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Here is a complete informational listing of the courses in the
PrimeFinance™ curriculum.
| Measuring
Financial Performance (PF0011) |
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Course |
Description
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The Ground Rules |
This
course first explains the relevance of finance for the nonfinancial
manager before describing fundamental accounting conventions
such as double entry, cash- and accrual-based accounting,
and GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). A workplace
exercise reinforces the distinction between cash and accrual
accounting. |
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The Financial Statements |
This course gives the learner a thorough understanding of
the three universally recognized and accepted financial reports:
the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash flow
statement. |
| Evaluating
Performance |
This
course begins by distinguishing between trend and competitive
analysis and continues by explaining how the liquidity, activity,
profitability, and solvency ratios are used to analyze an
organization’s performance. A workplace exercise gives the
learner an opportunity to apply these ratios to existing companies
in the real world. |
| Planning
and Controlling Budgets (PF0012) |
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Course |
Description
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| Budgeting
Matters |
This
course illustrates the benefits of budgeting to the work of
a manager and describes a range of commonly used budgeting
methods, such as zero-based, fixed, incremental, rolling,
and flexible. |
| How
to Budget |
This course describes the process of budget preparation and
control. The course illustrates how a budget is flexed to
take account of actual performance, and how variances are
analyzed and calculated as a basis for corrective action by
management. A workplace exercise guides the learner through
the preparation and control of a budget. |
| Investment
Appraisal (PF0013) |
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Course |
Description
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Making Investment Decisions |
This course describes the decision points that support capital
budgeting within an organization, and continues to explore
how a range of techniques (including CVP, NPV, payback, IRR,
and ARR) can be used to conduct short- and long-term project
evaluations within this process. Workplace exercises guide
the learner through an evaluation of competing projects. |
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