CIMA has launched CGMA Spotlight Topics, focussing on the case study areas students find tricky.
Using examiner-led guidance the topics are ones that frequently appear in the case study exams.
The new guidance, produced with the help of Kaplan, should lead to clearer understanding of how topics connect to real exam scenarios, helping exam sitters approach the case study with more confidence.
Every six months CIMA’s Study Support Team will analyse examiners’ reports to identify new topics that will feature, moving ahead.
At Operational level the current spotlight topic is variances, for Management it is additions to a group, and for Strategic it is currency-related economic tasks.
Each of these topics is split into three, providing an explanation of a real exam question, a debrief from a tutor, and what the examiner is looking for section.
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