................... 35

IFRS keeping up to date - exposure drafts .................................................. 36

Tangible fixed assets and leases .................................................................. 37

Law and tax matters ................................................................................. 38

An introduction to the UK corporate governance guide for listed companies ........................................................................................................ 38

International VAT ............................................................................................. 39

Introduction to Sarbanes Oxley ..................................................................... 40

The 21st century workplace – managing social media use ....................... 41

The Bribery Act 2010 ...................................................................................... 42

VAT and small business ................................................................................. 43

VAT - deduction of input tax .......................................................................... 44

Business skills ......................................................................................... 45

An introduction to investment banking ......................................................... 45

An introduction to project management ....................................................... 46

An introduction to the city and financial markets ........................................ 47

Building better business cases ...................................................................... 48

Building powerful value propositions ............................................................ 49

Commercial skills for finance professionals ................................................ 50

Data security and protection .......................................................................... 52

Effective business writing skills ..................................................................... 53

Operational risk and compliance ................................................................... 54

Pricing – the urban legends ........................................................................... 55

Process excellence ......................................................................................... 56

Shared service provision ................................................................................ 57

Social media – risks and opportunities ........................................................ 58

Sustainability performance measures .......................................................... 59

The accountant as strategic influencer and adviser - the role of business partner ............................................................................................................... 60

The accountant as strategic influencer and adviser - becoming a business partner .............................................................................................. 61

Winning business cases ................................................................................. 62

Strategic management ............................................................................. 63

Analysing strategic success ........................................................................... 63

Constructive SWOT analysis ......................................................................... 64

Implementing strategy .................................................................................... 65

Reducing your impact on climate change .................................................... 66

Strategic management of trade working capital - demand chain ............. 67

Strategic management of trade working capital - supply chain ................ 68

Strategic performance measures .................................................................. 69

Strategy in action ............................................................................................. 70

The accounting input into the strategic plan ................................................ 71

Understanding finance ............................................................................ 72

An introduction to the UK corporate governance guide for listed companies ........................................................................................................ 72

Budgeting for beginners ................................................................................. 73

Profit vs cash – understanding the differences ........................................... 74

Raising business finance ................................................................................ 75

Working capital management ........................................................................ 76

Personal and management skills ........................................................... 77

A leader's guide to mastering influence ....................................................... 77

Assertiveness ................................................................................................... 78

Boost your emotional intelligence, boost your career ................................ 79

Dealing with change ........................................................................................ 81

Delegation for success ................................................................................... 82

Feedback that works ....................................................................................... 83

Managing difficult members of staff .............................................................. 84

Negotiation mastery ........................................................................................ 85

Presentation skills ........................................................................................... 86

Smarter thinking, smarter working ................................................................ 87

The successful manager ................................................................................ 88

Time management for professionals ............................................................ 89

CIMA on demand In association with BPP 2014 Special offers and packs 1

Special offers and packs

10 course pack

Price £195.00 +VAT

Duration Varies

CPD units Varies

Access 12 months

Pick any 10 courses from the catalogue. CPD value varies depending on which courses you pick.

20 course pack

Price £295.00 +VAT

Duration Varies

CPD units Varies

Access 12 months

Pick any 20 courses from the catalogue. CPD value varies depending on which courses you pick.

Business tax update 2014 subscription

Price £195.00 +VAT

Duration 11 hours

CPD units 11

Access 12 months

Overview

There is so much information published about developments in tax that it is difficult for tax practitioners to feel confident that they have seen everything that is important. Our online monthly taxation updates provide a distillation of important cases, legislative changes and official pronouncements, so those viewing the presentation can have that confidence that they have not missed anything of importance.

Learning outcomes

The 2014 Business tax update subscription provides you with access to our monthly Business tax updates.

Each monthly update covers business tax followed by 10 multiple-choice questions covering the content covered and other taxation related matters and provides 1 hour of verifiable CPD.

Updates and questions will be provided monthly, except for August, which therefore provides 11 hours of verifiable CPD annually.

CIMA on demand In association with BPP 2014 Management accounting 2

Management accounting

Activity based costing made easy

Price £45.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour 30 minutes

CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

There is nothing difficult or mystical about Activity Based Costing - on the contrary, it is based on simple, common sense concepts and practical methods. It seeks to drive much greater cost understanding across all of an organisation’s operations, enabling management to take smarter decisions driving real business benefits through to the bottom line. Yet many who tried lost focus, introducing impractical complexity along with time and cost, into implementations - making them largely unworkable and unsustainable. This course gets back to the basics of ABC principles and demonstrates how it can be practically adopted with a minimum of pain and fuss.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will have a better understanding of:

what drives the need for ABC - the world of growing overhead understanding the simple principles of ABC - KISS, keep it simple

stupid! implementation made easy - a framework for successful

implementation along with practical tips and methods how ABC changes our view of costs and profit, paving the way for

different management thinking.

Author: John McKenzie

John McKenzie has over 20 years’ experience during which he has undertaken ABC/M implementation work at a range of companies including Halifax Plc, British Airways, Seeboard Electricity, London Electricity, British Gas, ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company), Sharwoods, Vauxhall Motors, IBC Vehicles, MATAV(Hungarian Telecom), Glasgow City Council, Royal Sun Alliance, NatWest, and Unilever International. His book ABC/M to the Max was published in 2008.


Analysing strategic success

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Having developed a strategy with accounting input, implemented the strategy in an effective and motivational way it is important to assess whether the key elements of your strategy have actually been successful. This course will consider some benchmarks and definitions that should help you fashion an appropriate and cost effective set of measures to measure your success.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will:

understand the qualities of a good performance management system and a high quality key performance indicator

understand what makes a success factor critical and ensure the reporting regime supports and informs its progress

be able to ensure feedback mechanisms are in place to make sure your organisation is truly one that adapts and learns from past mistakes

be able to develop review and control procedures encompassing both qualitative and quantitative performance metrics

be able to consider the difficulties with setting targets and basing success on outcome measures.

Author: Andy Wilkes ACMA, CGMA

Andy is a CIMA qualified accountant with over 17 years in management and senior management positions, helping the public sector move from cash to more commercial style accounting. He has worked with numerous project based teams to oversee the development, and in some cases implementation of large Oracle based finance systems. Andy has also been Team Leader for Change Management and Budgeting during the implementation of three resource accounting systems across Government.


Balanced scorecard

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Arguably, the problem in most companies with performance measurement isn’t that we don’t have enough - quite the opposite. It’s that we have too much and that what we have is unfocused lacks a real connection to strategy, lacks coherence down and across the organisation and fails to drive the behaviours and results we seek. The balance scorecard is a performance management framework that seeks to address these shortcomings.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will understand:

what the balanced scorecard is and its purpose its importance in terms of strategy and its delivery the four perspectives - customer, financial, Business process and

innovation and learning the inevitable interdependency of measures and cause and effect

outcomes.




Brand valuation

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course looks at the valuation of intangible assets – particularly brands – and how financial reporting is evolving to deal with such assets and the challenges arising.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have a good understanding of:

the importance of brands in the valuation of companies the fundamentals of accounting for brands and other intangible assets

covered in more detail in another e-learning module, IAS38 – Intangible Assets

the broad approaches used in the valuation of brands implementation within the IFRS framework and issues arising current stance and output of regulators and standard setters

Author: Richard Mallett FCMA, CGMA

Richard is a Fellow of CIMA and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He has held senior positions at Boots, Reed Elsevier and Sainsbury’s - where he was Group Treasurer and subsequently Group Financial Controller. Richard was appointed Technical Director of CIMA in 2001 with responsibility for maintaining and enhancing CIMA’s authority in management accounting, financial reporting and related business areas. He completed six months of freelance consultancy with Intangible Business, the specialist brand valuation consultancy before joining BPP as a CPD presenter in 2010.


Demand chain debtors

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Organisations of every type and size generate some form of revenue stream. However few map out the specific processes of how and when it is generated or how efficient it could be. In today’s credit stricken, cash strapped economy it is vital for management to appreciate how revenue streams could become severed, restricted or terminated resulting in cash flow issues and liquidity gaps. Dealing with customers in a co-operative manner and delivering exceptional service is key to many organisations future success. This can only be enabled by taking a holistic approach and dealing with all parties, particularly customers, clients, providers and stakeholders in a manner that will generate robust, timely and accurate streams of income. This course will assist you in understanding how to improve the collection of cash as well as financing future income streams.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the complexity of the order to cash cycle understand the actions one can take to reduce income ‘slippage’

learn how to address liquidity gaps through alternative funding of

debtors you can challenge the norm of how Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) is

computed.

Author: John Mardle

An independent educationalist and author on working capital, John has recently written many articles for leading publications as well as facilitating and being a panellist at major events involving the Bank of England, Lloyds Banking Group, UKTI, major technology providers and VC/PE organisations. His recent work has involved ITV, DHL, Sprint Convergence, Astrium Satellites and numerous SMEs, banks, financial institutions and investment houses. John has held senior executive positions in blue chip companies such as Bombardier, Parsons, ABB, Alstom and Wimpey Taylor where he delivered worldwide programmes of strategic cash importance.


