CIMA Management Case Study
Pre-seen analysis pack
The pre-seen is at the core of every case study. To pass you MUST fully understand the company and its industry.
Why? Because the examiner expects you to apply EVERYTHING to the pre-seen scenario. It’s not about knowing the theory anymore (you’ve proved you can do that in the OT exams) it’s about showing how that theory relates to the pre-seen company.
And yet…
Almost every post-exam report the examiner notes that people are doing poorly because they are not applying answers to the pre-seen.
So how can we help? Our case study experts are here to support you with a range of pre-seen materials designed to make this part of your revision as easy as possible!
The pre-seen materials:
- Let you see the pre-seen through the eyes of our MCS expert, picking out all of the key information
- Apply key theory and models to the pre-seen
- Investigate the top 10 most likely issues to appear in your exam
- Give a detailed analysis of the pre-seen industry, helping you to build more rounded answers in your exam
- Test how well you have understood the pre-seen with a set of knowledge-based questions
“I passed MCS May 22. Great experience working with Astranti. I had failed MCS seven times (twice for 2015 syllabus and five times for 2019 syllabus by myself with no support). Astranti materials are good value for money, a fair balance of cost and quality. Nick Best’s deep dive videos on pre-seen, top 10 issues, strategic analysis and mock exams were fundamental tools for my strategy. I strongly recommend.”
Maximise your marks
Expert insights from experienced tutors
Highlights the most important points
Focus on what’s most likely to gain marks
Minimise study time
Focus your study time on the key topics
Comprehensive industry analysis saving hours of research
Makes the connections with the theory for you
Great value for money
More than 7 hours of video tuition
Over 190 pages of pre-seen analysis
Includes 30 knowledge-based questions
Pre-seen pack content
Pre-seen analysis
It’s vital that you fully analyse your pre-
Our pre-
This product includes:
- A page-
by-page analysis of every section of the pre- seen from front to back with a focus on the business perspective (E2). Our CIMA MCS expert picks out all of the key information not to be missed - One video takes an F2 perspective of the pre-
seen with emphasis on financial accounts - Another takes a P2 perspective with emphasis on management accounting and risk
- Typically around 5 hours of guidance is provided
Strategic analysis
It’s extremely important that you have the ability to identify how the pre-
It can be hard to fully analyse a company using models you’ve only recently learned and be confident you’ve got it right. Our strategic analysis has done the hard work for you!
This product includes:
- Using the key models and theories we give you an in-depth understanding of the pre-seen organisation and its position in the market
- Topics include: SWOT, PESTLE, 5 forces, objectives and performance measurement, governance, ethics and CSR analysis, critical success factors and stakeholder analysis
- The document revises key theory and then applies it to the pre-seen
- The video analyses the model explaining how we’ve applied it and what it means for your exam
Industry analysis
It is critical to demonstrate to the examiner that you have fully understood the pre-
Researching the industry can be a laborious process, especially when you’re not sure which information is useful and which is not.
Our team has spent hours doing this research for you, finding the information that will help you to achieve a wider perspective of the industry and build a deeper knowledge in preparation for your exam.
This product includes:
- An overview of the industry and its background
- A review of the current market and competitors
- Detailed analysis of a similar real-life organisation to understand how it applies to the real-world
- 25 industry examples to learn and use in relevant sections of your exam for extra marks
- The document provides a detailed industry overview and is fully comprehensive
- The video provides a high-level summary, in around an hour, of the key points
Top 10 most likely issues
The top 10 issues identifies the 10 most likely issues to appear in the exam. Our MCS expert gives guidance on how to deal with the issues in your answers, provides advice on which models to use and key points you should raise.
Based on our experience of analysing CIMA case studies for over 10 years, our predictions have been extremely accurate in previous exams, with around 70-
This product includes:
- 10 detailed “could be” issues that may come up in the exam and guidance on how to deal with them in your answer including advice on which models to use and key points you should raise
- The document gives summary slides for each of the issues
- The video provides our expert’s analysis of why that issue is so important and how to apply it to the exam
Pre-seen knowledge questions
Once you have worked your way through the pre-seen materials, you can now test your understanding with our pre-seen knowledge questions.
These challenging questions cover a wide variety of topics that you should be familiar with before moving onwards with your case study revision.
This product includes:
- 30 challenging questions
- Picking up the key knowledge you should know before the exam
- Test yourself and learn
- Each question comes with a detailed solution
What our students say
Please see our testimonials page for our latest student reviews. Here are a couple of examples:
“After comparing the price and content of the MCS Case Study Course with Astranti versus a “bigger” well-known provider, I decided to go with Astranti and I am glad I did. I found the Ethics pack particularly useful in how to approach and provide answers for all ethics questions throughout the CIMA qualification. The videos provided on the pre-seen, its’ industry and the top 10 issues were invaluable in helping me focus my studies. Feedback from my marker was really helpful and I was happy with the overall motivation from the wider team!”
“The Astranti case study preseen analysis is excellent and certainly helped me to pass my MCS. The videos are broken down into 1 hour segments that can be accessed from your phone so makes it easy to listen in the car or commuting. I’ll definitely use them again for the Strategic Case Study.”
Purchase the pre-seen pack
The pre-seen materials are included on both our Essentials and Premium Courses.
Head to the course page to see what else our courses have to offer.
MCS Pre-seen Pack
May/August 2024
One-off payment of…
£199
MCS Pre-seen Pack
May/August 2024
(Instalments)
6x monthly instalments of…
£36
MCS Pre-seen Pack
November 2024/February 2025
One-off payment of…
£199
MCS Pre-seen Pack
November 2024/February 2025
(Instalments)
6x monthly instalments of…
£36
Note: Your pre-seen materials will only be available once the CIMA pre-seen for your chosen exam sitting has been released. You can purchase before this date if you wish, and your materials will available as soon as they are ready.