Achieve

Keeping the pace

It’s important to keep your study momentum going in 2020. W e are now well into 2020, so there is a very real chance that all of that New Year study enthusiasm has started to wane slightly. Sound familiar? Well, first of all, don’t panic. You aren’t the first and certainly won’t be the last student to have these thoughts and feelings.

Life as a student can be a roller coaster of emotions. In the times when your motivation may be falling, we appreciate how diffi cult it can be to pick up your study materials and revise for upcoming exams. So, if you are struggling to cope with revision, or fi nding the exams a little more diffi cult than you expected, then Achieve is the programme for you.

Achieve is the AIA’s interactive distance learning programme designed and developed specifi cally for AIA students in collaboration with leading publisher of study materials for professional exams, BPP Learning Media.

Achieve provides the tools and resources for you to succeed and quickly enjoy the benefi ts of your expanding knowledge base. Achieve guides your learning and provides you with access to e-books, feedback, advice and support from a specialist team of e-tutors, ensuring that you © istockphoto/smartboy10 consistently get the maximum benefi t from your study.

Choose to enrol onto the Achieve programme today and you will take the fi rst step on the road to planning for your own exam success. Upon enrolment, you will receive an individual study planner tailored to meet your needs, an example of which can be seen opposite. Each individual study plan is designed to help you effectively plan your study and revision time, allowing time for practice questions and a mock exam.

The AIA are so confi dent in the Achieve programme helping you deliver the exam results you desire that we also offer the “AIA Pass Pledge”. This pledge states that if you fail your exam, we will offer you a free exam entry to resit the paper at the next exam session.*

Start your Achieve programme today, and achieve the success you deserve in the upcoming May exams. Alternatively, if you feel you require a little extra revision time, look to enrol onto Achieve for the November 2020 exams. For further information, contact the AIA Study Support Team by emailing achieve@aiaworldwide.com

*In order to be eligible for the “AIA Pass Pledge”, you must submit your practice questions on time and achieve 45 marks or more in your mock exam. ●

Personal Study Planner (Example for November Exam Session)

Paper 10: Business Management Use your personal study planner alongside your exam timetable to plan the dates in order to complete each study period. Each study period should take approximately two and a half hours to complete.

Study Period Topic Due Date Study Period Topic Due Date

1 The organisation of work and the role of management 1 May 12 Individuals, groups and teams 18 July

2 Effective leadership 10 May 13 Marketing 27 July

3 Strategic planning and management by objectives 16 May 14 Production

4 Internal analysis 25 May Practice Questions 2 – issued

5 Environmental analysis 2 June 15 Budget planning and control

6 Organisation structure 6 June 16 Organisation information and requirements

7 Organisation culture 12 June 17 The impact of IT on work practices

4 August

17 August

8 August

15 August

21 August

Practice Questions 1 – issued 22 June. Make sure you have returned Practice Questions 2 by 24 August.

8 Strategic human resources management 20 June 18 Management control

28 August

9 Employee appraisal, development and training 26 June 19 Implementing change 5 September

Make sure you have returned Practice Questions 1 by 29 June. 20 Ethical considerations 13 September

10 Motivation and managing diversity 3 July 21 International trade and globalisation 21 September

11 Interpersonal and communication skills 13 July 22 Global strategy 25 September

Checkpoint 1 Practice Questions 3 – issued 5 October.

Make sure you have returned Practice Questions 3 by 12 October.

Checkpoint 2