Emerging accounting issues

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Economic instability, corporate collapses, fraud, investor uncertainty, transparency and sustainability are driving a number of accounting issues that call into question the value and appropriateness of traditional accounting thinking and structures. This course is designed to help us gain an understanding of these major issues that are changing the way accountants think and deliver.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have considered:

appropriateness of reported measures shareholder and Market expectations sustainability and Stakeholder expectations striking the balance between financial and non-financial measures budgetary change to meet uncertain, dynamic environments and

provide transparency issues of intangible value and accounting.s




Implementing strategy

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Empirical evidence suggests that for many organisations strategies often fail to achieve the desired outcomes that an organisation seeks. Much of this can be attributed to the implementation of strategic initiatives.

Learning outcomes


understand the importance of continuous communication between senior management and the work force in making strategy work

know how to create a culture of responsibility and accountability from the outset of the strategy development process

be able to ensure that there are appropriate mechanisms to capture, manage and mitigate risk

look at where strategies might and have failed in the hope of preventing yours doing so in the future!




Inventory chain management

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO) is normally the metric associated with this area but because inventory can be a mixture of physical stock and subjective work in progress the metric has become outdated. This course questions whether any organisation needs stock at all and delivers some of the solutions to holding stock, whilst recognising some pitfalls of such a policy. The financial supply chain in the inventory section is broken into two sections, one for stock and one for work in progress. This course will assist people in understanding how to make the processes more efficient with regard to stock and reduce system orientated issues regarding work in progress.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the way Just in Time (JIT) is one of several methods can enhance your cash flow

understand why stock could become a liability learn how to manage work in progress and stock in a proactive manner.

Author: John Mardle



Investment appraisal basics

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

In this course, we aim to give you an understanding of a variety of investment appraisal techniques. In particular, we are going to focus on discounted cash flow techniques, namely NPV or net present value. At the end of the presentation, you should have an idea how companies or even individuals decide whether or not to proceed with a capital purchase or investment project.

Learning outcomes

This course looks at the following areas:

The concept of the ‘time value of money’. Compounding. Discounting. Net Present Value (NPV). Internal Rate of Return (IRR).


Investment appraisal - using sensitivity to assess risk

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

When thinking about risk and return and how the two interact with each other. NPV (net present value) by itself simply focuses on return and a lot of organisations make the mistake of simply using return as a basis on which to make their decisions. Now if you ask any investor how they make their decisions, they will tell you that risk is just as important to consider alongside return. And therefore we need to balance risk and return in making investment decisions and this is where sensitivity analysis assists with those decisions.

Please note before purchasing this course it is assumed that you understand how to perform NPV calculations. If you do not have this knowledge then we would highly recommend you view the module ‘Investment Appraisal – Basics’

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to give you:

an awareness of why it is important to consider risk in the investment appraisal process

the course will also show you how we perform sensitivity analysis on net present value (NPV) calculations.


Lean finance

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

There is a growing trend in firms to adopt the use of lean tools to streamline and enhance productivity and effectiveness of organisations.

Whilst their initial application was focused on manufacturing and production operations there is increasing use and application of the tools in other functional areas such as finance.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of:

indentifying the need for change Total Quality Management the DMAIC model and how it can be used for business improvement how to identify and eliminate waste from business waste how to apply DMAIC to the finance function.

Author: Garry Buick ACMA, CGMA

Garry has had extensive experience with GlaxoSmithKline, including a number of area finance director roles in the manufacturing division. He also worked in China as a key member of the implementation team for low cost product sourcing.


Lean manufacturing

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will explain how Lean developed as a result of the Toyota Production System. It will also introduce the core concepts of Lean and explain how they are used alongside Six-Sigma and The Theory of Constraints to improve manufacturing processes.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course you will have:

learnt how Lean can be combined with Six-Sigma to increase the quality of manufacturing processes

learnt how Lean tools and techniques can be used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of manufacturing processes

Author: Christopher Rowe MA, ACMA, CGMA

Christopher is a CIMA qualified accountant with over 15 years of blue chip work experience with Nestle, Centrica and Arla Foods. Specialising in process improvement; Chris has applied the Lean Six-Sigma methodology to establish finance service centres, carry out both SAP and Oracle systems implementations as well as the design of end-to-end business processes.


Lean Six Sigma

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Lean Six Sigma is a world-class best practice method of continuously improving through processes. It integrates the twin approaches of Lean deriving from the automotive industry and culminating in the Toyota Production System (TPS) and Six Sigma with origins in Motorola, General Electric and Allied Signal. Deployed well it can dramatically improve the bottom-line performance of organisations. In this programme we cover the Seven Key Principles behind Lean Six Sigma, and look at reducing Waste and reducing Defects and Variation. We also look at how to secure Stakeholders’ acceptance of the changes required, as well as the detailed steps of the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve and Control) methodology.

Learning outcomes


have a grasp of the seven principles of Lean Six Sigma recognise the importance of eliminating waste, reducing defects, and

improving process flow

be able to apply DMAIC thinking to improvement understand the key elements of Change Acceptance know the types of improvement opportunities most suitable for your

initial Lean Six Sigma projects.

Author: Dr Vince Grant FCMA, CGMA

Vince is the Director of Catalyst Consulting, is an expert in six sigma methodologies, and regularly trains Black Belt and Master Black Belt programmes. He had international senior executive experience at Hewlett Packard before forming Catalyst.


New age budgeting

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Few would argue that traditional budgetary processes are time consuming, creaking at the seams, lacking transparency and insights and add little value. Yet the majority of organisations still pursue budgetary processes that were developed 90 years ago in an age of much greater stability and certainty. This course explores today’s shortcomings, the real needs for the 21st century and alternate approaches.

Learning outcomes


the shortcomings in traditional budgetary processes and why should we change

the real purpose of a budget and what a good budget should seek to achieve

how costs are really driven and the impact on our cost understanding and forecasting

budgetary alternatives being practiced today - rolling forecasts / flexible budgets, zero based budgeting, activity or driver based budgeting and output budgeting




Operational cost reduction and procurement

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will provide users with an overview of the many different points to consider when undertaking an operational excellence programme. Focusing on areas such as procurement, supply chain excellence, functional alignment and how to measure and forecast the benefits of an operational excellence programme.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course you will:

understand the rationale required for a cost reduction strategy learn how to obtain control and power over the purchasing cycle be able to describe what makes a good procurement excellence

programme understand the points to consider when developing the business case

for a procurement excellence programme.




Operational excellence in cost reduction

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Most organisations accept without question the principle that costs should be kept as low as possible provided they don’t put key corporate objectives at risk. In practice, organisations often face strong pressure to increase resources to meet objectives such as better customer service and product quality. Reducing costs is often problematic because it not clear exactly what is being done, and the value of this work to the organisation, in the areas you seek savings. This course examines six ways of overcoming these problems: improving the ability of spending areas to contribute to key corporate objectives and customer needs, while reducing their costs significantly.

Learning outcomes


be familiar with six techniques for reducing costs in an organisation be able to assess the applicability of each technique to their

circumstances

be aware that some resources are important in terms of achieving

strategic goals, and should be carefully preserved and enhanced, and some are less important and might therefore be better candidates for cost reduction

be able to reassess the management structure of the organisation in a way that provides for the right number and level of management posts to give effective management at lowest management cost

understand how activity analysis can be used to: bring clarity about what people do in the organisation; identify cost reduction opportunities that would otherwise remain hidden; stimulate cost reduction ideas that would otherwise be missed

be aware of the importance of purchasing effectively as a potential cost reduction opportunity, and of benchmarking as a means of identifying world class performers who can be emulated

understand the role that reducing both fixed assets and working capital can play in reducing the costs of the organisation.

Author: David Baines

David is a director of Freeman Baines Consulting. He holds an MBA from the London Business School and has been a management consultant for 23 years, working extensively in both the public and private sectors. His experience includes forecasting and budgeting, overhead cost reduction, activity-based costing, organisational restructuring, performance measurement and business process re-engineering.


Reverse supply chain management

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The reverse supply chain has become a vital part of the financial supply chain as it has become a source of profitable income. It has also paved the way for organisations to demonstrate their green credentials as well as to provide evidence of their corporate social responsibilities.

The economic argument for delivering products and services that can benefit the community, the country and the company as a whole is founded on the principle that a ‘green agenda’ can generate customer loyalty, enhance streams of income, reduce costs and provide positive brand and public relation activities.

This course will assist you to appreciate the various types of reverse supply chain initiatives.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the various ‘reverse’ supply chains understand how it can be a ‘force’ for good learn how the financial supply chain becomes more efficient with the

appropriate green policies in place.

Author: John Mardle



Shareholder value

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Over the past 40 years there has been a progressive and huge divergence between company balance sheet value and value expressed by shareholders represented by share price and market capitalisation. Furthermore, the statistical correlation between accounting based measures of performance over a one to three year time horizon and corporate share value is poor. This course looks at the real driving forces behind share values in today’s world.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have considered:

shortcomings of historical valuation methods basics of the Capital Asset Pricing Model Market Value Added (MVA) and Economic Value Added (EVA) – a step

forward Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA) - current thinking on value creation

and the importance of Intangible Value Rappaport’s guiding principles of value management.




Strategic performance measures

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

In the current economic climate the reliance on the markets to determine the true worth of an organisation, through the metric of Market Value Added (MVA) has been challenged. More organisations have argued that the true worth of an organisation is its ability to generate cash for investors. As such it is argued an organisation that wishes to maximise investor wealth should adopt the principles of Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA) and make managers accountable for the decisions that they make and the impact that this has on the value of the company. These are taken one step further when consideration is given to whether traditional management accounting concepts of cost encourage managers to make short term decisions. Economic Value Added (EVA) theory argues that certain costs should be viewed as investments and performance measured appropriately.

