01 / ABOUT THIS PAPER
Built around the PM exam
Our PM course is organised into six areas: Specialist Cost and Management Accounting Techniques, Decision-Making Techniques, Budgeting and Control, Performance Measurement and Control, Performance Measurement Systems and Design and Recent Developments. Each area comes with exam-style practice questions in the LMS.
Global pass rate: 42% (September 2026 sitting, source: ACCA)
02 / SYLLABUS
What the course covers
01
Specialist Cost and Management Accounting Techniques
- Activity-based costing (ABC)
- Target costing and lifecycle costing
- Throughput accounting and theory of constraints
- Environmental management accounting
- Total quality management (TQM) costs
02
Decision-Making Techniques
- Advanced CVP and multi-product breakeven
- Limiting factor analysis with shadow prices
- Pricing policies and strategies
- Risk and uncertainty (decision trees, minimax)
- Make or buy and shutdown decisions
03
Budgeting and Control
- Advanced budgetary control systems
- Beyond Budgeting and alternative models
- Planning and operational variances
- Mix and yield variances
- Behavioral implications of budget systems
04
Performance Measurement and Control
- Divisional performance (ROI, RI, EVA)
- Transfer pricing policies and conflict
- Non-financial performance measures (Fitzgerald & Moon)
- Balanced scorecard implementation
- Performance in not-for-profit organizations
05
Performance Measurement Systems and Design
- Management reporting design
- Integration of systems and controls
- Reward systems and performance linkage
- Benchmarking methods and application
- Performance management software tools
06
Recent Developments
- Big data in performance management
- Predictive analytics and forecasting
- Cloud accounting and ERP integration
- Sustainability performance metrics
- Agile performance management methods
03 / YOUR TEACHERS
Meet your teachers
SS
Sheikh Siyaf
Managing Director
JF
Javeriya Firdous
Academic Director
More teachers will be added soon.
04 / KEEP EXPLORING