CIMA Study Systems 2006: Management Accounting- Business Strategy
- 1st Edition - July 12, 2005
- Imprint: CIMA Publishing
- Authors: Neil Botten, Adrian Sims
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 1 9 7 - 0
The 2006 edition of CIMA's Official Study Systems have been updated to reflect changes in the syllabus. Business Strategy has been written by the examiners to fully reflect what… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe 2006 edition of CIMA's Official Study Systems have been updated to reflect changes in the syllabus. Business Strategy has been written by the examiners to fully reflect what could be tested in the exam.
Updated to incorporate legislative and syllabus changes, the 2006 Study Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2006 exams. The new edition maintains the popular loose-leaf format and contains:
* practice questions throughout
* complete revision section
* topic summaries
* recommended reading articles from a range of journals
* pilot paper
Updated to incorporate legislative and syllabus changes, the 2006 Study Systems provide complete study material for the May and November 2006 exams. The new edition maintains the popular loose-leaf format and contains:
* practice questions throughout
* complete revision section
* topic summaries
* recommended reading articles from a range of journals
* pilot paper
*The official study systems are the only study materials endorsed by CIMA
* Updated by the examiner to reflect changes in the syllabus
* Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice
* Updated by the examiner to reflect changes in the syllabus
* Complete integrated package incorporating syllabus guidance, full text, recommended articles, revision guides and extensive question practice
CIMA Students and Lecturers
Setting the Goals of the Organisation The identity of stakeholders; Mission statements; Corporate social responsibility; Setting strategic objectives; Critical success factors; Meeting the objectives of shareholders; Objectives of not-for-profit organisations; Competing objectives; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Appraising the Environment The importance of the business environment; Causes of environmental uncertainty; Competitor accounting; The global economic environment; The domestic economy; National competitive advantages; Country analysis and political risk; Sources of environmental information; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Position Appraisal and Analysis The SWOT analysis; The position audit; Value chain analysis; Benchmarking; Gap analysis; Scenario planning; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Strategic Aspects of Marketing Sources of earnings; Product life-cycles; The BCG portfolio matrix; Direct product profitability; the nature of a marketing audit; Customer profitability analysis; Brand strategies; Relationship marketing; Data Warehousing and Data Mining; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Strategic implications of IT The Strategic case for IT investment; Using IT to gain competitive advantage; Using IT for competitive advantage; Value-added networks; Using e-commerce for competitive advantage; The need for information system strategies; Collaborative strategies; Developing an information systems strategy; The changing role of the IT department; Organisational knowledge management; Developing a knowledge strategy; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Strategic Options and their Evaluation Three sets of strategic choices; Porter's generic competitive strategy model; Product-market strategies; Alternative growth strategies; International growth strategies; Resource-based versus positioning view of strategy; Divestment strategies; Strategic options in the public sector; Strategic options in the charity sector; Evaluation of strategy; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Organisational Impacts of Business Strategy Overview: leading issues in business organisation; Organisation Theory; Contemporary approaches to organisation; The network organisation; Business process re-engineering; New patterns of employment; Implications for management accounting; Strategic change; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Implementing and Controlling Plans Theories of control; The functions of performance measurement; Conventional profit-related measures of business performance; Value-based management approaches; The role of the corporate centre in control; Management accounting and performance measurement; Multidimensional performance measurement; Stakeholder measures; Additional control mechnaisms; Multinational industries; Summary; Revision questions; Solutions to revision questions Preparing for the Examination Format of the examination; about the examination; Revision Technique; Revision Questions; Solutions to revision questions.
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 12, 2005
- Imprint: CIMA Publishing
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080501970
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Neil Botten
Neil Botten is Principal Lecturer, Strategic Management at Westminster Business School. He is the author/co-author of several highly successful textbooks.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Lecturer, Strategic Management, at Westminster Business School and CIMA Examiner