ICMAP Syllabus 2012
ICMAP Syllabus 2012
ICMAP Syllabus 2012
AF-101 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting BL-102 Business Economics BL-103 Business Communication and Report Writing
INTRODUCTION This course basically deals with the Fundamentals of Financial Accounting. The students are expected to learn an understanding of accounting concepts, principles, procedures and systems for preparation of financial statements, computerbased accounting application, accounting treatment of current assets and liabilities, tangible and intangible assets. Students should become adept at classifying problems, situations and applying the required accounting principles.
SEMESTER - 1
OBJECTIVE To provide the students with: an applied knowledge of accounting principles, concepts and skills of accounting, and preparing financial statements manually and through computer. OUTCOMES On completion of this course, students should be able to: apprehend and explain the fundamental accounting principles and concepts, record transactions in journal, prepare ledger accounts, and trial balance, prepare bank and cash accounts, bank reconciliation statements and petty cash statements, INDICATIVE GRID PART A
make year-end adjustments and prepare adjusted trial balance, prepare Income statement and statement of financial position from adjusted trial balance, understand the accounting treatment of accruals and prepayments, know how non-current intangible assets are dealt with in the books of accounts, prepare payroll account, understand what is meant by contingences and to make provision for them, prepare control accounts, comprehend how errors are corrected get an understanding of various final accounts as to how they are prepared, grasp different ways of interpreting accounts, calculate depreciation by using different methods, prepare bad debts and allowance for doubtful debts accounts, compute inventory by using different valuation methods,
CONCEPTUAL, SYSTEM AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 1. Accounting Nature and Objectives 2. Introduction to Financial Accounting 3. Accounting Regulatory Framework 4. Accounting Concepts and Conventions ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS AND ACCOUNTS PREPARATION 5. Source Documents and Books 6. Double Entry and Ledger accounting 7. Trial balance and Financial statements 8. Accruals and prepayments 9. Tangible non-current assets 10. Intangible non-current assets 11. Bad debts and allowances for receivables 12. Provisions and Contingencies 13. Accounting for Inventories 14. Accounting for Sales Tax 15. Accounting for Payroll 16. Bank Reconciliations 17. Control accounts 18. Correction of Errors FINAL ACCOUNTS 19. Sole traders' accounts 20. Company accounts 21. Manufacturing accounts 22. Incomplete records 23. Income and expenditure accounts INTERPRETATION OF ACCOUNTS 24. Statements of cash flows 25. Financial Ratios
WEIGHTAGE 10%
50%
30%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Frank wood Business Accountancy 1&2 IFRSs/IASs
Frank wood IASB Donald E. Kieso / Jerry J. Weygandt / Terry Accounting Principles John Wiley & Sons D. Warfield Financial Accounting Fundamentals PBP Professional Business Publications, Lahore. ADDITIONAL READINGS An Introduction to Accountancy S.N. Maheshwari Vikas Publishing House Robert F. Meigs / Jan R. Williams / Susan F. Accounting: The Basis for Business Decision McGraw-Hill Hakar / Mark S. Bettner
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times IFRS Foundation
SEMESTER - 1
Organization Return to Shareholders Demand & Supply Analysis Price Elasticity Price Instability and Government Measures Cost Behavior Profit Maximization Competition, Market Effects and Government Measures Functions of the Financial System Domestic Institutions and Markets Foreign Exchange Markets Macroeconomic: Trade Cycle Macroeconomic: The Role of Government International Context TOTAL
WEIGHTAGE
60%
40%
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Economics Economics Economics for Business Pakistan Economic Survey (Latest) Economy of Pakistan (Latest) Modern Economic Theory Issues in Pakistans Economy Pakistan Gulf Economist magazine.
