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Willie Du Preez
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Willie Du Preez specialises in business studies, accounting, and management science. He is fascinated by the creativity of commerce and the problem-solving nature of management. Willie believes that commercial acumen is acquired by developing the skills that enable commerce and competitive advantage.

His business science theories are influenced by the thinking of leading contemporary schools of thought on the subjects of management and business studies. He has professional experience in business, project management, and analytics roles and participated in the 2021 Mckinsey Forward advanced professional development program.
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Advanced Cost Accounting Theory and Techniques
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Advanced Cost Accounting Theory and Techniques
1.5-3 hrs 2,910 learners
By Willie Du Preez
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define ‘cost accounting’
  • Identify the purpose of cost accounting
  • Describe different costing systems
  • Classify different types of costs
  • Compare cost behaviour
  • Classify costs according to type and behaviour
  • Describe the purpose of management accounting
  • Explain standard costing and its significance to planning and performance management
  • Define variance analysis for various types of organisational costs
  • Identify relevant costs and their treatments within the context of cost accounting
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Accounting
Advanced Cost Accounting Theory and Techniques
1.5-3 hrs
2910 enrolled
Management Accounting Theory and Techniques
1.5-3 hrs 3,556 learners
By Willie Du Preez
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define ‘budgeting’ and the various elements of budgets
  • Discuss budgetary control and the use of budgets in performance management
  • Describe the purpose of budgeting and the advantages of using budgets
  • Explain the use of forecasts in the budgetary process
  • Compute fixed and variable costs using statistical methods
  • Discuss the use of linear programming in resource allocation and planning
  • Contrast the different risk criteria used in decision-making involving uncertainty
  • Describe the fundamental methods used to analyse risk for decision-making and planning
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Management
Management Accounting Theory and Techniques
1.5-3 hrs
3556 enrolled
Management Accounting: Break-Even Analysis for Accurate Planning
1.5-3 hrs 611 learners
By Willie Du Preez
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define ‘cost-volume-profit analysis’
  • Identify the elements of a cost-volume-profit calculation
  • Describe the contribution to sales ratio
  • Discuss the break-even point
  • Contrast the margin of safety and operational gearing of entities
  • Compute required revenue
  • Analyze operational gearing ratios
  • Compare the contribution to sales ratios of entities
  • Discuss the concept of ‘required revenue’
  • Summarize the significance of operational gearing
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Management
Management Accounting: Break-Even Analysis for Accurate Planning
1.5-3 hrs
611 enrolled
Management Accounting: Strategy and Control for Effective Value Creation
1.5-3 hrs 785 learners
By Willie Du Preez
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the purpose of budgeting and the advantages of using different approaches to budgeting
  • Define ‘incremental budgeting’, ‘rolling budgets’, ‘zero-based budgets’ and ‘budgetary control’
  • Discuss budgetary control and the use of budgets in performance management
  • Define ‘management accounting’, ‘cost accounting’ and ‘budgeting’
  • Identify the purpose of management accounting, activity-based costing and throughput accounting
  • Explain activity-based costing, activity-based management and activity-based budgeting
  • Identify throughput accounting costs, marginal accounting costs, direct costs and relevant costs
  • Outline alternative approaches to budgeting in the multinational environment
  • Compute throughput accounting ratios and total factory cost (TFC)
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Management
Management Accounting: Strategy and Control for Effective Value Creation
1.5-3 hrs
785 enrolled
Cost and Management Accounting: Planning for Effective Strategy Execution
1.5-3 hrs 2,288 learners
By Willie Du Preez
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Discuss cost classification and the use of cost classifications in performance management
  • Compute profit based on marginal costing systems and absorption costing principles
  • Apply costing theories to reach strategic objectives
  • Assess the suitability of different costing systems
  • Define ‘management accounting’ and ‘cost accounting’
  • Explain the purpose of management accounting in terms of decision-making and strategic planning
  • Calculate the cost per unit based on different costing theories
  • Identify the objectives of management accounting, activity-based costing and cost accounting
  • Discuss the role of management accounting in terms of planning activities
  • Describe the objectives of cost accounting and the advantages of using different costing systems
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Management
Cost and Management Accounting: Planning for Effective Strategy Execution
1.5-3 hrs
2288 enrolled
Financial Statement Analysis: Accounting Ratios & Analytical Strategy
1.5-3 hrs 3,372 learners
By Willie Du Preez
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Define the purpose of financial statement analysis and the objectivity of individual ratios in different situations
  • Recognise the key elements an analysis needs to consider when implementing an analytical framework
  • Identify the stakeholders and users of information for the company under review
  • Analyse financial performance using a company's annual financial statements and the notes to the published statements
  • Calculate key financial statement-based figures like capital employed and working capital
  • Assess financial performance using appropriate classes of ratios such as activity and performance ratios
  • Compare the performance of different entities using standard ratios and defined concepts to enhance comparability
  • Contrast the performance of a single entity between different periods using consistent accounting policies
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Accounting
Financial Statement Analysis: Accounting Ratios & Analytical Strategy
1.5-3 hrs
3372 enrolled
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