Learning outcomes


the use of Market Value Added (MVA) as a performance metric and its limitations

why cash is king in the current environment and how the concept of Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA) can encourage managers to take decisions that truly enhance the value of a company

whether traditional management accounting concepts of cost encourage managers to take the wrong decisions

the debate between cost or investment and the principle of Economic Value Added EVA).




Supply chain management

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Suppliers (trade creditors) are the lifeblood of all organisations whether they are supplying services like cleaning, maintenance or information technology or indeed supply labour and materials to enable products to be produced or contracts like building projects to be completed.

The complex relationships between all the parties needs to be mapped as the financial supply chain could have serious cash gaps that could cause contractual delays, customer disenchantment and consequences around performance levels that could cause penalties to be incurred.

This course will help you to understand what can be undertaken to reduce non-compliance issues, contractual penalties, supplier failure and deliver appropriate KPI and service level agreements.

Learning outcomes


understand the impacts of broken links in the supply chain how to manage scenarios to assist suppliers learn about the types of financing available to suppliers.

Author: John Mardle



The accounting input into the strategic plan

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

As accountants increasingly break away from the stereotypical view of them as ‘grey people in grey suits’ it is ever more important to ensure that today’s accountant integrates into the business making them an invaluable part of the strategy development process.

Learning outcomes


understand the benefits of a formal strategy development model understand the role the accountant can play in strategy formulation consider the key models and tools when appraising the organisation

and developing a strategy consider some relevant case studies.



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Corporate finance and treasury

Enterprise risk management

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Risk management has been talked about for many years but it has a history of inconsistent and misunderstood definitions. This has led to the development of new frameworks to allow all types of organisation to understand and better manage their risk environments. This course will introduce one of these frameworks known as Enterprise Risk Management ERM and will outline:

what ERM is why ERM was developed how ERM works.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will be able to:

appreciate the importance of having a standardised approach to risk management and the key differences to other approaches

understand the concepts underlying ERM recognise ERM’s three dimensional approach to risk management appreciate that ERM focuses on both the total organisation as well as

the smaller supporting units so presenting an enterprise wide perspective of risk.

Author: Neeta Major

Neeta has worked across both the private and public sectors within external audit, financial accounting, management accounting and internal audit. Neeta has been actively involved in the provision of governance, risk, value for money and fraud seminars to managers with a broad range of backgrounds (financial and non financial).

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Financial reporting

An introduction to FRS 102

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The UK is gearing up for an end to UK GAAP as we know it. On 30 January 2012, the UK Accounting Standards Board issued three new financial reporting exposure drafts, proposing that all current FRSs and SSAPs are replaced by the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (draft FRS 102).

FRS 102 was subsequently issued on 14 March 2013. This new standard is the UK's adaptation of the IASB's IFRS for SMEs, an IFRS designed to be used by small and medium sized entities (SMEs) for whom adoption of full IFRS is a burden, with its detailed implementation guidance and vast array of disclosures.

This course covers the key differences between FRS 102 and current UK GAAP.

Learning outcomes


which entities can use FRS 102 where significant differences lie.

Author: Kerry Jones

Kerry has extensive experience in accountancy training, specialising in financial accounting under IFRS. Kerry qualified with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and held a number of senior accountant positions in various different sectors. Kerry has worked both nationally and internationally delivering accountancy related training programmes for qualified accountants, part qualified accountants, banking professionals and non financial professionals. With experience of both exam and non exam delivery, Kerry has strong technical knowledge of financial accounting.


Brand valuation

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course looks at the valuation of intangible assets – particularly brands – and how financial reporting is evolving to deal with such assets and the challenges arising.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will gain a good understanding of:

the importance of brands in the valuation of companies the fundamentals of accounting for brands and other intangible assets

covered in more detail in another on demand course, IAS 38 – intangible assets

the broad approaches used in the valuation of brands implementation within the IFRS framework and issues arising current stance and output of regulators and standard setters.


Richard is a fellow of CIMA and a member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He has held senior positions at Boots, Reed Elsevier and Sainsbury’s - where he was Group Treasurer and subsequently Group Financial Controller. Richard was appointed Technical Director of CIMA in 2001 with responsibility for maintaining and enhancing CIMA’s authority in management accounting, financial reporting and related business areas. He completed six months of freelance consultancy with Intangible Business, the specialist brand valuation consultancy before joining BPP as a CPD presenter in 2010.


IAS 1 - presentation

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course looks at IAS 1 – presentation. This is a basic standard containing important questions about the main financial statements required for reporting under International Financial Reporting Standards.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will have a good understanding of:

the scope of the IAS 1 standard the important definitions within the standard initial recognition of measurement in the financial statements the required entities to produce the 4 main statements:

o The Statement of Financial Position o The Statement of Comprehensive Income o The Statement of Changes in Equity o The Statement of Cash Flows

the notes to the financial statements.

Author: Christopher Nobes BA, PhD, FCCA

Professor of Accounting at Royal Holloway, University of London. Professor Nobes was UK representative on the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee from 1993 to 2001. He is vice-chairman of the accounting working group of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens. He is the author of twelve books including the FT Reports Interpreting French Company Reports and German Accounting Explained.


IAS 7 – statement of cash flows

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course on IAS 7 - statement of cash flows, deals with the fourth financial statement an entity is required to present. This is the only statement that is not covered in IAS 1. Unlike many national accounting rules IAS 7 requires all entities to present a cash flow statement as an integral part of the financial statements (1). Given that the purpose of IFRS information is to enable users of financial statements to predict cash flows this course will take you through the contents of IAS 7 to help enable you to present cash flow statements.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have an understanding of:

the definition of cash and cash equivalents three main headings: operating, investing and financing direct or indirect method some netting allowed actual or average exchange rates interest and dividends can be classified in any way disclosures




IAS 8 - accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and errors

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course looks at IAS 8: accounting policies, changes in accounting. This standard can be seen as an extension of IAS 1 and the presentation will cover topic areas such as the selection of accounting policies, changes in accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and correction of error.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have an understanding of the following areas:

selection of accounting policies changes in accounting policies changes in accounting estimates correction of errors.




IAS 12 – income taxes

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course is designed to refresh knowledge and bring you up-to-date with the latest developments of IAS 12 and is therefore suitable for those with some existing knowledge of either IFRS or UK GAAP. IAS 12 covers the accounting treatment of current tax, under and over provisions and deferred tax. Although IAS 12 has been in issue for a number of years, this is quite often an area of significant difference for those that are new to IFRS reporting.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of:

current tax deferred tax (including taxable temporary differences and deductible

temporary differences) presentation of the deferred tax movement in profit and loss or equity treatment of deferred tax on unused tax losses and credits measurement of deferred tax exceptions.

Author: Kerry Jones

Kerry has extensive experience in accountancy training, specialising in financial accounting under IFRS. Kerry qualified with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, and held a number of senior accountant positions in various different sectors. Kerry has worked both nationally and internationally delivering accountancy related training programmes for qualified accountants, part qualified accountants, banking professionals and non financial professionals. With experience of both exam and non exam delivery. Kerry has strong technical knowledge of financial accounting.


IAS 19 – employee benefits

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course looks at all aspects of employee benefits covered within IAS 19 including post employment benefits such as pensions, looking at both the current IAS 19 and the recent amendments to IAS 19, short term benefits such as holiday accruals, termination benefits where we will look at things like redundancy payments and all of the long term benefits generally paid post employment.

Learning outcomes


have an understanding of how pension schemes are treated under IFRS

understand the recent amendments to IAS 19 have basic knowledge of other areas of employee benefits that IAS 19

coves.

Author: Kerry Jones



IAS 38 – intangible assets

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The following presentation looks at IAS 38 - intangible assets. It defines what intangible assets are and how to set up the accounting treatment for these intangible assets.

Learning outcomes


The scope of IAS 38 and the intangible assets that it deals with Definition of an intangible asset Initial recognition of measurement in the financial statements Subsequent measurement Disclosures

Author: Jennifer Braithwaite

Jennifer has been delivering and developing IFRS and audit based training courses for over six years with clients including the Brunei Investment Agency, National Bank of Greece, KPMG and PWC. Jennifer’s previous role was as a tutor with the leading provider of ICAEW (ACA) exam training in the UK. In this role, Jennifer specialised in financial reporting (IFRS) and auditing courses, becoming the company’s IFRS technical expert for the financial accounting paper.


IFRS – group accounting

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will benefit those who have some experience of international standards, either from their professional exams or in the workplace, and who are in need of a refresher on group accounting. Following the recent issues of the new group accounting standards IFRS 10 Consolidated financial statements, IFRS 11 Joint arrangements and the update to IFRS 3 Business combinations, there have been some significant changes to how we account for entities within the group. This course will bring you up-to-date with the most recent treatments.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of:

IFRS 10 consolidated and separate financial statements IFRS 3 business combinations IAS 28 associates IFRS 11 joint arrangements

Author: Kerry Jones



IFRS – share based payments

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will cover accounting for share-based payments under International Financial Reporting Standards.

