ACCA Business and Technology (BT): study notes Area by area, with business scenarios and quizzes.

1. 01A. The business organisation and its external environmentWhat organisations are, who has a stake in them, and the outside forces that shape what they can do. You will classify the main types of organisation, map stakeholders on Mendelow's matrix, and work through the political, legal, economic, social, technological, environmental and competitive factors, finishing with Porter's five forces and the value chain.10 lessons · 5h 35m+

   • The purpose and types of business organisation30 min
   • Stakeholders in business organisationsFree preview35 min
   • Political and legal factors affecting business35 min
   • Macroeconomic factors45 min
   • Microeconomic factors45 min
   • Social and demographic factors30 min
   • Technological factors30 min
   • Environmental and sustainability factors30 min
   • Competitive factors40 min
   • Module 1 quiz15 min
2. 02B. Organisational structure, culture, governance and sustainabilityHow organisations arrange people, authority and communication, both on the chart and in practice. You will compare structures from entrepreneurial to boundaryless, apply Anthony's hierarchy and the culture models of Schein, Handy and Hofstede, see how boards, committees and non-executive directors answer the agency problem, and learn what social responsibility asks of a business towards each stakeholder group.6 lessons · 3h 30m+

   • The formal and informal organisation30 min
   • Organisational structure45 min
   • Organisational culture40 min
   • Governance in business organisations45 min
   • Sustainable business practices
3. 03C. Business functions, regulation and technologyWhere accounting sits in a business and what it does. You will see how finance works with purchasing, production, marketing and the other functions, what the financial accounting, management accounting, treasury and audit roles involve, the rules on records, fraud and money laundering, the main financial systems and internal controls, and how cloud computing, automation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain and cyber security are changing the accountant's work.8 lessons · 5h 10m+

   • Accounting and the other business functions40 min
   • The accounting and finance functions40 min
   • Regulation and financial crime50 min
   • Financial information provided by business30 min
   • Financial systems and technology
4. 04D. Leadership and managementHow organisations lead, manage and develop their people. The module starts with what managers, leaders and supervisors do, from Taylor and Fayol to Mintzberg and Drucker, and the leadership models of Adair, Fiedler, Bennis, Ashridge, and Blake and Mouton. It then covers individual and group behaviour, building teams with Tuckman and Belbin, motivation with Maslow, Herzberg and McGregor, learning and training with Kolb and with Honey and Mumford, and performance appraisal.7 lessons · 4h 20m+

   • Leadership, management and supervision45 min
   • Individual and group behaviour35 min
   • Team formation, development and management45 min
   • Motivating individuals and teamsFree preview45 min
5. 05E. Personal effectiveness and communication in businessHow you make yourself, and the people around you, effective at work. The module covers time management and the technology that helps, what happens to an organisation when individuals and teams are ineffective, competence frameworks, continuing professional development, coaching, mentoring and counselling and the personal development plan, and the sources of conflict and how to resolve it. It ends with communication: its methods and patterns, the information each level of management needs, and the barriers to communicating well.6 lessons · 3h 20m+

   • Personal effectiveness35 min
   • The consequences of ineffectiveness at work30 min
   • Competence frameworks and personal development40 min
   • Conflict and how to resolve it35 min
6. 06F. Professional ethicsWhy ethics matters to organisations and to accountants, and how to act on it. The module covers the five fundamental principles of the international code of ethics that ACCA has adopted, the organisational values that support ethical behaviour and the idea of acting in the public interest; the roles of IFAC, the IESBA and professional bodies such as ACCA, what makes a profession, and when and to whom wrongdoing should be reported; corporate codes of ethics; and the threats, dilemmas and safeguards you will meet at work, with a step-by-step way of resolving an ethical conflict.5 lessons · 2h 50m+

   • The fundamental principles of ethical behaviour40 min
   • The role of regulatory and professional bodies40 min
   • Corporate codes of ethics30 min
   • Ethical conflicts and dilemmas45 min

• AThe business organisation and its external environment
• BOrganisational structure, culture, governance and sustainability
• CBusiness functions, regulation and technology
• DLeadership and management
• EPersonal effectiveness and communication in business
• FProfessional ethics

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