CIMA E2 Managing Performance: Complete 10-Session Course

Overview

CIMA E2 Managing Performance business analysis and organisational planning

CIMA E2: Managing Performance is the Management Level enterprise subject within the CGMA Professional Qualification. It develops the judgement needed to turn business goals into workable organisational plans.

In particular, the emphasis is on how organisations creatCIMA E2 Managing Performance study roadmap

First, identify how a business creates value. Then consider how leaders, teams and projects can deliver it. Finally, check whether your proposed approach fits the situation and the people affected.

Sessions	Study area	Practice focus
1–3	Ecosystems, business models and digital change	Connect stakeholder needs with the way the business operates.
4–6	Leadership, individual performance and teams	Choose a suitable management response and explain why it fits.
7–9	Project stages, planning and risk	Link tasks, resources and stakeholder responsibilities.
10	Integrated E2 revision	Apply people, business and project concepts to fresh scenarios.

Course overview and preparation goals
Ten-session lecture plan
CIMA E2 study questionse value and how people and projects deliver it. For example, candidates learn to connect a proposed business change with leadership decisions and practical implementation needs. These skills support effective collaboration between finance and the wider business.

Offered By

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

The CIMA was founded in 1919. The CIMA head office is located in London, UK.

Members

In 2017, AICPA & CIMA came together to forge a powerful international alliance that promotes accounting and finance in every corner of the world. As of 2025, AICPA & CIMA serve 580,000 members, candidates, and registrants in 150 countries and territories.

Preparation goals

The preparation goal is to explain why a management approach fits a given business situation. First, identify the objective and the people affected. Then connect your recommendation to the evidence, rather than relying on a definition alone.

What is the eligibility?

Entry point: Learners starting E2 Managing Performance must meet CIMA’s applicable entry or progression requirements for the Management Level.
Recognised prior learning: Relevant degrees, professional qualifications and previous study may lead to exemptions from certain CIMA assessments. Therefore, check the exemptions approved by CIMA before planning your progression.

Who can do?

Anyone who is interested to learn about following concepts can pursue CIMA E2: Managing Performance:

Management Level candidates, finance business partners, team supervisors, project coordinators, business analysts, management accountants, professionals working with operational teams, business and finance graduates..

Individuals with the following designations:

Management Level candidates, finance business partners, team supervisors, project coordinators, business analysts, management accountants working with operational teams.

Lecture plan

The E2: Managing Performance program is structured across 10 comprehensive sessions, covering the key concepts, techniques, and practical applications required for effective performance management and business decision-making. The sessions combine theoretical learning, analytical techniques, business scenarios, performance evaluation, and exam-focused preparation to help learners develop the knowledge and skills required for the CIMA E2 assessment.

Session 1:

Business ecosystems (1)

Markets, ecosystem participants, regulation and technology; comparing ecosystems with traditional markets.

Session 2:

Business models and stakeholder value (1)

Defining, creating, delivering and capturing value; stakeholder needs and value propositions.

Session 3:

Digital business and operating models (1)

Responses to digital disruption, resilient models and developing a workforce with digital skills.

Session 4:

Leadership and management approaches (1)

Power, delegation, empowerment and leadership styles in different organisational contexts.

Session 5:

Individual performance (1)

Setting objectives, appraisals, rewards, coaching and mentoring; managing poor performance.

Session 6:

Teams and working relationships (1)

Team effectiveness, communication, negotiation, conflict and the workplace environment.

Session 7:

Project objectives and stages (1)

Project lifecycle stages and objectives expressed through time, cost and quality.

Session 8:

Project planning tools (1)

Workstreams, work breakdown, scheduling, network analysis and visualisation of project tasks.

Session 9:

Project risk and leadership (1)

Project risks, scenario planning, structures, team roles and stakeholder management.

Session 10:

Integrated E2 revision (1)

Apply business model, people and project concepts to fresh scenarios; review errors and reasoning.

Learning Methodology

Study moves from understanding an organisation to explaining how its people can deliver change. Use a single business scenario to connect the ideas across the subject.