Learning outcomes


how UK GAAP compares to IFRS in this area equity-settled share-based payments cash-settled share-based payments settlement alternatives treatment of modifications, cancellations and settlements the implication of deferred tax key disclosures required in financial statements how group share-based payment transactions should be treated.

Author: Sonali Bricola ACA

Sonali specialises in financial reporting, in particular IFRS and UK GAAP. Having worked for Horwath Clark Whitehill in the audit department and assisting with the new joiners training, Sonali decided to join Kaplan as an ACA exam-based trainer. During her time at Kaplan, Sonali spent a lot of time teaching financial reporting. She left Kaplan to join Henderson Global Investors as their senior management accountant, to gain hands-on industry experience. She continued to be involved with reporting as she was also responsible for a set of consolidated accounts.


IFRS 1 - first time adoption of IFRS

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The following presentation looks at IFRS 1 - first-time adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards. This unique standard is generally required once in an entity’s life, when it makes the transition from some national accounting system to IFRS.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will have a good understanding of:

what first time adoption of IFRS means national requirements compliance with the different parts of IFRS internal use IFRS


A Professor of Accounting at Royal Holloway, University of London. Professor Nobes was UK representative on the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee from 1993 to 2001. He is vice-chairman of the accounting working group of the Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens. He is the author of twelve books including the FT Reports Interpreting French Company Reports and German Accounting Explained.


IFRS – operating segments

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

IFRS 8 is the International Financial Reporting Standard that requires companies to give disclosures about their operating segments. The standard replaces IAS14, segmental reporting and applies to reporting periods commencing on or after the first of January 2009.

Learning outcomes

The course will cover the following areas:

introduction scope core principle operating segments reportable segments disclosures comparison with IAS 14 comparison with UK GAAP.

Author: Jennifer Braithwaite

Jennifer has been delivering and developing IFRS and audit based training courses for over six years with clients including the Brunei Investment Agency, National Bank of Greece, KPMG and PWC. Jennifer’s previous role was as a tutor with the leading provider of ICAEW (ACA) exam training in the UK. In this role, Jennifer specialised in financial reporting (IFRS) and auditing courses, becoming the company’s IFRS technical expert for the financial accounting paper.


IFRS keeping up to date - exposure drafts

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The IASB and the US FASB have recently affirmed their commitment to developing a common set of high-quality standards and have set a goal of completing their major joint projects and issuing new standards by 2014. Many changes to IFRS are therefore taking place, with new standards being issued and older standards being revised or replaced. This course is designed to bring you up to date with the latest developments and proposals and is therefore suitable for delegates with some existing knowledge of IFRS.

Learning outcomes


recent exposure drafts convergence project the replacement of IAS 39.

Author: Kerry Jones



Tangible fixed assets and leases

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will refresh your knowledge and bring you up-to-date with current treatment of tangible assets and leases under IFRS. It will cover a number of standards that relate to the accounting for tangible assets including property plant and equipment, leasing, investment property and borrowing costs. It includes details of those standards that apply for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2014. It does not include details of new and revised standards applicable thereafter. The course is suitable for people with some existing knowledge of either IFRS or UK GAAP.

Learning outcomes


IAS 16 Property, plant and equipment. IAS 23 Borrowing cost. IAS 40 Investment property. IAS 17 Leases.

Author: Kerry Jones


CIMA on demand In association with BPP 2014 Law and tax matters 38

Law and tax matters

An introduction to the UK corporate governance guide for listed companies

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Good corporate governance is essential to the effective operation of a free market, which enables wealth creation and freedom from poverty. In the UK the belief in relation to corporate governance is that the more ingrained the system of corporate governance in a business community, the less the need for detailed regulation to ensure effective compliance with good standards of business behaviour.

This course will explain more about the UK’s approach to corporate governance and in particular give you an insight to the 2010 published guidance now rebranded “UK Corporate Governance Code”, previously known as the UK Combined Code.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will

appreciate the key developments in corporate governance over the last thirty years in the UK

recognise the UK’s approach to governance known as the comply or explain approach

understand the key requirements of the new UK Corporate Governance Code issued in 2010.

Author: Neeta Major



International VAT

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course deals with international aspects of VAT. It begins by showing how UK VAT law and the VAT laws of other EU countries are governed by European law. It then shows how VAT applies to movement of goods both within and outside the EU. When and how the reverse charge operates to account for VAT on cross border transactions is dealt with next. Having covered movements of goods, it goes on to cover cross border supplies of services and show how the VAT rules apply to these. In particular, the major changes to the rules on cross border supplies of services which were introduced from 1 January 2010 and 1 January 2011 are covered. Finally, the question of when out of state VAT may be incurred and how it can be recovered is dealt with.

Learning outcomes


the interaction of UK and European VAT law how VAT applies to supplies of goods within and outside the EU the operation of the reverse charge in cross border transactions how VAT applies to supplies of services within and outside the EU when and how out of state VAT can be reclaimed.

Author: Geoff Sykes

After qualifying with a small firm Geoff spent ten years in London with Deloittes, originally as a tax specialist, and later as National Tax Training Manager. For the next twenty years he was a tax partner in a medium sized firm based in Leeds and Kendal, advising a wide range of business and personal clients on all aspects of tax. He also has experience as a company director and as a director of a retail cooperative society.


Introduction to Sarbanes Oxley

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The Sarbanes Oxley Act was introduced in 2002 in response to many corporate scandals in the U.S.A. Since then many US listed companies, including their overseas subsidiaries, have taken action to ensure that they are compliant with the relevant provisions in the legislation. This course will give you an insight into the Sarbanes Oxley Act providing you with an appreciation of why it has emerged, the key provisions and the key practical areas that companies need to appreciate to ensure compliance.

Learning outcomes


understand the drivers and rationale for the act appreciate the key provisions of the act recognise the jargon appreciate the key issues to consider when implementing practically.

Author: Neeta Major



The 21st century workplace – managing social media use

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The social networking revolution. Indications are that the fastest growing membership to social networking sites is amongst the workforce population. With the ease of accessibility to the internet in the workplace, this growth has had a considerable impact on behaviour of employees. The opportunities to now be online and socialising, rather than online and working, are at their highest, and the phenomenon does not look set to slow. This course considers not only the negative, but also the positive impacts of social networking technology for employers, the rights of employees, and how these 21st century workplace issues can be managed.

Learning outcomes


understand the terminology associated with social networking consider the legal background applicable to the use of such technology

in the workplace understand the risks in the workplace from use and misuse of social

networking

gain practical hints for dealing with problems caused by the use of social networking by employees

Author: Karen Teago

Karen has worked as an employment law consultant and professional training provider since 2010. Before that, Karen spent 10 years in private legal practice, specialising in commercial and practical employment law advice to a range of businesses and also to HR professionals.


The Bribery Act 2010

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

The Bribery Act 2010 is far reaching in its scope and is intended to provide a more intensive mechanism to prosecute and control corruption and bribery in all its various forms. No firm or individual can afford to be without a working knowledge of the act and an understanding of their obligations and the implications for themselves and their businesses. This course is intended to be a guide to the essential elements of the act which will be of assistance to firms and individuals and their legal and compliance advisors. it will help you understand the essentials of the Bribery Act 2010 and will give you a working knowledge of the structure of the act and the offences it creates.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course you will:

understand why the Bribery Act 2010 was enacted understand the structure of the act and its concepts have a working knowledge of the criminal offences that the act creates.

Author: Sarah Clarke

Sarah spent the first ten years of her career at the Independent Bar during which time she prosecuted and defended predominantly in the fields of financial fraud and confiscation. She became an In-House Counsel in the Enforcement Division of the FSA in 2005 and conducted many of the early Financial Services and Markets Tribunal Authorisations cases arising out of the FSA commencing regulation of mortgage and general insurance firms. Sarah regularly lectures on a range of regulatory subjects within the FSA and also for the Financial Services Lawyers Association, the Fraud Solicitors Group, Central Law Training, the Serious Fraud Office, Compliance Consultants and Commercial Law Firms.


VAT and small business

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course deals with the aspects of VAT which are particularly relevant to small and medium sized businesses. It begins by looking at registration in the context of small business. This leads on to the question of when registration can be avoided by business splitting, and some recent cases on this are considered. Next, the advantages of the flat rate scheme for small business are dealt with, moving on to an overview of the cash accounting and annual accounting schemes. The retail schemes are then dealt with, concentrating on those which are applicable to small business. Finally, the procedure for correcting errors is covered, together with the impact of the penalty regime.

Learning outcomes


the impact of the registration threshold on small businesses when business splitting is or is not acceptable the operation of the flat rate scheme for small business the cash accounting and annual accounting schemes when and how the retail schemes are used dealing with claims and adjustments of VAT.

Author: Geoff Sykes



VAT - deduction of input tax

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course covers the deduction of input tax by businesses. It begins by dealing with the basic requirements for a business to obtain a deduction of input tax. It then looks at the key question of whether the business seeking to deduct input tax shown on an invoice did receive the supply, and considers a number of important recent cases on this point. The special rules which apply to deduction of input tax on cars and fuel used for business purposes are covered next, leading on to a review of the impact of VAT on employee expense claims. Finally, the issues which arise when input tax deductions are claimed by businesses which make exempt as well as taxable supplies are dealt with.

