Performance Management and Decision-Making

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The course is a must-have if you need to understand budgeting and costing. It gives you the introduction to the world of financial planning, decision-making, performance evaluation, and control of corporate performance delivery.

About the course

The course covers 5 topics:

Generally used costing methods where we will talk about why and how costs are allocated to products
Decision-making and relevant costs: covering the main principles of a financial case calculation that should support the business decisions
Budgeting: why do companies need budgets and what’s the best way to prepare one
Variance analysis topic will touch upon key variances that a business analyst should calculate in order to explain to company management, what happened in actuals versus plan
Performance management will cover both the key financial indicators and the process that the organization should establish to drive achievement of its objectives

Instructors

Format

The course is taught completely online.

Requirements

Level of English: B1

Course program

Module 1. Generally Used Costing Methods

Module 2. Decision-Making and Relevant Costs

Module 3. Budgeting

Module 4. Variance Analysis

Module 5. Performance Management

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course learners will achieve the following learning objectives:

1. Understand the core concepts of performance management and decision-making

2. Understand key approaches to financial planning

3. Learn how to apply various costing methods

4. Learn how to prepare budgeting

5. Learn how to apply variance analysis

Competencies developed

ОПК-1. Способен решать профессиональные задачи на основе знаний (на промежуточном уровне) экономической, организационной и управленческой теории;

ОПК-2. Способен осуществлять сбор, обработку и анализ данных, необходимых для решения поставленных управленческих задач, с использованием современного инструментария и интеллектуальных информационно-аналитических систем;

ОПК-4. Способен выявлять и оценивать новые рыночные возможности, разрабатывать бизнес-планы создания и развития новых направлений деятельности и организаций;

ОПК-5. Способен использовать при решении профессиональных задач современные информационные технологии и программные средства, включая управление крупными массивами данных и их интеллектуальный анализ.