Key Performance Indicators (CPE Course)

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CPE Credit: 1 hour

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $15


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Course Description
Key performance indicators can be used to focus a company’s attention on what matters most to its current and future success. In the Key Performance Indicators course, we examine the nature of key performance indicators, how they can be derived and ranked, and how to avoid their negative effects. We also discuss the implementation process for a system of key performance indicators, and many related issues.


Author: Steven Bragg

Course number: BM1011

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the elements of a key performance indicator.

  • Specify how key performance indicators are linked to critical success factors.

  • Describe the potential negative effects of a key performance indicator.

  • Recognize the areas in which a key performance indicator implementation project may fail.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Business Management and Organization

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: November 2023

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.


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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.


AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.