CORE READING AUTHOR ----Paul A. Samuelson / William D. Nordhaus Campbell R. McConnell / Stanley L. Brue PBP Finance Division, Economic Advisor Wing Saeed Nasir / Kamal Haider ADDITIONAL READINGS Kewal Krishan Dewett /Adarsh Chand S. A. Zaidi ---
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing McGraw-Hill McGraw-Hill Professional Business Publications, Lahore Government of Pakistan. --S. Chand & Company Oxford University Press, Karachi. ---
INTRODUCTION This course is designed to give more emphasis on improving and developing the presentation and communication skills of the students. They are expected to develop and improve their verbal and non-verbal communication capabilities. OBJECTIVE To provide the students with theoretical and practical knowledge of verbal and non-verbal presentation and communication skills, enabling them to: earn and understand theoretical and practical l approaches of managerial communication, earn and understand the concepts methodologies, l and techniques for an effective presentation, while developing and refining their own abilities. OUTCOMES On completion of this course, students should be able to: pply the concepts to real business scenario and a sharpen their business communication and problem-solving skills, escribe the role of effective communication in d business,
SEMESTER - 1
escribe the characteristics, process and d importance of communication in business; dentify the steps in the communication process, i escribe communication barriers and how to d overcome them, dentify some of the common sources of i misunderstanding that occur in written and oral intercultural communication, xplain the importance of speaking and listening e effectively, when communicating face-to-face with people from other cultures, dentify and demonstrate the methods and i procedures for writing letters, memos and other brief messages, escribe the various steps involved in the process of d report writing, escribe the steps involved in presentation skills. d ompose their CVs C escribe the communication role of electronic mail d and Internet technologies in designing business messages, erform well in the interviews P lay significant role in meetings P
INDICATIVE GRID PART SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 1. Introduction 2. Communication in Organization A 3. Oral Communication 4. Interpersonal Communication (IPC) 5. Written Communication B C D
WEIGHTAGE 35%
CRAFTING BUSINESS MESSAGES, REPORTS, PROPOSAL AND MEMOS 6. Business Letters 7. Report Writing CASE ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION SKILLS 8. Case Method of Learning 9. Presentation Skills
EMPLOYMENT AND GROUP COMMUNICATIONS 10. Employment Communication 11. Group Communication
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE Excellence in Business Communication Model Business Letters Communication for Business (A Practical Approach) Effective Business Communication CORE READINGS AUTHOR John V Thill / Courtland L Bovee L. Gartside / Shirley Taylor ADDITIONAL READINGS Shirley Taylor Herta A. Murphy / Herbert W. Hildebranot / Jane P. Thomas
PUBLISHER Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Longmen McGraw-Hill
SEMESTER-2
AF-201 Cost Accounting BL-202 Business Mathematics & Statistical Inference LA-203 Commercial Laws and Professional Ethics
SEMESTER - 2
INDICATIVE GRID PART SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA THE NATURE, SOURCE AND PURPOSE OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION 1 Introduction to costing and performance measurement 2 Introduction to management accounting A 3 Sources of data 4 Cost classification 5 Cost behavior ELEMENTS OF COSTING & COST BOOKKEEPING 6 Accounting for Materials 7 Accounting for Labour 8 Accounting for Overheads COST ACCOUNTING TECHNIQUES AND METHODS 9 Absorption and marginal costing 10 Job, Batch and Service costing 11 Process costing 12 Process costing, joint products and by-products STANDARD COSTING 13 Standard costing 14 Variance analysis TOTAL
WEIGHTAGE
20%
20%
40%
20% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Cost Accounting Costing Management Accounting performance Evaluation Management and Cost Accounting CORE READINGS AUTHOR ----Milton F. Usry / Lawrence Hammer / Adolph Matz T. Lucy PBP
