Accounting for non accountants

Lots of requests for Dyson's Accounting for Non Accounting Students, which is recommended on many reading lists. If you are unable to obtain a copy of the print version this book is available electronically.

The QR Code for the book is shown here

Citing your references...

Always important to acknowledge where you obtained a piece of financial data if you are quoting it within an assignment....

Tesco plc recorded gross profits of £4,607 million in 2010 ( Keynote Company Report, 2010 )

And in your bibliography...

Keynote Report ( 2011 ) Company Information : Tesco [online] Accessed via library.beds.ac.uk on January 17th 2011

Key Note Changes

Not as detailed as the financial information on FAME but Keynote Database now includes some profit & loss, balance sheet and ratios. The option would for example quickly be able to provide an end of year profit figure for a company such as Tesco if required.

Enron

This 2005 film ( in stock in the LRC ) depicts the 2001 collapse of Enron, the biggest financial scandal in Americal history.

There are also several books in stock on the topic...

Easy as Pie - the FAME database

The FAME database allows you to manipulate company information as PIE Charts. Depicted on the left are the Top Ten Airline Companies in the UK. If you want advice on how to do this contact me.

I will be doing sessions on the database for Accountancy students

( Walter Mkuumbuzi's Group ) at the following times after Easter.

Tues 20th April ( 12.00 in C420 ), Friday 23rd April (9.00 in A420 ) & Friday 23rd April 4pm in C419 )

People behind the Companies...

If you know the name of a company's CEO or head honcho this can be a great way to find out about the company's policies and directions using the Newsbank database.

Here's a few I tried earlier :

Philip Green (BHS)

Theo Paphitis ( Ryman )

Terry Leahy ( Tesco CEO)

This week's Mary Portas article 'Shop !' is a reflective one ( Telegraph Magazine 13th March ). Surprisingly of the numerous businesses that Mary has looked at in these excellent pieces, only two have disappeared ....

Borders and Woolworths

Corporate Social Responsibility

If you are doing your project on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) don't neglect the considerable amount of information which you might find in print resources such as the Journal of Business Ethics ( pictured ). Browsing through a box of these in the Social Learning Centre may give you some ideas of the type of material which is being written about.