Acca: Ab (F1) Accountant In Business

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

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.

Overview

Section 1: Course content

Lecture 1 Business organisations and their stakeholders

Lecture 2 The business environment

Lecture 3 The macro-economic environment

Lecture 4 Micro-economic factors

Lecture 5 Business organsation, structure and strategy

Lecture 6 Organisational culture and committees

Lecture 7 Corporate governance and social responsibility

Lecture 8 The role of accounting

Lecture 9 Control, security and audit

Lecture 10 Identifying and preventing fraud

Lecture 11 Leading and managing people

Lecture 12 Recruitment and selection

Lecture 13 Diversity and equal opportunities

Lecture 14 Individuals, groups and teams

Lecture 15 Motivating individuals and groups

Lecture 16 Training and development

Lecture 17 Performance appraisal

Lecture 18 Personal effectiveness and communication

Lecture 19 Ethical considersations

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