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Kaplan CPA Australia Strategic Management Accounting Course

 

 

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My contact email: thomas.wu@kaplan.com

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Please check here for updates during the course.

March 12, 2016
   
March 13, 2016
   
March 21 , 2016
   
March 29, 2016
Question from student:
 
In Kaplan's study text Module 3, the answer to the selected multiple choice questions are: c, d, d, c and a.
 
NOPAT, RI, ROCE. Are examable? NOPAT = net operating profit after tax = income after tax but without interest expense, used many times to calculation FCF to calculate firm value. RI = residual income = same as the value added calculation in Module 2. ROCE = return on capital employed, capital employed = debt + equity and ROCE usually approximate ROA. They should be examable because these are just basic financial ratios that anyone in accounting and finance should be very familiar with.
   

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February 19, 2016
We went through the following topics today:
 
  • introduction to exam format,
  • exam skill discussion,
  • role and history of strategy management accounting,
  • cost classification,
  • fixed and variable costs,
  • CVP, and
  • absorption and activity based costing.
  [2016-02-19 note, absorption costing question, absorption costing answer key]
   
February 24, 2016
We went through the following topics today:
 
  • preparation of sales budgets,
  • preparation of unctional budgets, and
  • preparation of cash budgets.
  [stakeholders, reading list, ABC suitability, short term decision making, tutor notes answer module 1]
   
March 2, 2016
We went through the following topics today:
 
  • variance analysis between actual and budgeted results,
  • working capital management,
  • value creation,
  • transaction cost theory,
  • agency theory vs contingency theory,
  • value chain and industrrial value chain,
  • SWOT,
  • product life cycle, and
  • BCG matrix.
  [class note, marked module 1 note, marked module 2 note, wcm practice question]
  [marked module 2 tutor notes, module 2 tutor notes answer key]
   
March 9, 2016
We went through the following topics today:
 
  • PESTEL and Porter's Five Forces for external analysis,
  • Porter's cost, differentiation, and focused strategy,
  • approaches to answer strategy questions,
  • ratio analysis and interpretations for financial performance measurement, and
  • non-financial performance and measurement approaches.
  [approach to case write up, module 3 tutor notes answer key]
   
March 13, 2016
We went through the following topics today:
 
  • non-financial performance,
  • ABC, TBABC,
  • revenue strategy,
  • target costing, Keisan, continuous improvement,
  • business process management and activity based management,
  • supplier management and supplier performance ratio,
  • customer profitability analysis,
  • project evaluation using ROI, payback, NPV and IRR,
  • use of profitability index and equivalent annual cost, and
  • GANTT and PERT graphs.
  [TDABC practice questions]
  [module 4 tutor notes answer key, module 5 tutor notes answer key]
   

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This course outline is tentative and subject to change based on our progress. Please check the UPDATES section and table below for latest information.

Session 1 Module 1 Strategic management accounting
February 19, 2016  
   
Session 2 Module 2 Creating organization value
February 24, 2016  
   
Session 3 Module 3 Performance measurement
March 2, 2016
   
Session 4 Module 4 Creating and managing value
March 9, 2016
   
Session 5 and 6 Module 5 Project management
March 13, 2016

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Course CPA Australia Strategic Management Accounting Module Course
   
Instructor

Dr. Thomas Wu

Email thomas.wu@kaplan.com
Website http://www.drthomaswu.com (all information for this course can be found here)
   
Financial Terms

There are specific terms that apply to accounting and finance, and there are various online sources that can help students understand these terms.

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