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Theory of Game, Segmentation matrix, Profit Pool Analysis and Strategic Groups

Porter's Five Competition framework is one of the most widely used tools for business strategy, determining the industry profitability...

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Jul 8, 202314 min read

Five Forces Framework, Forecasting Industry Profitability and Determining Industry Success Factors

Business strategy is essentially a quest fo profit and we need to identify the sources of profit in external environment. We are to...

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Jun 25, 202314 min read

Business stakeholders and corporate governance

Stakeholders Stakeholders and governance play crucial role in business strategy. Strategy decisions are influenced by different...

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Jun 24, 20233 min read

Introduction to strategy

Strategy is the direction of the organisation. There needs to be a careful analysis of relevant data and then a decision of what the...

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Jun 17, 20237 min read

Six Sigma - Good enough is never enough!

Six Sigma is an approach to eliminate defects based on data for the development of reliable processes so that they deliver the intended...

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May 9, 202310 min read

Management accounting performance management techniques

In this blog I will be dealing with some common issues in management accounting and some widely adopted management accounting performance...

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May 1, 202324 min read

Working capital management and procurement

Businesses generally use more then one method to assess potential projects and there are some practicalities associated with investment...

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Apr 29, 20238 min read

Principles of procurement - fixed price and cost reimbursement

Procurement is a process of acquiring goods from supplier or services from service provider. It can be a complex process and the degree...

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Apr 29, 20238 min read

Managing working capital

Working capital is defined as current assets less current liabilities. The main elements of assets are: * inventories, * trade...

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Apr 28, 202314 min read

Working capital management - management of inventory, payables and receivables - WCR determination

In this blog, we will look at the short-term elements of the balance sheet, the net current asset or working capital which is normally...

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Apr 27, 202314 min read

Making capital investment decisions - PP, ARR, NPV and IRR

In this blog we will assess on how business should assess potential investments in new plant, machinery, buildings and other long-term...

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Apr 26, 20237 min read

Internal rate of return

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method is based on discounting. It is very similar to the NPV method mentioned and explained in my...

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Apr 26, 20233 min read

Net present value - NPV calculation

Unlike the Payback and the Accounting rate of investment (ARR) methods mentioned in my previous blogs, the net present value (NPV) method...

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Apr 23, 20238 min read

Accounting rate of return - calculating return of short-term projects

Accounting rate of return is another method of calculating the profitability and feasibility of a project or investment. It attempts to...

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Apr 23, 20235 min read

Discounted payback calculation

In my previous blog on Payback method calculation, I mentioned that although the method can give a quick snap on the project risks and...

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Apr 23, 20234 min read

Payback method to calculate return on investment - the first step of determining project risks

In this blog I will try to explain one of the simplest calculation techniques that can help managers select particular investment. As...

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Apr 23, 20234 min read

Managerial decision making and cost

There are different decisions that managers need to make as part of business management. For example, on whether to close a factory, ...

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Apr 22, 20236 min read

How contribution analysis helps with short term managerial decisions

Contribution analysis is a technique for decision making. Contribution (C) is the difference between the Sales revenue (S) of a project...

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Apr 22, 20235 min read

Standard costing - the capacity, efficacy, production volume ratios and sales ratios

Standard costing is driven by labour efficacy, machine utilisation and absorption of overhead. This is called 'lean accounting' but many...

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Apr 16, 20237 min read

Management control - the academia definitions

Controls encompass all the methods and procedures that directs employees to achieve the organisational aims and objectives. Such controls...

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Apr 16, 20235 min read

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Theory of Game, Segmentation matrix, Profit Pool Analysis and Strategic Groups

Five Forces Framework, Forecasting Industry Profitability and Determining Industry Success Factors

Business stakeholders and corporate governance

Introduction to strategy

Six Sigma - Good enough is never enough!

Management accounting performance management techniques

Working capital management and procurement

Principles of procurement - fixed price and cost reimbursement

Managing working capital

Working capital management - management of inventory, payables and receivables - WCR determination

Making capital investment decisions - PP, ARR, NPV and IRR

Internal rate of return

Net present value - NPV calculation

Accounting rate of return - calculating return of short-term projects

Discounted payback calculation

Payback method to calculate return on investment - the first step of determining project risks

Managerial decision making and cost

How contribution analysis helps with short term managerial decisions

Standard costing - the capacity, efficacy, production volume ratios and sales ratios

Management control - the academia definitions

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