'PERFPOD' and 'PM in the PM'
by Richard Guyver - Performance Management Tutor
Latest episode
Ice Creams and Risk & Uncertainty
Ice Creams and Risk & Uncertainty
About this podcast
Welcome to PERFPOD, your go-to podcast for everything related to Performance Management and Advanced Performance Management in the world of accountancy. Whether you're a student or a seasoned professional, you'll find valuable insights and updates here.
PERFPOD episodes will be short, snappy and are particularly targeted at ACCA students studying for Performance Management or Advanced Performance Management Exams.
It will include technical content, exam techniques and real world applications giving you the best chance to pass these two tricky exams.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 27 episodes
- Ice Creams and Risk & Uncertainty · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 20Sun’s out… ice cream vans are back… but how does an ice cream seller decide how much to make? In this episode of PM in the PM, we break down a classic ACCA Performance…
- Artemis II and ACCA PM · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 19Before astronauts ever leave Earth, they spend thousands of hours practising. In simulations, under pressure, and focusing especially on the things that could go wrong. Passing#…
- April Fools Special: The Worst Business Ever Built – F.O.O.L Ltd · 10 minIn this episode of PM in the PM, Richard takes a different approach… Instead of showing how to run a good business, we analyse a terrible one. Welcome to F.O.O.L Ltd — where: ❌…
- World Water Day 22nd March and PM · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 17In this episode of PM in the PM, I'm marking World Water Day by looking at the hidden costs behind every drop. Is water scarcity just a ‘planet’ problem, or is it a Performance…
- Performance Evaluation: When Targets Create the Wrong Behaviour · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 16Performance measures are meant to improve performance — but what happens when they do the opposite? In this episode, we explore a real-world style scenario involving Ken and…
- Why ACCA Students Should Study 16 hours a day · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 15Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast, where I explore why ACCA students should study 16 hours a day.
- Sports and the Illusion of Competence · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 14Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast, where I take some recent events and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. This week we are looking at Sports and the Illusion of…
- Easter eggs and Variances · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 13Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast, where I take a recent event and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. This week we are looking at how Easter Eggs can help us…
- Vauxhall and the balanced scorecard · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 12Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast, where I take a recent event and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. This week we are looking at how recent issues at the car…
- How performance measurement made me a victim of crime · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 11Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast (link in comments), where I take a recent event and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. This week we are looking at how one…
- Bridges and Life Cycle Costing! · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 6Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast , where I take a recent event and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. This week we are looking at bridge design and life cycle…
- Waiting for ACCA results · 8 min · Season 1 Episode 9Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast (link in comments), where I take a recent event and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. This week is December results week. If…
- Deepfake fraud and managing information & controls · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 8Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast (link in comments), where I take a recent event or news story and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. Recently in the news there…
- Guinness shortage, The Theory of Constraints & Throughput Accounting · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 7Here's my PM in the PM podcast , where I take a recent event or news story and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. Recently in the news there have been reports of a…
- What can a traditional Cornish delicacy tell us about Mix and Yield Variances? · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 6Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast (link in comments), where I take a recent event or news story and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. I am in Cornwall at present…
- What can Discount Retailers tell us about Planning and Operational Variances? · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 5Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast, where I take a recent event or news story and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. I recently heard a conversation about Wilco and…
- 1st Dec New Years Resolution and PM! · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 4Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast (link in comments), where I take a recent event or news story and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. Given that its 1st Dec…
- COP 29 and PM- Environmental Management Accounting · 7 min · Season 1 Episode 3Here's my latest PM in the PM podcast, where I take a recent news story and explore how it links back to the PM syllabus. Given that COP 29 ended last week, this podcast talks…
- University Fees and ACCA Performance Management · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 2This is in Syllabus area E: * Measuring performance in NFPs and public sector * Explaining VFM and how 3Es can be used to achieve VFM
- Autumn UK Budget 2024 & PM · 6 min · Season 1 Episode 1Syllabus Area B: traditional pricing, throughput accounting Syllabus Area C: relevant costing Syllabus Area D: budgeting
