BPP Study Skills presentation

Richard Gibbon BA, FCA

• BPP International

• Operations Director

Background to BPP Professional Education

• Launched in 1976,

• Listed on the Stock Exchange in 1986

• BPP has grown to embrace exam and non-exam based training for various other professions including tax, financial services, human resources, marketing, and law.

•Financial Modelling•Introduction to Accounts•Bond Markets•Understanding Options•Risk Management

Accountancy & Tax Law OtherHuman ResourcesFinancial Services

SIIIMCIFAIAQ

CertFPCFACFQ

•Company Commercial•Criminal•Insolvency•Employment•Finance for Lawyers•City & Finance Markets•Law Enforcement

•Dealing with difficult staff•Managing Dismissal•Successful interviewtechniques•Finance for non-Finance Professional

QUALIFICATION

CPD

PERSONAL

EXCELLENCE

ICAEWICASACCACIMAAATATTCTA

Insolvency (JIEB, CPI)

GDLLPCBVCPSC

CIPDBIFM

Marketing (CIM)

Actuarial (FIA,FFA,FSA,FCAS)

•IFRS Advanced•Valuation Techniques•Project Finance•Money Laundering•Tax and Financial •Reporting Updates

Business Communication

•Effective Presentation Skills

•Presenting Effective Proposals

•Writing Effective Proposals

Personnel & People Management

•Successful Teams

•HR for New HR Managers

•Managing & Motivating People

•Coaching

Commercial Skills

•Negotiating Skills

•Managing the Client Relationship

•Practical Networking

Strategy & Leadership

•Developing Leadership Skills

•Coaching

•Understanding Personality

•Successful Teams

Our breadth of courses

BPP Countries

Internationally: 18 cities in 12 countries

UK: 16 cities

BPP Resources

• Education department in London

• Each subject manager specialises in one subject only

• Regular meetings with examiner

• ACCA approved material reviewed by the examiner

BPP Courses

• Introductory and revision courses

• Course notes developed by the specialist subject manager

• Guidance and plans for tutors

• All BPP tutors are inter-changeable

BPP Learning Media

• Study text

• Practice and revision kit

• Pass cards

• i-Pass

• i-Learn

• Success CD

Mock debrief

Mock debrief

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BPP InternationalPass Rates

ACCA Pass Rates

Pass rates

Who am I?

Erica Gibbon BA, FCA

• BPP International

• Projects Director

Experiencing your success

Putting success into your future

Getting to Success

• Time

• Tool Kit

• Organisation

• Motivation

• Confidence

• Success

• Vision

ACCA Syllabus

Structure

• Fundamentals level – Knowledge Module

• Fundamentals level – Skills Module

• Professional level – Essentials Module

• Professional level – Options Module

ACCA Syllabus Fundamentals Level

Knowledge Module

• F1 Accountant in Business (AB)

• F2 Management Accounting (MA)

• F3 Financial Accounting (FA)

ACCA Syllabus Fundamentals Level

Skills Module

• F4 Corporate and Business Law (CL) *

• F5 Performance Management (PM)

• F6 Taxation (TX) *

• F7 Financial Reporting (FR)

• F8 Audit and Assurance (AA)

• F9 Financial Management (FM)

* Malta variant

ACCA Syllabus Professional Level

Essentials Module

• P1 Professional Accountant (PA)

• P2 Corporate Reporting (CR)

• P3 Business Analysis (BA)

ACCA Syllabus Professional Level

Options Module

• P4 Advanced Financial Management (AFM)

• P5 Advanced Performance Management (APM)

• P6 Advanced Taxation (AT) *

• P7 Advanced Audit and Assurance (AAA)

* Malta variant

Expectancy Theory

VALENCEStrength of a person’s

preference for a certain outcome

EXPECTANCYExpectation that

behaviour will resultin the desired

outcome

X =

FORCE Or strength of

motivation to do something

Victor Vroom

Tuckman - FormingWhy are we here?Who is in charge?

What are the rules?

You boss! Huh!

No, I am bossI am boss

Tuckman - Storming

Tuckman - Norming

So, we agree that I give orders.

And I paint after

drilling.

And I hold things to keep

it steady.

Tuckman - Performing

Tuckman - Dorming

OK, time to

go.No, don’t go!

We’ll miss you.