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.
Our breadth of courses
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U Financial Services Accountancy & Tax Law Human Resources Other
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I ICAEW
F SII
ICAS
I IMC
C ACCA GDL Marketing (CIM)
IFA CIPD
A CIMA LPC
T IAQ BIFM
AAT BVC Actuarial (FIA,FFA,
I CertFP
ATT PSC FSA,FCAS)
O CFA
N CTA
CFQ
Insolvency (JIEB, CPI)

•Financial Modelling •IFRS Advanced •Company Commercial •Dealing with difficult

•Introduction to •Valuation Techniques •Criminal staff
C Accounts •Project Finance •Insolvency •Managing Dismissal
P •Bond Markets •Money Laundering •Employment •Successful interview
D •Understanding Options •Tax and Financial •Finance for Lawyers techniques
•Risk Management •Reporting Updates •City & Finance Markets •Finance for non-Finance
•Law Enforcement Professional

P
E Business Communication Personnel & People Commercial Skills Strategy & Leadership
R
•Effective Presentation Skills Management •Developing Leadership Skills
S
O •Presenting Effective Proposals •Successful Teams •Coaching
N •Negotiating Skills
A •Writing Effective Proposals •HR for New HR Managers •Understanding Personality
•Managing the Client
L
•Managing & Motivating Relationship •Successful Teams
E People
•Practical Networking
X
C
•Coaching
E
L
L
E
N
C
E
BPP Countries

UK: 16 cities

Internationally:
18 cities in
12 countries
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
Pass rates

P7
P5
P4
P3
P2 BPP International
P1 Pass Rates
F9
F8 ACCA Pass Rates
F7
F6
F5
F4
F3
F2
F1

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

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

Victor Vroom

VALENCE EXPECTANCY FORCE

Strength of a person’s Expectation that Or strength of
preference for a X behaviour will result = motivation to do
certain outcome in the desired something
outcome
Tuckman - Forming
Why are we here?
Who is in charge?
What are the
rules?
Tuckman - Storming

No, I am boss
I am boss

You boss!
Huh!
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.