ACCA P3 Business Analysis

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ACCA P3 Business Analysis

• James OConnor

James OConnor
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Paper Aims/Objectives

To apply relevant knowledge, skills, and exercise
professional judgement in assessing strategic
position, determining strategic choice, and
implementing strategic action through beneficial
business process and structural change
coordinating knowledge systems and information
technology and by effectively managing quality
processes, projects, and people within financial
and other resource constraints.
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Learning Outcomes

• Upon completion of this subject students should
  be able to
• Assess the strategic position of an organisation
• Evaluate the strategic choices available to an
  organisation
• Discuss how an organisation might go about its
  strategic implementation
• Evaluate and redesign business processes and
  structures to implement and support the
  organisations strategy taking account of
  customer and other major stakeholder requirements
• Integrate appropriate information technology
  solutions to support the organisations strategy
• Apply appropriate quality initiatives to
  implement and support the organisations strategy
• Advise on the principles of project management to
  enable the implementation of aspects of the
  organisations strategy with the twin objectives
  of managing risk and ensuring benefits
  realisation
• Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of a
  companys strategy and the financial consequences
  of implementing strategic decisions

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Assessment

• The syllabus is assessed by a three hour
  paper-based examination.
• The examination paper will be structured in two
  sections.
• Section A of each of the Options papers
  contains 50-70 compulsory marks from two
  questions, each attracting between 25 and 40
  marks.
• Section B will offer a choice of two from
  three questions totalling
• 30-50 marks, with each question attracting
  between 15 and 25 marks.

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Reading List

• Students studying ACCA subjects F1, F2, F3, F5,
  F7, F8, F9, P1, P2 P3, can purchase their books
  and study aids from Kaplan Publishing. IBAT
  College students can also avail of a 30 discount
  with KAPLAN.
• Students studying ACCA subjects F4 and F6, will
  be able to purchase the core texts directly from
  IBAT College.

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