Category: E1
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CIMA E1 Exam and Study Tips
CIMA E1 Study Text Find the right study text for your CIMA studies is crucial and personally I like to vary the tuition providers depending on what exam I am sitting. For example, I like using the Kaplan texts for the numerical papers as the clear step-by-step approach in their study texts works well for…
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Big Data: a hot CIMA topic
When looking at the 2010 CIMA study texts you will find very little on the subject of Big Data. But it seems to be a hot topic these days and I am sure the CIMA examiner will look to squeeze in a question on Big Data whenever they can. The use of Big Data is becoming vital…
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Outsourcing: A False Economy?
The E1 paper (and the Operational Case Study) could throw up a question on outsourcing. It’s a topic I am really quite familiar having worked in a couple of environments where the company were outsourcing services. In some instances, it felt like the cost savings made by the company by outsourcing their finance function was…
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