Learning outcomes


when input tax is deductible the importance of determining who received the supply when input tax on cars and fuel can be deducted deduction of input tax on cars and fuel how input tax on employee expenses is dealt with input tax deduction when a business is partially exempt.

Author: Geoff Sykes


CIMA on demand In association with BPP 2014 Business skills 45

Business skills

An introduction to investment banking

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course reviews the basic structure of an investment bank. It focuses on the basic activities of the different functional areas including sales and trading, corporate finance, compliance etc.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course you will:

have an understanding of the different parts of the investment bank or Investment Banking Division (IBD) and how they are interrelated

know what sales and trading does and the role of research know key terms like Chinese wall, LIBOR, derivatives, leveraged

finance, Financial Sponsors Group (FSG), Financial Institutions Group (FIG)

have an understanding of the capital structure of companies, the split between debt and equity and how leverage increases returns to equity

understand what bonds and Eurobond markets are and what the Debt Capital Markets (DCM) do

understand what convertible bonds are, as well as asset backed securities such as Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) and Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO and CDOs)

understand what equities (stocks or shares) are and the work of the Equity Capital Markets (ECM) – in both primary issues (Initial Public Offering or IPO) as a book runner or lead, and in secondary offerings (rights issues)

understand what mergers and acquisitions are.

Author: John Bolitho

John’s career spans 20 years in financial services both on the buy side and the sell side of finance, with a general focus on advising, and investing in, technology businesses. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder and has a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.


An introduction to project management

Price £60.00 +VAT

Duration 2 hours

CPD units 2

Access 12 months

Overview

More and more accountants are being asked to contribute within a project environment. This course provides a basic outline of the project management role, how to structure a project, the project governance structure and highlights some of the tools available to help manage the process.

Learning outcomes


have a basic understanding of project management methodology understand project governance identify the skills required to be an effective project manager know the tools available for project planning be able to implement a project plan be able to evaluate a completed project.


Andy is a CIMA qualified accountant with over 17 years in management and senior management positions, helping public sector organisations implement more commercial style accounting methods within numerous project based teams to oversee the development, and in some cases implementation of large Oracle based finance systems. He has experience of change management and budgeting and was team leader during the implementation of three resource accounting systems across the government. He also managed a team that developed and delivered the technical systems and associated financial awareness training for the Highways Agency (with almost 1,000 staff being trained).


An introduction to the city and financial markets

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

In this course we describe the key functions of the different financial markets in the City of London and how various products are used in these markets to hedge risk. The goal is to demystify a lot of the jargon of the city and explain how the different parts of the city work together.

Learning outcomes


have an understanding of purpose of the city and the buy side and the sell side in the city

understand some of the risks that companies face and how the city can help to hedge them

know about major markets in the city including the money market, foreign exchange, capital markets, DCM, ECM, derivatives markets, commodities, insurance (Lloyd’s) and shipping (the Baltic Exchange).

Comprehend the role of the Bank of England and regulation Understand terms like LIBOR, bid offer spread, IPO, eurobond, share,

FTSE100 share index, derivative, future, option, and swap.

Author: John Bolitho

John’s career spans 20 years in financial services both on the buy side and the sell side of finance, with a general focus on advising, and investing in, technology businesses. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder and has a Diploma in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors.


Building better business cases

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

In today’s economic climate, more than ever, we must ensure that for any investments of significance in our businesses that we undertake produce returns that protect our cash, satisfy investors or shareholders expectations and justify the risks taken. This course looks at what constitutes a good business case, how we may effectively model it and considers the quantification of risk.

Learning outcomes


recognise what constitutes a good business case format - what need does it fulfil, how will we achieve it and why should we do it?

understand how to model a business case using Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) techniques, IRR and ROI effectively and the cash impact it has - breakeven and payback periods

recognise the negative and positive impacts on investors and share value a business case can have

how to evaluate up-front and on-going tangible and intangible costs and benefits

consider the impact and evaluation of risk within a business case.




Building powerful value propositions

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

In an increasingly competitive world it is important that you communicate to your clients how you can help them to meet their needs and address the key issues that they face. The value proposition, done correctly, provides a powerful answer to the question ‘Why should we choose you?’

But it should do more, demonstrating your understanding of their issues and differentiating what you do from the competition. The key is in the differentiation, demonstrating how what you offer gives the client more of the things they want – the value – than competitor solutions. Value propositions are frequently talked about and generally poorly done.

Successful businesses cascade their value propositions down through the organisation, and the organisation has value delivery at the heart of what it does. The process starts with an understanding of value, and a recognition of the fact that what we might consider to be value may not be quite the same from the clients point of view. This online CPD course will help you understand value, recognise the importance of differentiation and help you to build a powerful value proposition for your business.

Learning outcomes


understand value and what it means to clients recognise the importance of defining value from the clients perspective have a value template against which to measure the three key areas of

value understand the three steps to value be able to create powerful, persuasive value propositions win more business!

Author: Harry Macdivitt BA, MSc, MBA, FCIM, FIBC, CMC

Harry is the co-owner and director of Axia Value Solutions, a consultancy company specialising in value based sales and marketing strategies. Harry has assisted a large number of organisations with their pricing and general business strategies including Nokia, BT, IBM, Lucent, Siemens, Philips, Boots and Michelin.


Commercial skills for finance professionals

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

This course focuses on the need for the finance function, and accountants in particular, to have a broader understanding of the needs of operational management. It concentrates on being able to communicate more effectively, recognising our personality traits and how we are perceived by others and to gain more influence through a mutual understanding the linkage between financial outcomes and value creation.

Learning outcomes


the changing role of finance the need for business partnering the impact of our personality and behavioural traits presenting and communicating financial information in a more relevant

form focusing finance on value creation.




Cost and return - professional ethics in business Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

As professional management accountants, CIMA members and registered students and throughout the world have a duty to observe the highest standards of conduct and integrity, and to uphold the good standing and reputation of the profession.

Research and activity in the field of business ethics and sustainability, the growing influence of investors, consumers, employees and wider society, all point to the necessity of embedding wider ethical considerations into strategy and performance measurement. The last few years have highlighted the costs of acting unethically, with a spate of business failures, high public distrust and now, increasingly, public protest against corporate and government misdemeanours. Management accountants have a specific role in not only upholding their related institute’s code of ethics, but also in acting as a role model and influencer in regard to ethical practice and promoting responsible business for the long term.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the developments in ethics in the business context globally and the role of reporting

understand the the key principles of the IFAC International Ethics and Standards Board of Accountants Code of Ethics, adopted by CIMA

consider ethical dilemmas and their resolution recognise the particular role management accountants can play in

contributing to ethical management practices

Author: Tanya Barman

Tanya is responsible for CIMA’s ethics and responsible business policy strategy and programme for its members and students. Prior roles include responsible business, organisation development and international management positions in both commercial and non-profit organisations in UK, USA, South Africa and south Asia. Tanya has an academic background in International Relations as well as people management and development (MCIPD).


Data security and protection

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Cloud computing now offers businesses a new way of storing data or running applications which can often be cheaper and more readily accessible than other methods. In addition cloud computing offerings include no hardware investments or software licenses, faster implementation and the benefit of being able to access data and applications from anywhere with an internet connection.

However, organisations need to be aware of the risks and how to mitigate them as there are also potential disadvantages which could include the lack of support, privacy, speed, security, as well as data protection considerations and the need to have an internet connection.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will have an understanding of:

Introduction to the cloud Accessing the cloud Pros and cons of the cloud Choosing a cloud provider and service Data Protection Issues Security and managing the risks The future.

Author: Dr Stephen Hill BSc (Hons), PhD, CIIP, TAP

Stephen spent 12 years working for a top 25 firm of accountants, heading the Fraud and Forensic group, leading an expert body advising clients on prevention, detection and recovery of fraudulent assets, working closely with the police, HMRC and private sector.

Stephen specialises in combating e-crime and fraud with 10 years experience in internet fraud awareness, identity theft, not-for-profit fraud and risk management.


Effective business writing skills

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

A recent survey suggests that around 90% of all newsletters and promotional material go straight into the bin (or the delete box). This is obviously a waste of time and resources, so it makes sense to use language and presentation to grab the reader’s attention and make them want to read your written work.

The same principles apply to writing punchy business reports and proposals. As well as helping you to sell your business, this programme will help you to write clear advice letters and memos. It also acts as a useful introduction to BPP’s comprehensive range of business writing courses.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have a better understanding of:

the worst writing pitfalls and how to avoid them best practice principles for plain English the six golden rules of clear writing some practical tips for making a strong impact on the reader.

Author: John Trimbos

John Trimbos is an experienced trainer specialising in interpersonal and management training. He is a solicitor admitted in England and Wales, and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.


Operational risk and compliance

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will provide an overview of operational risk management and how it works in practice. It includes risk management standards and the UK compliance requirements. There are practical examples of operational risk management techniques and how they are being used in organisations.

Learning outcomes

During this course you will:

learn what operational risk is and how it differs from other types of risk. find out the critical success factors for building a risk management

framework. discover techniques to identify and assess risks. see what the four main risk response strategies are. understand the importance of the control environment. learn what the compliance requirements are for risk management within

the UK Corporate Governance code.

Author: Jean Francois Lowes

Jean-Francois has worked for Boots the Chemist, Reuters and Diageo in a variety of finance and reporting roles. He has a wide knowledge of sustainability reporting including carbon reporting.


