Acca F1 Accountant In Business

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Let's find out what an accountant does on a daily basis

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.1

- Understand the purpose and types of businesses and how they interact with key stakeholders and the external environment.
- Understand business organisation structure
- functions and the role of corporate governance
- Recognise the function of accountancy and audit in communicating
- reporting and assuring financial information and in effective financial control and compliance

What you'll learn

Understand the purpose and types of businesses and how they interact with key stakeholders and the external environment.
Understand business organisation structure
functions and the role of corporate governance
Recognise the function of accountancy and audit in communicating
reporting and assuring financial information and in effective financial control and compliance
Recognise the principles of authority and leadership and how teams and individuals are recruited
managed
motivated and developed
Understand the importance of personal effectiveness as the basis for effective team and organisational behaviour
Recognise that all aspects of business and finance should be conducted in a manner which complies with and is in the spirit of accepted professional ethics and professional values

* Requirements

* None

Description

This course is designed to introduce knowledge and understanding of the business and its environment and the influence this has on how organisations are structured and on the role of the accounting and other key business functions in contributing to the efficient, effective and ethical management and development of an organisation and its people and systems. This course will allow you to obtain the necessary knowledge to understand exactly what is involved in the world as an accountant.

Who this course is for:

  • Students wanting to study what an Accountant does in Business as well as students studying AB (F1) at the ACCA

Course content

1 sections • 20 lectures

Business organisations and their stakeholders Preview 05:06

The business environment Preview 19:56

The macro-economic environment Preview 25:06

Micro-economic factors Preview 24:52

Business organsation, structure and strategy Preview 14:46

Organisational culture and committees Preview 20:26

Corporate governance and social responsibility Preview 21:40

The role of accounting Preview 16:04

Control, security and audit Preview 35:12

Identifying and preventing fraud Preview 24:24

Leading and managing people Preview 18:24

Recruitment and selection Preview 18:46

Diversity and equal opportunities Preview 10:52

Individuals, groups and teams Preview 15:02

Motivating individuals and groups Preview 13:38

Training and development Preview 24:26

Performance appraisal Preview 10:22

Personal effectiveness and communication Preview 22:24

Ethical considersations Preview 25:28

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