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How to assess the impact of climate change on your organisation

Use this tool to examine how well adapted your organisation is to the possible impacts of climate change across a number of categories.

Tool Planning, forecasting & budgeting Intermediate

How to evaluate capital expenditures and other long-term investments

This resource explores some of the unique issues concerning budgeting and evaluating, financing and managing a variety of activities.

Tool Planning, forecasting & budgeting Intermediate

Strategic Business Management From Planning to Performance

Gain a better understanding of the critical interplay between planning and performance with this helpful guide for financial managers in business, industry, and...

Publication Strategy Advanced

Presenting Financial Information with Impact

This course shows you how to present financial information with credibility and flair.

Course – Online Communication Foundational

Scenario planning: Providing insight for impact

Evaluate the efficacy of strategies, tactics, and plans under a range of possible future environments.

Tool Planning, forecasting & budgeting Advanced

Management Accounting practices of UK SMEs

This paper reports on the findings of a CIMA-sponsored study of the management accounting practices of SMEs.

Report Cost accounting Intermediate

Managing inter-firm dependencies in R&D investment

This report illustrates how interdependent R&D investments may be coordinated across the boundaries of competing firms.  

Report Capital expenditure & investment evaluation Advanced

Assessing the effectiveness of NHS budgeting

This report examines the complex nature of budgetary and associated financial systems, particularly the service line reporting (SLR) in NHS provider units.

Report Planning, forecasting & budgeting Advanced

Enterprise risk management and budgetary control

This report argues that the managerial role of ERM and its link with budgeting is both a strategic and a management challenge for companies.

Report Risk management policies & procedures Expert

Budgeting practice and organisational structure

A summary of an investigation into budgeting practices in UK companies.

Report Planning, forecasting & budgeting Expert

Making a success of your business

Our checklist for SMEs, sponsored by SAP, will help business owners and managers of small companies to review progress and understand how to get the best out of their...

Report Planning, forecasting & budgeting Intermediate

Managerial judgement and strategic investment decisions

This paper identifies the various stages in the process of taking strategic investment decisions.

Report Capital expenditure & investment evaluation Advanced