Pricing – the urban legends

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Pricing is one of the most difficult decisions that a manager can make. Many see it as complicated, risky and even terrifying. The reality is rather different. As long as you understand a few of the ground rules, you will not go too far wrong in your pricing efforts. One of the rather daunting issues is that there are as many opinions about how to set price as there are managers offering them. Some of the advice is sound, solid and pragmatic. Other suggestions are wrongly founded, based on half understood premises or just plain stupid. We review no fewer than 18 such myths, offer rational responses to them and explain the theory behind the answers. This will enable you to recognise an “urban legend” when you hear one, and how to deal with it confidently and unambiguously.

Learning outcomes


have a grasp of the core elements of theory that you need to understand pricing strategies

recognise the importance of segmentation, value and differentiation in making effective pricing decisions

be able to analyse wrong thinking in pricing and come up with better ideas

be able to contribute knowledgeably to management discussions on pricing and pricing strategies

find out about the behavioural implications of budgeting.




Process excellence

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Leading business ‘guru’ Deming stated that “85% of the reasons for failure to meet customer expectations are related to deficiencies in systems and processes…rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better”. In this programme we look at how to better manage, improve and design processes to address Deming’s concern. We cover what processes are and how they operate in a business, how to recognise the state of maturity of process management in your business, and to measure and report the performance and state of each key process. We then go on to consider the methods for improving and designing processes for optimum performance, before finally looking at the drivers of successfully deploying Process Excellence.

Learning outcomes


have a grasp of the three dimensions of process excellence be able to assess the maturity of process management in your

organisation

understand the four key states of a process and the impact of variation and defects

understand how to calculate Process Sigma have a appreciation of the DMAIC and DMADV methodologies of

improving and designing processes know the key factors impacting successful deployment of process

excellence.

Author: Dr Vince Grant FCMA, CGMA

Dr Grant is the Director of Catalyst Consulting, is an expert in six sigma methodologies, and regularly trains Black Belt and Master Black Belt programmes. He had international senior executive experience at Hewlett Packard before forming Catalyst.


Shared service provision

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

In driving towards greater levels of cost efficiency and improved service provision, many organisations have turned to establishing shared service centres. But are shared service centres always a guaranteed solution to achieving a satisfactory price/service balance and what conditions are likely to ensure successful shared service implementations?

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will understand

what is a shared service? reasoning behind shared service provision arguments for and against shared services preconditions for a shared service to be successful charging for services provided operation as a cost or profit centre.




Social media – risks and opportunities

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Social networking is a topic that should be on the radar of every department as it is proving to be a vital resource for many businesses. However, many of these businesses have yet to develop policies and procedures for employee use of the new media. Combined with this are the potential risks associated with social networking sites posing a problem that many departments now need to address.

This course will help your organisation to understand the benefits and risks of social networking and will identify the best ways to use and manage social networks creating new opportunities for the business in a safer environment.

Learning outcomes

Introduction to the world of social media/networking. Learn about social networking monitoring tools and how to use them. Learn how to effectively use sites such as Twitter, Facebook and

LinkedIn. Learn the do's and don'ts of using blogs, microblogging sites and social

networks.

Learn the do's and don'ts of using blogs, microblogging sites and social networks.

Uncover the potential pitfalls of social media and identify key risks. Effective policies and procedures for the use of social networking.

Author: Dr Stephen Hill BSc (Hons), PhD, CIIP, TAP

Stephen spent 12 years working for a top 25 firm of accountants, heading the Fraud and Forensic group, leading an expert body advising clients on prevention, detection and recovery of fraudulent assets, working closely with the police, HMRC and private sector.

Stephen specialises in combating e-crime and fraud with 10 years experience in internet fraud awareness, identity theft, not-for-profit fraud and risk management.


Sustainability performance measures

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course provides an overview of sustainability and how it is measured. It includes key sustainability standards and the UK legislation regarding sustainability reporting. There are practical examples of sustainability measures and how they are being used in organisations.

Learning outcomes

Learn what sustainability means, what drives it and how it can be measured.

Recognise different sustainability standards. Understand the UK legislation regarding sustainability reporting. Calculate sustainability measures. Develop practical ways of improving sustainability and saving money.

Author: Jean Francois Lowes

Jean-Francois has worked for Boots the Chemist, Reuters and Diageo in a variety of finance and reporting roles. He has a wide knowledge of sustainability reporting including carbon reporting.


The accountant as strategic influencer and adviser - the role of business partner

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

As the world changes and finance becomes an ever increasing priority for most organsations, there is a recognised need for the role of the finance professional to change. No longer can the finance professional sit behind a spreadsheet or spend hours simply playing with a chart of accounts. There is now a need, and in a lot of cases a pull from the business, for a finance professional to play a greater part in the strategic decision making and planning within a business. This has created the developing role of the finance business partner.

This course explains what that role looks like and briefly considers how the finance professional might get more involved in ensuring the strategy of an organisation gets implemented.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you will have a better understanding of:

What is meant by the term business partner. What makes for a good business partnering relationship. The role and risks of systems and shared service centres. The challenges to the organisation of Business Partners. The development challenges to finance professionals.

Author: Andy Wilkes



The accountant as strategic influencer and adviser - becoming a business partner

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

In part 1: 'The accountant as strategic influencer and adviser - the role of business partner', we considered the changing role of the finance professional and looked at some of the ways they can bring greater efficiency and productivity through building closer links to the business, developing the role of business partner. This second course looks to highlight some of the inter personal skills required to be an excellent Business Partner.

There is no doubt that some people were born with a high level of Emotional Intelligence while others need to work hard to develop it. The good news is that while IQ tends to level out the older you get, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) can be developed. This course looks to provide some tools and skills to employ and develop to help the finance professional build rapport with their counter parts with in the business - and in doing so fulfil the ever challenging role of the finance business partner.

Learning outcomes


understand tools that are required to fulfill the business partnering role identify important relationship skills required to be a business partner discuss how to develop rapport with customers

Author: Andy Wilkes



Winning business cases

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

In today’s economic climate it is ever more important that organisations are effective in allocating resources. Therefore there is an increasing tendency for organisations to require well thought through business cases for projects. These business cases need to be approached in a disciplined manner and address all the questions that those being asked for approval need answering. This course takes a generic approach to business case formulation that can be applied in any organisation.

Learning outcomes


understand what a business case is – and what it isn’t appreciate the importance of stakeholders and managing relationships

with these stakeholders recognise the need to ensure that the business case is aligned with the

strategy of the organisation or business unit understand the principles of evaluation (this is covered in more detail in

a separate online CPD course - Investment appraisal basics) know how to put together a high level implementation plan review what kind of risks might need to be considered

understand what kind of format and presentation the business case should comprise

recognise the importance of post completion reviews.


Richard has over 20 years of commercial experience at Boots, Reed Elsevier and Sainsbury’s, culminating in being group treasurer and then group financial controller at Sainsbury’s, followed by nine years as the technical director at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He has had extensive involvement in business cases with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions at Reed Elsevier and investment appraisal of all capital expenditure at Sainsbury’s.

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Strategic management

Analysing strategic success

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Having developed a strategy with accounting input, implemented the strategy in an effective and motivational way it is important to assess whether the key elements of your strategy have actually been successful. This module will consider some benchmarks and definitions that should help you fashion an appropriate and cost effective set of measures to measure your success.

Learning outcomes


understand the qualities of a good performance management system and a high quality key performance indicator

understand what makes a success factor critical and ensure the reporting regime supports and informs its progress

be able to ensure feedback mechanisms are in place to make sure your

organisation is truly one that adapts and learns from past mistakes be able to develop review and control procedures encompassing both

qualitative and quantitative performance metrics be able to consider the difficulties with setting targets and basing

success on outcome measures

Author: Andy Wilkes



Constructive SWOT analysis

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Hasn’t everything been said about SWOT? Well, actually, no. In this module we will introduce you to the Constructive SWOT which is a much more powerful and effective way to use this model. Using the Constructive SWOT analysis will help you examine, in real depth and with unprecedented rigour, how to build a solid and robust business strategy at corporate, division, SBU or even at team level. Te model is in fact generic, so you can use it anywhere you need to think through the pros and cons of a proposed business decision.

Learning outcomes


understand how constructive SWOT can be used to full advantage in developing your business

know how to collect and screen information for inclusion in the SWOT analysis

be able to build rigorous business development and business defence strategies

be able to use constructive SWOT as part of your company’s strategy formulation process.




Implementing strategy

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Empirical evidence suggests that for many organisations strategies often fail to achieve the desired outcomes that an organisation seeks. Much of this can be attributed to the implementation of strategic initiatives.

Learning outcomes


understand the importance of continuous communication between senior management and the work force in making strategy work

know how to create a culture of responsibility and accountability from the outset of the strategy development process

be able to ensure that there are appropriate mechanisms to capture, manage and mitigate risk

look at where strategies might and have failed in the hope of preventing yours doing so in the future!

Author: Andy Wilkes



Reducing your impact on climate change

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

This course will look at the issues associated with climate change, mitigation, adaptation and how to report on your performance on reducing your impact on climate change.

Learning outcomes


the main issues of climate change the way the world, the European Union (EU) and UK have responded assessment of impact the things that can be done to reduce your impact what you should report and to whom.