PUBLISHER
ADDITIONAL READING Colin Drury Cengage Learning Charles T. Horngren / Srikant M. Datar / Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times George Foster
SEMESTER 2
BUSINESS MATHEMATICS & STATISTICAL INFERENCE [BL-202]
INTRODUCTION This course comprises basic concepts and techniques of mathematics & statistics. A thorough knowledge in the areas of basic mathematics and presentation of data, is an essential skill for management accountant. The management accountant should understand statistical concepts, because of the need to estimate the uncertainties of business decisions. This course also gives basic understanding of mathematical techniques applied for, forecasting in corporate planning and Financial Management. OBJECTIVES To provide the students with the basic knowledge of mathematics and statistics to enable them to: se and interpret mathematical and statistical methods, u and PART A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 resent the results of quantitative nature, in a suitable p form for taking business decisions. OUTCOMES On completion of this course, students should be able to: escribe and demonstrate the use of mathematical and d statistical techniques, nderstand the proper use of formulae and equations, u et acquainted with the use of derivate, g escribe and apply financial mathematical techniques, d escribe reasonableness in the computation of answer, d omprehend and apply techniques for summarising and c analysing data, escribe and demonstrate the use of probability, in case d of involvement of risk and uncertainty, escribe and demonstrate forecasting techniques. d WEIGHTAGE 40%
SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA Basic Mathematical Techniques Formulae and Equations Derivatives Compounding and Discounting Basic Investment Appraisal Data and Information Collection and Presentation of data Averages Dispersion Correlation and Linear Regression Index numbers Probability Normal distribution Estimation & Testing Sampling & Sampling Frequency Distribution Forecasting - Time series TOTAL
60%
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Introduction to Statistics CORE READINGS AUTHOR ----Ronald E. Walpole
Quantitative Techniques Terry Lucy Applied Mathematics for Business, Economics Frank S. Budnick & the Social Sciences. ADDITIONAL READING Statistics for Economics and Management Quantitative Analysis for Management Statistics: Concepts and Methods Business Mathematics
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing Macmillan Publishing Co. Cengage Learning McGraw-Hill
Hamid A. Hakeem Meyari Matbooaat, Karachi. Barry Render / Ralph M. Stair / Jr. Michael Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times E. Hanna / T. N. Badri Farooq Kitab Ghar, 32-33 Urdu Bazar, Syed Khursheed Alam Karachi. Mirza Muhammad Hassan / Farooq Kitab Ghar, 32-33 Urdu Bazar, Muhammad Ali Mirza Karachi.
SEMESTER - 2
COMMERCIAL LAWS: 1. Introduction to Legal System of Pakistan 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Contract Act, 1872 Sales of Good Act, 1930 Partnership Act, 1932 Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881
WEIGHTAGE 10%
50%
Industrial Relations Act, 2008 West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Order) Ordinance, 1968 Factories Act, 1934/Workmans Compensation Act, 1923 Social Security Ordinance, 1965
15%
10. EOBI Act, 1997 (Employees old age benefit) 11. PPRA Rules (Public Procurement Regulatory Authority) PROFESSIONAL ETHICS: 12. Importance of Ethics 13. Persona l Ethic s 14. Professional Ethics 15. ICMAPs E thical Guideline s 16. Ethical Conflict TOTAL
5%
20%
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
Mercantile Law
CORE READINGS AUTHOR Govt. of Pakistan Khalid Mehmood Cheema Luqman Baig Government of Pakistan IFAC/SAFA M. Shafi / P. Shafi
PUBLISHER Publications Division, Govt. of Pakistan. Syed Mobin Mahmud & Co. Ghanzanfar Academy Pakistan, 30, Urdu Bazar Karachi Government of Pakistan / www.ppra.org.pk IFAC/SAFA PLD: Bureau of Labour Publications.
