ACCA: AB (F1) Accountant in Business
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
- Preview05:06
- Preview19:56
- 25:06The macro-economic environment
- 24:52Micro-economic factors
- 14:46Business organsation, structure and strategy
- 20:26Organisational culture and committees
- 21:40Corporate governance and social responsibility
- 16:04The role of accounting
- 35:12Control, security and audit
- 24:24Identifying and preventing fraud
- 18:24Leading and managing people
- 18:46Recruitment and selection
- 10:52Diversity and equal opportunities
- 15:02Individuals, groups and teams
- 13:38Motivating individuals and groups
- 24:26Training and development
- 10:22Performance appraisal
- 22:24Personal effectiveness and communication
- 25:28Ethical considersations
- 20 questionsQuiz
Instructor
![Rowan Malherbe](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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- 1,124 Reviews
- 6,011 Students
- 12 Courses
Rowan is the Managing Director and CEO of Golden Egg Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiaries. The group's core purpose is to provide quality education solutions to people within the financial industry across the world.
He formed the company, Aeon Plus (Pty) Ltd, in order for him to deliver high quality lectures to people across South Africa within this sector. However, he realised that the company can deliver the same high quality lectures across borders as well as other courses to assist people in achieving their highest potential. This is when Rowan created Golden Egg Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd and formed companies within the group to deliver high quality education to everyone across the world in many sectors.
He followed his vision and passion and aligned himself with the correct partners and smartest minds within the industry in order for the group to deliver only the best of the best.
He completed his accounting and audit training at an audit firm within South Africa and has 5 years lecturing experience and 13 years auditing and financial accounting experience.
Rowan has been lecturing ACCA modules for 5 years.
Aeon Plus is a Gold Approved Learning Partner with the ACCA.