bpp study skills presentation richard gibbon ba, fca bpp international operations director
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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.