BL-302 BL-303
AF-301
Financial Accounting
SEMESTER-3
Enterprise Management
SEMESTER - 3
REGULATORY AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 1 The regulatory framework 2 The Conceptual Framework
WEIGHTAGE 5%
SINGLE COMPANY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTS 3 IAS 1 (Revised) Presentation of Financial statements 4 Reporting Financial Performance 5 Other Reporting 6 Accounting for non-current assets 7 Intangible non-current assets 8 Impairment of Assets 9 Leases 10 Statements of Cash Flows 11 IAS 2 Inventories and Short term WIP 12 IAS 11 Construction Contracts 13 Share Transactions and Financial instruments ACCOUNTING FOR TAXATION 14 IAS 12: Income taxes TOTAL
90%
5% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
Cathrynne Sowden-Service
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing ICAP/ Lexis Nexis Professional Business Publications, Lahore. John Willey & Sons
Lease Accounting Consolidated Financial Statements Accounting for Construction and Contract and Cash flow Statement
PBP Donald E. Kieso / Jerry J. Weygandt / Terry D. Warfield ADDITIONAL READING Javed H. Zuberi
INTRODUCTION This course consists of introduction to management, management of relationships, global business environment, operations management, human capital management and marketing management. This will help the students to identify, correlate and apply these concepts to other core subjects of Professional stages for decision-making. OBJECTIVE This course enables the students to: Understand the theoretical approaches of organizational management, understand methods and procedures to manage the employees in organization, understand the techniques for strategic marketing management to promote business, and INDICATIVE GRID PART A
SEMESTER - 3
OUTCOMES On completion of this course, students should be able to: explain the various functional areas of an organization, understand the importance of operation management for management accounting, analyse the tools related to productivity and efficiency in various operational areas of businesses. examine and analyse the problems associated with quality in an organization, evaluate and describe the marketing concepts, marketing plans and business strategies,
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT 1. Management Definition and Functions 2. Basics of Management Process MANAGEMENT OF RELATIONSHIPS 3. Key concepts in Management 4. Control 5. The financial function; conflict 6. Negotiation and communication 7. Culture GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 8. Social, political and economic context 9. Governance and Regulation
WEIGHTAGE 10%
25%
10%
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 10. Operations management and its importance for Management Accounting 11. Types of production 12. Plant maintenance 13. Production planning and control 14. Productivity and Efficiency Evaluation 15. Quality Management HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 16. Human Resource Management 17. Human Resource Practices MARKETING MANAGEMENT 18. Marketing and business strategy 19. Marketing plans, branding and communications 20. Developments in marketing TOTAL
25%
10%
20% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Management Principles of Marketing Organizational Management and Information Systems PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) Management
CORE READINGS AUTHOR ----Stephen P. Robins / Mary Coulter Philip Kotler / Gary Armstrong PBP Project Management Institute
BPP Kaplan Publishing Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Project Management Institute
PUBLISHER
International Management
James A. F. Stoner / Edward Freeman / Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Daniel Gilbert, Jr ADDITIONAL READINGS Fred Luthans McGraw-Hill
SEMESTER - 3
INDICATIVE GRID PART SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA INFORMATION SYSTEMS 1. Emerging Technology in E-Business 2. Infrastructure and Operations A 3. Information and Databases 4. Systems acquisition / development process IT AUDIT 5. The Process of Auditing IS 6. Governance and Management of IT 7. Auditing Infrastructure and Operations 8. Auditing Systems acquisition / development process 9. Information Security Management 10. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery TOTAL
WEIGHTAGE 50%
50%
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE Information Systems: The Foundation of ESteven Alter Business Decision Modelling with Microsoft Excel CISA Review Manual Introduction to Information System Practical IT Auditing CISA
Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Information Systems Audit and Control Associations, Inc. McGraw-Hill
PUBLISHER
Jeffrey H. Moore / Larry R. Weatherford ADDITIONAL READINGS James O Brien Jack Champlain
SEMESTER-4
AF-401 LA-402 LA-403 Management Accounting Business Taxation Corporate Laws and Secretarial Practices
SEMESTER - 4
WEIGHTAGE 15%
STANDARD COSTING AND VARIANCE ANALYSIS 3. Standard Costing 4. Variance Analysis, Interpretation and Profit Reconciliation PROJECT APPRAISAL METHODS 5. Capital Investment decisions 6. DCF techniques of investment appraisal 7. Taking account of taxation and inflation 8. Additional aspects of investment decision making COST ANALYSIS 9. Break Even Analysis 10. Limiting factor Analysis 11. Marginal Cost Analysis MODERN COSTING TECHNIQUES 12. Activity Based Costing 13. Throughput and Back flush Accounting 14. Environmental costing MANAGING SHORT-TERM FINANCE 15. Working Capital Management 16. Cash flow forecasts 17. Cash Management 18. Receivables & Payables Management 19. Inventory Management TOTAL
15%
25%
15%
10%
20%
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Managerial Accounting Management and Cost Accounting Management Accounting Performance Evaluation Financial Management Theory and Practice Managerial Accounting Cost Accounting
CORE READINGS AUTHOR ----Ray H. Garrison / Eric W. Noreen Colin Drury PBP Eugene F Brigham / Michal C. Ehrardt ADDITIONAL READING Ronald W. Hilton Charles T. Horngren, Srikant M. Datar, & George Foster Milton F. Usry / Lawrence Hammer / Adolph Matz
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing McGraw-Hill Cengage Learning South Western / Thomson McGraw-Hill
SEMESTER - 4
INCOME TAX 1. Income Tax Ordinance 2001 2. Income Tax Rules 2002
WEIGHTAGE 60%
SALES TAX 3. Sales Tax Act 1990 4. Sales Tax Rules 5. Sales Tax Special Procedures INDIRECT TAX 6. Customs Act, 1969 7. Capital Value Tax 8. Federal Excise Act and Rules, 2005 TOTAL
30%
10% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CORE READINGS AUTHOR
Complete Income Tax Law (Latest Edition) Sheikh Asif Salam Tax Laws of Pakistan Huzaima Bukhari / Dr. Ikramul Haq Sales Tax, 1990 Tariq Najeeb Choudhry Central Excise Act, 1944 and Rules Customs Act, 1969 Synopsis of Taxes in Pakistan Tariq Najeeb Choudhry ---
S. A. Salam Publications, Lahore. Lahore Law Publications. Tariq Najeeb Corporation, Lahore. Tariq Najeeb Corporation, Lahore. Government of Pakistan. IBP Publications, Lahore.
PUBLISHER
SEMESTER - 4
COMPANIES ORDINANCE AND RELATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS 1. Companies Ordinance 1984 2. SECP Ordinance 1969; SECP Act 1997; SECP (Conduct of Business) Regulation 2000 with SECP Policy Board Regulation 2000 3. Companies (Issuance of Capital) Rules, 1996 4. Companies Share Capital (Variation Rights and Privileges) Rules, 2000 5. Companies (Buy-Back of Shares) Rules, 1999 6. Companies (Asset Backed Securitization) Rules, 1999 7. Single Member Companies Rules 2003 8. Code of Corporate Governance 9. Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility) General Order, 2009 and Voluntary Guidelines, 2012 SPECIAL COMPANIES 10. Modaraba Companies and Modaraba (Floatation and Control) Ordinance, 1980 11. Modaraba Companies and Modaraba Rules 1981 12. Non-Banking Finance Companies (Establishment & Regulation) Rules 2003 13. Non-Banking Finance Companies and Notified Entities Regulations 2007 SECRETARIAL PRACTICES TOTAL
WEIGHTAGE
70%
B C
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE
CORE READINGS AUTHOR Nazir Ahmed Shaheen SECP SECP Zaka Ali ADDITIONAL READINGS
Practical Approach to Companies Ordinance, 1984 Manual of Corporate Governance SECP Website
Federal Law House, H/136 Muree Road, Committee Chowk, Rawalpindi SECP, Islamabad. www.secp.org.pk
PUBLISHER
AF-501 Advanced Financial Accounting and Corporate Reporting LA-502 Risk management and Audit AF-503 Strategic Financial Management
SEMESTER-5
SEMESTER 5
MATTERS RELATED TO RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT 1. Substance over form 2. Financial instruments 3. Employee benefits 4. Share-based payments 5. Asset valuation and Changing prices GROUP FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 6. Introduction to group accounting 7. Consolidated statement of financial position 8. Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 9. IAS 27,IFRS 10, IFRS 3 (Revised), IFRS 13 10. Effect of Non-controlling interests 11. Acquisition of a Subsidiary during its accounting period 12. Consolidated Statement of comprehensive income 13. Consolidated Statement of changes in Equity 14. Associates and Joint ventures COMPLEX GROUP TOPICS 15. Changes in group structures 16. Complex group structures 17. Foreign currency 18. Group statements of cash flows PERFORMANCE REPORTING 19. Ratios and trend analysis 20. Earnings per share IAS, 33 21. Segment reporting IFRS, 8