Analyse: Identify the organisation’s value proposition and the factors shaping its business model.
Compare: Consider alternative leadership responses to a team performance problem.
Apply: Explain how project planning and stakeholder engagement affect implementation.
Review: Keep a record of weak explanations and test them again in a different scenario.

Lectures

Lectures connect business models, people performance and project management through worked examples. First, discuss the situation and its constraints. Next, compare approaches and explain why one is more suitable. This makes the reasoning behind a management choice visible.

Practice Session

Practice uses short workplace situations: a team missing its objectives, a business redesigning its offer, or a project facing resistance. For each task, identify the issue before selecting an answer. Then explain why the alternatives are less appropriate; this helps expose gaps hidden by correct guesses.

Mock Examination

Use mixed-topic objective-test practice to check whether you can distinguish similar management concepts. However, review the reasoning behind each wrong answer before repeating a mock. Track recurring errors in stakeholder analysis, leadership choices and project decisions, then revisit the relevant material.

Berkeley Middle East Performance Standards

Track progress using the quality of your reasoning, rather than hours spent reading. A useful review checks whether you can:

Identify the business objective and the constraint affecting a decision.
Choose a management approach suited to the people and circumstances.
Explain how stakeholder interests may affect delivery.
Distinguish a project decision from an ongoing operational responsibility.
Correct an error and apply the idea to a fresh situation.

Consequently, your revision record should show both the error and the reason for the corrected answer.

CIMA E2: Managing Performance examination

Assessment	Computer-based, computer-marked Objective Test with 60 questions.
Duration	90 minutes.
Pass standard	A scaled score of at least 100 out of 150. This is not a raw percentage of correct answers.
Availability	On demand throughout January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December, subject to appointment availability.
Locations	Pearson VUE test centres or online delivery, subject to local availability and technical requirements.

Check the official CIMA examination blueprints for the current assessed content.

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Career applications

E2 learning can support work that connects financial analysis with organisational delivery. In addition, relevant activities include discussing team performance, explaining a business model and contributing to project planning.

For example, a finance business partner may use these skills when challenging a proposal or communicating with operational managers. However, passing one subject does not establish full CIMA membership or guarantee a particular role.

Planning your next subject

Build a study plan around the assessments remaining in your approved Management Level record. Therefore, consider how the enterprise perspective connects with P2 Advanced Management Accounting and F2 Advanced Financial Reporting.

For example, organisational plans need both resource decisions and reliable reporting. Keep a short list of these connections as you study CIMA E2: Managing Performance, so later revision develops an integrated business perspective.

What You Earn

A Berkeley course-completion certificate records participation in the preparation programme. CIMA determines assessment results and awards its own qualifications.

Explain management choices

Develop a clear explanation linking a management choice to its business context.

Work across functions

Practise discussing organisational issues with colleagues whose priorities differ from finance.

Build a revision record

Use an error log to focus your next revision session for CIMA E2: Managing Performance.

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FAQ: CIMA E2: Managing Performance

Why does E2 matter to someone working in finance?

How can I choose a useful workplace example for study?

Does E2 focus on budgeting calculations?

How should I handle two plausible answers in practice?

Do I have to take the Management Level subjects in a fixed order?

Where can I verify the official assessment requirements?

How can I make revision fit around work?

How do I decide that a weak area is improving?

How should I use mock feedback?

What if my previous study gives me exemptions?

Does completing E2 award full CIMA membership?

How does Berkeley preparation differ from a CIMA award?

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CIMA E2: Managing Performance

Overview

Table of contents

Offered By

Members

Preparation goals

What is the eligibility?

Who can do?

Lecture plan

Session 1:

Session 2:

Session 3:

Session 4:

Session 5:

Session 6:

Session 7:

Session 8:

Session 9:

Session 10:

Learning Methodology

Berkeley Middle East Performance Standards

CIMA E2: Managing Performance examination

Success Stories

Alumni Benefits

Career applications

Planning your next subject

What You Earn

Explain management choices

Work across functions

Build a revision record

Related courses

The CIMA qualification is a globally recognized certification in management accounting, focusing on business strategy, performance management, and financial decision-making.

FAQ: CIMA E2: Managing Performance

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