Strategic management of trade working capital - demand chain

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Demand chain is the new definition of receivables under traditional trade working capital. The traditional approach to financing trade receivables included factoring recourse/non recourse, invoice discounting, forfaiting, receivables scrutinisation and vendor finance. The new approach includes:

straight through reconciliation with invoice discounting applied white label via credit control outsourcing which debtors to enter tiers 1, 2 and 3 when to announce that the initiative is being implemented results and outcomes expected regarding savings in efficiency in cash

and ROI. Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to:

appreciate the new way of understanding the demand (debtor) side of working capital

be able to explain why the new format is ‘fit for purpose’ in the new cash environment organisations now encounter

understand why the former calculation of ‘Days Sales Outstanding’ (DSO) is at best a ‘general’ guide

gain knowledge from the case studies of how to apply the new methodology to enable you to become more effective

instigate a strategy that could make working capital and therefore cash more efficient.

Author: John Mardle



Strategic management of trade working capital - supply chain

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Supply chain is the new definition of payables under traditional trade working capital. The traditional approach to financing trade payables was to use discounting techniques such as bulk discounts, non payments resulting in class actions, etc. The new approach (supplier chain financing) includes:

segmentation of supplier base to deal with suppliers 'discretely' pre-shipment finance in transit or vendor managed inventory – ownership post shipment- pre acceptance- invoice NOT approved by buyer –right

of lien web portal credit rating links to main customer purchase cards dynamic discounting

Learning outcomes


Appreciate the new way of understanding the supply (creditor) side of working capital.

Be able to explain why the new format is more ‘fit for purpose’ in the new cash environment organisations now encounter.

Understand why the traditional calculation of ‘Days Purchases Outstanding’ (DPO) is at best a ‘general’ guide.

Gain knowledge from the case studies of how to apply the new methodology to enable you to become more effective.

Instigate a strategy that could make working capital and therefore cash more efficient.

Author: John Mardle



Strategic performance measures

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

In the current economic climate the reliance on the markets to determine the true worth of an organisation, through the metric of Market Value Added (MVA) has been challenged. More organisations have argued that the true worth of an organisation is its ability to generate cash for investors. As such it is argued an organisation that wishes to maximise investor wealth should adopt the principles of Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA) and make managers accountable for the decisions that they make and the impact that this has on the value of the company. These are taken one step further when consideration is given to whether traditional management accounting concepts of cost encourage managers to make short term decisions. Economic Value Added (EVA) theory argues that certain costs should be viewed as investments and performance measured appropriately.

Learning outcomes


The use of Market Value Added (MVA) as a performance metric and its limitations.

Why cash is king in the current environment and how the concept of Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA) can encourage managers to take decisions that truly enhance the value of a company.

Whether traditional management accounting concepts of cost encourage managers to take the wrong decisions.

The debate between cost or investment and the principle of Economic Value Added EVA).




Strategy in action

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

It is often cited by business commentators and academic gurus that management, is steadily losing the ability to think and act truly strategically. Operational effectiveness (the pursuit of greater and greater economies and cost reductions) is being confused with strategic thought and action. This module takes an overview of what strategy and strategic planning should fundamentally consist of and how key strategic elements drive competitive success and a focused workforce.

Learning outcomes


recognise the traditional and more strategic future roles the accountant will play

understand a route map for successful strategic reporting understand the elements of a winning, value and market based strategy recognise the relevance and importance of Porters ‘Five Forces’ model.




The accounting input into the strategic plan

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

As accountants increasingly break away from the stereotypical view of them as ‘grey people in grey suits’ it is ever more important to ensure that today’s accountant integrates into the business making them an invaluable part of the strategy development process.

Learning outcomes


understand the benefits of a formal strategy development model understand the role the accountant can play in strategy formulation consider the key models and tools when appraising the organisation

and developing a strategy consider some relevant case studies.

Author: Andy Wilkes


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Understanding finance

An introduction to the UK corporate governance guide for listed companies

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Good corporate governance is essential to the effective operation of a free market, which enables wealth creation and freedom from poverty. In the UK the belief in relation to corporate governance is that the more ingrained the system of corporate governance in a business community, the less the need for detailed regulation to ensure effective compliance with good standards of business behaviour.

This course will explain more about the UK’s approach to corporate governance and in particular give you an insight to the 2010 published guidance now rebranded ‘UK Corporate Governance Code’, previously known as the UK Combined Code.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the key developments in corporate governance over the last thirty years in the UK

recognise the UK’s approach to governance known as the comply or explain approach

understand the key requirements of the new UK Corporate Governance Code issued in 2010.

Author: Neeta Major



Budgeting for beginners

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

When you're running a business, it's easy to focus on day-to-day problems and forget the bigger picture. However, successful businesses invest time to create and manage budgets, prepare and review business plans and regularly monitor finance and performance. Structured planning can make all the difference to the growth of a business. It enables business owners to concentrate resources on improving profits, reducing costs and increasing returns on investment.

This course will help you understand the basics of budgeting and will give you an appreciation of the process used and practical aspects of preparation.

Learning outcomes


understand what budgeting means appreciate the process for budget panning and control understand the practical and administrative aspects of preparing a

budget find out about the behavioural implications of budgeting.

Author: Neeta Major



Profit vs cash – understanding the differences

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Did you know that essentially the key reason for business failure is running out of cash; if a business no longer has cash, it doesn’t matter what else is going on, the business can’t and won’t survive. Having adequate cash flow is essential to keep a business running. When cash runs out, the company runs the risk of not being able to meet current obligations such as payroll, suppliers and loan repayments. Yet despite this the majority of failed businesses mislead themselves that profitability is the key indicator of success and take their eye off cash flow. This course will introduce you to the significance, meaning and differences between profit and cash flow and provide you with an insight into how to understand both when looking at a set of accounts.

Learning outcomes


understand the meaning of profit and cash flow appreciate the key differences between profit and cash flow

recognise the significance of reviewing both when considering the health of any business and learn how businesses can take control over their cash flow

understand how to look at a set of accounts to obtain information to help assess both profit and cash flow.

Author: Neeta Major



Raising business finance

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

For many businesses, the issue about where to get funds from for starting up, development and expansion can be crucial for the success of the business. In tough economic times it has become even more critical as finance is not as readily available. It is essential for businesses to understand the various sources of finance available so that they can assess how appropriate these sources are in relation to the needs of the business and whether they will help the business achieve its goals. This course will help you understand what sources of finance are available to businesses small and large and will give you an appreciation of which types of finance may suit a business in different circumstances at different times.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the different sources of finance available to fund a business understand the distinction between internal and external finance and

short term and long term sources of finance recognise the types of debt finance available and their distinguishing

features

appreciate how businesses can raise money through the issue of share capital

understand the pros and cons of the different types of finance.

Author: Neeta Major



Working capital management

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Every business needs adequate liquid resources in order to maintain day-to-day cash flow. It needs enough cash to pay wages and salaries as they fall due and to pay creditors if it is to keep its workforce and ensure its supplies.

Maintaining adequate working capital is not just important in the short-term. Sufficient liquidity must be maintained in order to ensure the survival of the business in the long-term as well. Even a profitable business may fail if it doesn’t have adequate cash flow to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

Learning outcomes


understand the meaning of working capital appreciate what working capital management relates to learn about some key liquidity ratios used to understand more about a

business’ working capital position understand various techniques used to manage working capital.

Author: Neeta Major


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Personal and management skills

A leader's guide to mastering influence

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Professionals today are called upon to demonstrate their ability to be skilful and flexible, irrespective of their position, in how they influence others. As organisations become less formal in their power structures, and flatter and more flexible in their systems of governance, there is an even greater need for finance professionals to have the ability to influence other people.

During this one hour course, you will gain valuable insights into their strengths as well as development areas to become consummate influencers. By creating a greater awareness of the assets and skills required to effectively influence, participants can develop the strength, the focus, and the interpersonal flexibility required of great influencers.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you will have:

Learned about an influencing model that will help them plan any situation which they need to influence.

Understood what particular style of influencing they naturally use and which ones they are less inclined to deploy.

Learned the difference between power and influence and what particular ingredients make a highly effective influencer. They will also get an opportunity to look at the influencer’s landscape and map their territory, on their terms.

Begun to apply some of what they have learned into their own situation and feel more confident in their own abilities and clearer about what options are open to them.

Author: Olwyn Merritt

Olwyn is a highly experienced executive coach to senior executives and directors in some of the most well-known blue chip companies. She spent twenty years in senior management positions in fast paced organisations leading highly successful teams who generated significant revenues – from the highly successful start up’s of Energis and Kewill to heading BT’s winback and competitive response teams which brought back £180 million of returned revenue to BT under her leadership.


Assertiveness

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Imagine being able confidently to express your opinion, stand up for yourself, say ‘no’ when you need to and say what you mean and mean what you say. How much more effective and successful would you be? How much easier would your life be? Becoming more assertive can be immensely beneficial to everyone and can make you feel more confident, enhance your self-esteem, increase your ability to deal with difficult people and stressful situations, as well as making you happier, healthier and more professional.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you should be able to:

understand the meaning of assertiveness and how it differs from passive, aggressive and manipulative behaviour

become familiar with their workplace and personal rights and how to assert them

have more confidence learn a variety of assertiveness skills, tools and techniques and know

when to apply them

improve their communication skills; including effective listening, questioning, body language and rapport building

learn how to say no

Author: Simon Horton

Simon is a highly experienced trainer with many years experience of running personal development programmes at a host of blue-chip organisations. He began his career at Cap Gemini and, in 1989, left to work as a freelance management consultant, working mainly in the financial services sector. Simon also runs NLP certification courses to Master Practitioner level and presents regularly at NLP conferences.