WEIGHTAGE
20%
30%
25%
15%
EXTERNAL REPORTING 22. Advancement in Financial Reporting 23. Advancement in Non-Financial Reporting
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Intermediate Accounting
Modern Advanced Accounting McGraw-Hill Financial Analysis Professional Business Publications, Lahore. Companies Ordinance, 1984 P.L.D. Publishers Lahore. International Financial Reporting Standards / International Accounting Standards Board IFRS foundation IASs Gripping: IFRS Pakistan Edition Cathrynne Sowden-Service ICAP/ Lexis Nexis
AUTHOR ----Donald E. Kieso / Jerry J. Weygandt / Terry D. Warfield E. John Larsen PBP Govt. of Pakistan.
CORE READINGS
PUBLISHER
SEMESTER 5
PART B2: 3. Planning and risk assessment General Principles and Responsibilities 4. Risk Assessment and Response to Assessed Risk 5. Internal Control 6. Internal Audit 7. Audit Evidence 8. Collecting Audit Evidence 9. Using the Work of Others PART B3: 10. Audit Conclusions and Reporting PART B4: 11. Cost Audit
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CORE READINGS AUTHOR ----David McNamee
CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Business Risk Assessment Handbook of International Quality Control, Auditing, Review, Other Assurance, and Related IFAC / ICAP Services Pronouncements ADDITIONAL READINGS Practical Auditing (Latest) Advanced Auditing (Latest) Javid H. Zuberi Prof. Dr. Khawaja Amjad Saeed
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing The Institute of Internal Auditors IFAC / ICAP Petiwala Book Depot, Karachi Khawaja Publications
INTRODUCTION This course is designed to focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of financial management. The course contains tools and techniques of financial management, which can be applied in the specific area of business, to manage operating, financing and investing activities.
SEMESTER 5
OBJECTIVE To provide the students with an in-depth knowledge of strategic financial management enabling them to: nderstand and apply strategic approach of financial u management, ormulating financial strategy considering economic F and financial constraints, xamine the financial goals and policy of the e business for proper application, and evelop financial plan to manage various financial d activities of business. OUTCOMES On completion of this course, students should be able to: dentify the objectives of the business in financial i terms and evaluate their attainment, dentify various financial techniques and describe i their applications, eview the financial statements of the business and r evaluate the financial position, INDICATIVE GRID PART A
evelop financial plan to control short and long-term d finances, dentify and evaluate working capital position, in the i light of policy, and recommend to manage it properly, alculate and evaluate the cost of capital, c evelop and evaluate capital budgeting and d recommend methods of funding investments, uggest capital structure, s xplain the criteria that management uses to e determine whether profit should be reinvested or paid out as dividends, utline the factors to be considered in the o development of dividend policy, escribe how to manage financial risks of proposals d for mergers and acquisitions, escribe the procedures for transfer of money from d one country to another, escribe the procedures for foreign exchange d control in business, xplain various steps involved in mergers & e acquisitions & corporate restructuring, dentify and evaluate the financial and strategic i implications
SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA FORMULATION OF FINANCIAL STRATEGY 1. Objectives of organizations 2. Constraints on Financial Strategy 3. Forecasting and Analysis 4. Financial Strategies FINANCING DECISIONS 5. Equity finance 6. Debt finance 7. Leasing 8. The cost of capital 9. The capital structure 10. Treasury Management INVESTMENT DECISIONS AND PROJECT CONTROL 11. Investment appraisal techniques 12. International investment 13. Specific investment appraisal scenarios 14. Control of investment projects 15. Business valuations 16. Amalgamations and restructuring TOTAL
WEIGHTAGE 10%
45%
45%
100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Financial Management and Policy Financial Management
CORE READINGS
PUBLISHER BPP Kaplan Publishing. Prentice Hall / Pearson / Financial Times Vikas Publishing House Professional Business Publications, Lahore.
