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• Testing, testing - one, two, three
• 13 Oct 2009
• Not-for-profit organisations Part 2
• 01 Oct 2009
• Project management
• 01 Oct 2009
• Not-for-profit organisations
• 01 Sep 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 9
• 01 Sep 2009
• Competency frameworks
• 01 Sep 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 8
• 25 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 7
• 24 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 3
• 24 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 2
• 24 Aug 2009
• Working best with a mentor
• 24 Aug 2009
• Grade 'A' Rap
• 21 Aug 2009
• How to prepare a good Oxford Brookes University BSc Research and Analysis Project
• Focus on PER: P0 6
• 07 Apr 2009
• Use Information and Communications Technology - achieve this Performance Objective
• Business analysis case study format - changes
• 07 Jan 2009
• Accounting and organisational cultures
• 18 Nov 2008
• Graham Morgan describes the Financial Control Culture and the Excellence/Service Culture and the type of performance contracts associated with both
• Business process change
• 11 Sep 2008
• Adrian Thomas describes the effective and efficient business processes required by organisations to effectively implement business strategies
• Strategic planning
• 07 Feb 2008
• David Jennings illustrates the major components of the strategic planning process
• Pass notes - business analysis
• 07 Sep 2007
• Examiner for Paper P3 Steve Skidmore provides guidance for students
• 21 years of textbook strategy
• 16 May 2007
• Ralph Bedrock reflects on why Exploring Corporate Strategy has had such a long-lasting impact on the teaching of strategy
• The role of the accountant in new product development
• 16 May 2007
• Ralph Bedrock considers the strategic significance of accountants in the new product development process
• The seven deadly sins of strategy implementation
• 16 May 2007
• Martin Corboy and Diarmid Corrbui describe the main pitfalls of successful strategy implementation
• The development of global companies
• 16 May 2007
• Geoff Gravil describes the processes of making a company global
• Corporate decline
• 16 May 2007
• David Elliott explores the reasons for corporate decline
• Corporate recovery
• 16 May 2007
• David Elliott considers what can and should be done about corporate decline
• Joint ventures - perfect partners?
• 16 May 2007
• Geoff Gravil looks at the issues surrounding joint ventures
• The strategic planning process - part 2
• 15 May 2007
• In the second of two articles, Sean Purcell explains how to apply your knowledge of management and strategy to a scenario situation
• The strategic planning process
• 15 May 2007
• In the first of two articles, Sean Purcell describes how to apply the concepts of management and strategy
• The power of branding
• 15 May 2007
• Sean Purcell looks at the value of brand names
• Mergers and acquisitions - a problem of culture
• 15 May 2007
• Geoff Gravil outlines some possible reasons why mergers and acquisitions fail to fulfill their potential
• Strategic choices and change management
• 15 May 2007
• Diarmaid Corrbui and Martin Corboy explain that strategy implementation is not always easy, but chances of success should be improved by following six golden rules
• The adaptability of strategic models
• 10 May 2007
• Malcolm Eva discusses how models such as PEST and Value Chain can be used to reflect the evolving business environment and the range of business strategies currently used
• A generic framework for developing an IS strategy
• 10 May 2007
• George Bakehouse and Kevin Doyle describe the decision-making process behind planning an information systems strategy
• Commitment, coordination and communication
• 10 May 2007
• George Bakehouse and Kevin Doyle discusses the relevance of the three Cs when developing and implementing information systems
• Strategic planning models
• 10 May 2007
• Martin Corboy looks at the strategic importance of IT
• A primer on knowledge management
• 09 May 2007
• Peter C Barnes focuses on the issues which are essential to knowledge management
• Quality plans
• 09 May 2007
• Steve Skidmore gives a comprehensive analysis of the Project Quality Plan
• Outsourcing IT/IS services
• 09 May 2007
• Any outsourcing decision needs to be treated with care warns Jim Stone, it can give apparent short-term advantages in cost-reduction but provide a hostage to fortune in the longer term
• The software package approach to information systems development
• 09 May 2007
• Steve Skidmore outlines the software package approach to information systems development
• Outsourcing in the financial services industry
• 27 Apr 2007
• David Jennings, marker for Paper 3.5, reviews the potential benefits and problems of outsourcing, and considers a study of building societies operating in the mortgage market
• Mind the gap
• 27 Apr 2007
• Gareth Owen, ACCA qualifications development manager, provides guidance for students transferring to the new ACCA Qualification in August 2007
• Experience transfer
• 27 Feb 2007
• Guidance on what you can do in preparation to transfer to the practical experience requirements
• Strategy challenge - the internet
• 27 Feb 2007
• Examiner for Paper 3.5 Ralph Bedrock reviews the implications of the internet on today's strategy makers and considers the impact of the internet on small businesses
• Examiner's approach to Paper P3
• 26 Jan 2007
• Examiner's approach to Paper P3
• Defining managers' information requirements
• 01 Aug 2006
• Jim Stone describes how critical success factors are used
• Business strategy and performance models
• 01 Apr 2006
• Shane Johnson provides a brief overview of three models to assist accountants in the determination of business strategy and in the appraisal of business performance
• Performance measures to support competitive advantage
• 01 Aug 2005
• Graham Morgan looks at the success of airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair and examines how the balanced scorecard might be utilised to maintain the low-cost carriers' competitive edge
• E-commerce
• 01 May 2005
• Jim Stone looks at business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce and benefits for business as well as the social and employment costs involved
• Organisations - technological developments and communications
• 02 Apr 2004
• Bob Souster examines the effects of technological change on communications in the workplace
• Rewards and appraisal
• 02 Sep 2001
• John Ball describes rewards and appraisals
• All hands on deck! Harnessing the force behind empowerment
• 01 Jun 2000
• by Ian Herbert

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