Boost your emotional intelligence, boost your career

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is nowadays recognised as being as important as IQ. Understanding what EI is and utilising Emotional Intelligence in the workplace can play a large part in career success. This course explores various aspects of emotional intelligence and explains how you can apply EI to your own particular circumstances.

Learning outcomes

As a result of completing this course, you will:

understand what EI is and its various facets be able to examine their own EI and begin to explore their own

strengths and areas for development develop a short actionable plan for boosting their EI and have tips to

help them realise it.

Author: Olwyn Merritt

Olwyn is a highly experienced executive coach to senior executives and directors in some of the most well-known blue chip companies. She spent twenty years in senior management positions in fast paced organisations leading highly successful teams who generated significant revenues – from the highly successful start up’s of Energis and Kewill to heading BT’s winback and competitive response teams which brought back £180 million of returned revenue to BT under her leadership.


Cost and return - professional ethics in business Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

As professional management accountants, CIMA members and registered students and throughout the world have a duty to observe the highest standards of conduct and integrity, and to uphold the good standing and reputation of the profession.

Research and activity in the field of business ethics and sustainability, the growing influence of investors, consumers, employees and wider society, all point to the necessity of embedding wider ethical considerations into strategy and performance measurement. The last few years have highlighted the costs of acting unethically, with a spate of business failures, high public distrust and now, increasingly, public protest against corporate and government misdemeanours. Management accountants have a specific role in not only upholding their related institute’s code of ethics, but also in acting as a role model and influencer in regard to ethical practice and promoting responsible business for the long term.

Learning outcomes


appreciate the developments in ethics in the business context globally and the role of reporting

understand the the key principles of the IFAC International Ethics and Standards Board of Accountants Code of Ethics, adopted by CIMA

consider ethical dilemmas and their resolution recognise the particular role management accountants can play in

contributing to ethical management practices.

Author: Tanya Barman

Tanya is responsible for CIMA’s ethics and responsible business policy strategy and programme for its members and students. Prior roles include responsible business, organisation development and international management positions in both commercial and non-profit organisations in UK, USA, South Africa and south Asia. Tanya has an academic background in International Relations as well as people management and development (MCIPD).


Dealing with change

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Change is inevitable. Disruptive technologies, globalisation, ever-increasing competition and uncertainties in the political and economic contexts all result in change upon change to the organisations in which we work.

It is quite natural to fear change and want to cling on to the security of the status quo - change can be difficult and stressful and it can cause us a lot of anxiety. But it doesn’t need to be that way. Change can also bring opportunities of which we can take advantage: progress and growth on individual, organisational and societal levels all come from change.

This course looks at positive responses to change so that the individual and the organisation can prosper through change and use it to their advantage.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

understand the realities of change recognise the different stages of the change process and the different

ways people respond

choose their own most useful response to change communicate clearly to all other people involved in the process pre-empt and prepare for change develop creative solutions and plan an effective strategy for dealing

with change deal with fears and limiting beliefs and manage the stresses and

emotions that arise during periods of change.




Delegation for success

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Skilful delegation is one of the most important management skills and yet it is notoriously difficult for managers to crack. When done well, the benefits are huge for the manager, the employee delegated to and for the organisation as a whole.

It enables staff to learn and grow, frees up the manager’s time to enable them to take on new responsibilities and finds the most efficient and cost-effective use of the organisation’s resources.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

know when and how to delegate and who to delegate to realise what stops them from delegating and learn effective solutions

for each accurately measure each individual’s suitability for a job devise a delegation plan appropriate to the individual’s level of

readiness

get the right balance of supervision for each individual without being too intrusive

communicate the task so the employee delegated to knows exactly what is expected and is motivated to take it on

develop a stronger, more cohesive and productive team grow their staff’s capability and therefore increase the capacity of the

team get the job done in the most efficient and cost-effective way for the

organisation free up time to take on higher value tasks for themselves




Feedback that works

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Giving feedback, if done well, is a very powerful tool for developing your individual staff members and improving your team’s performance. However, it is not always easy to do and we have probably all had experiences where it has not gone well.

The good news is that it is a skill and, as such, can be learnt. Best practice does exist and it is possible to learn ways of giving even the most difficult of feedback. If you want to learn how to give feedback in such a way that the other person is grateful for it and it really improves their performance, then this is the course for you.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to:

plan giving feedback, using a simple, structured approach feel confident about giving even the most difficult of feedback give feedback that is clearly understood and actionable give feedback that really inspires and motivates your staff recognise the right balance between positive and constructive feedback deal with the emotions triggered by feedback.




Managing difficult members of staff

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Aimed at line managers, this course focuses on the practicalities of dealing with difficult members of staff. The courses discusses different types of difficulty a manager may encounter, the motivation of the member of staff concerned and how a team may react to the member of staff. It also covers practical steps needed to deal with both the short and longer term implications.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course you will have a greater understanding of:

the impact of a difficult member of staff on themselves, the team and the manager

the different types of issues a manager may encounter and the various motivations that may be driving difficult behaviour

practical advice on how to deal with the immediate symptoms and enabling the individual, the team and the manager to function effectively

practical advice on how to deal with the immediate symptoms and enabling the individual, the team and the manager to function effectively

how to deal with difficult behaviour in the longer term.




Negotiation mastery

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Negotiation is at the heart of many professional and business interactions whether with clients, internal or external, suppliers, colleagues or indeed, any stakeholder. The key to profitable and sustainable business relationships is the ability to achieve win-win solutions that satisfy all parties at the table.

In the new economic situation, the need to get the best deal possible is more pressing than ever. More than ever, the culture of negotiation needs to spread and deepen throughout the organisation, leading to a constant reduction in costs and improvement in efficiency.

Negotiation situations often go beyond the simple one-to-one scenarios. What happens if you are negotiating on behalf of someone else? Or your counterparty is? What happens if there are several parties involved, all with competing agendas?

This course uses the latest thinking from Harvard Business School to achieve sustainable negotiated agreements that satisfy all parties at the table, using powerful tools to deal with the most complex of multi-party negotiations.

Learning outcomes


negotiate confidently and skilfully with any business stakeholder to achieve the optimum solution at minimum cost

build profitable and sustainable relationships through negotiating win-win solutions with customers and suppliers, internal or external

call on a repertoire of advanced techniques to get around any impasse in the negotiation due to conflicting demands

be more cost-conscious and aware of the many opportunities present for cost-cutting and negotiation

use the Harvard Approach of Principle-Centred Negotiations 'Negotiate backwards’ to successfully resolve complex multi-party

negotiations identify and neutralise dirty tactics from the other side.




Presentation skills

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Do you feel daunted at the thought of giving a presentation? Are you confused about how to begin to put a presentation together, let alone deliver it? Do you wish that you could create and present an elegant, compelling and influential message easily and seemingly effortlessly? If the answer to one or more of these questions is yes, then this highly practical and results-focused course is for you and will increase your confidence and ability.

Learning outcomes


prepare and deliver an effective five minute presentation learn and apply the basic theory of and structure for delivering effective

presentations develop confidence and overcome nerves learn the skills, tools and techniques of presenting with power through

voice, body language, rapport, timing and audience engagement create and use effective visual aids identify the areas they need to develop through feedback and a

personal action plan.




Smarter thinking, smarter working

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

Accountants and other managers wanting to know how to use both halves of their brain to get more from it, think both logically and strategically, and keep one step ahead of colleagues.

Neuro-linguistic programming for numerate people. Keep it alive: enhance your non-numerate brain too. Rapport and negotiation. Memory: find the method that works for you. Innovation: get ahead of your colleagues

Learning outcomes

On completion of this course you will have:

enhanced memory better negotiation skills greater understanding of your colleagues, clients and others increased personal confidence better understanding of yourself.




The successful manager

Price £45.00 +VAT


CPD units 1.5

Access 12 months

Overview

Starting to manage or lead a team from scratch can be very daunting. This course provides the vital practical tools and techniques for delegates to manage and develop themselves and their teams to ensure that their departmental and organisational goals are achieved.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you should be able to:

understand the importance of developing themselves and the concept and practical application of emotional intelligence

motivate and empower themselves and their teams conduct effective coaching sessions with ease and confidence improve and develop their people management skills, through the

application of practical empathy and understanding diversity provide feedback and appraisal sessions delegate effectively create a motivating climate in the workplace through effective

leadership behaviour.




Time management for professionals

Price £30.00 +VAT

Duration 1 hour

CPD units 1

Access 12 months

Overview

We seem to be getting busier and busier with us being asked to do more and more, in less and less time. This practical course will demonstrate how to work more effectively and efficiently so that we can get more work done in less time. Not only will it improve your productivity but will also help you to achieve a less stressful and more enjoyable way of operating, both within the organisation and outside it.

Learning outcomes


work more efficiently and effectively to get more work done in less time spend more time on tasks that really matter plan your goals so that you can achieve them as quickly as possible learn how to manage interruptions make meetings more efficient increase personal and team productivity.



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