Financial Management: Theory and Practice Eugene F. Brigham / Michael C. Ehrhardt South Western / Thomson Financial Management M.Y Khan / P.K Jain ADDITIONAL READING Tata Mc-Graw-Hill
SEMESTER-6
SEMESTER 6
COST PLANNING, ANALYSIS AND TECHNIQUES 1. Cost Planning 2. Cost Analysis 3. Cost Management Techniques 4. Externally Oriented Cost Management Techniques PRICING AND PRODUCT DECISIONS 5. Relevant Costs 6. Short-term decisions 7. Risk and uncertainty 8. Linear programming: the graphical method 9. Linear programming: the simplex method 10. Multi-product breakeven analysis 11. Pricing decisions and pricing strategies
WEIGHTAGE 25%
40%
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY CENTRE 12. Budgetary Control 13. Performance Evaluation 14. Measuring performance in divisionalised businesses 15. Transfer pricing TOTAL
35% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Managerial Accounting Management Accounting Decision-Making Introduction to Management Accounting Cost Accounting-A Managerial Emphasis Managerial Accounting
CORE READINGS AUTHOR ----Ray H. Garrison & Eric W. Noreen PBP Charls T. Horngren / Gary L. Sundem / William O. Stratton Charles T. Horngren / George Foster / Srikant M. Datar Ronald W. Hilton
Prentice Hall /Pearson / Financial Times Prentice Hall /Pearson / Financial Times McGraw - Hill
SEMESTER 6
SYLLABUS CONTENT AREA Investment environment and investment management process Quantitative methods of investment analysis Theory for investment portfolio formation Investment in stocks Investment in bonds Psychological aspects in investment decision making Using options as investments Portfolio management and evaluation TOTAL
15% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management ---
SEMESTER 6
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 1. Nature and Scope of Strategic Management 2. Strategy: Introducti on, Leve ls and Concepts 3. General and Competitive environment INTERACTING WITH THE COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT 4. Business strategy and strategy development 5. Stakeholders and corporate objectives STRATEGY DEVELOPMEN T AND STRATEGIC OPTIONS 6. Strategic decision making 7. Resource audit 8. Generic strategies 9. Directions a nd methods of gr owth 10. Evaluating strategic options 11. Strategic marketing 12. Information systems and strategy 13. Issues in strategic management CHANGE MANAGEMENT 14. Organizational c hange 15. Implementing change IMPLEMEN TING S TRATEGIC PLANS 16. Strategic control 17. Enterprise performance management TOTAL
15%
45%
10%
15% 100%
Note: The weightage shown against each section indicates, study time required for the topics in that section. This weightage does not necessarily specify the number of marks to be allocated to that section in the examination. RECOMMENDED BOOKS TITLE CIMA, UK Study Text Relevant Study Text Management and Cost Accounting
Management Accounting Business Strategy Strategic Management Concepts & Cases Strategic Management
PUBLISHER
Professional Business Publications, Lahore Prentice Hall /Pearson / Financial Times McGraw-Hill