The business organisation and its environment
How organisations are formed, what they exist to do, and how political, economic, social and technological forces shape them.
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Mai Studies Original · Accounting & Finance
ACCA Study Support: Business and Technology (BT)
A complete Mai Studies study-support programme written for learners preparing for the ACCA Applied Knowledge paper Business and Technology. Each module contains original written notes, a tutor-voice classroom transcript, a practical activity with a worked solution, a mock test with explained answers and a marked written assignment. Mai Studies is an independent provider: it is not ACCA, is not an ACCA Approved Learning Partner, and this programme carries no exam credit or exemption.
10 weeks 60 guided hours Foundation
No course fee is charged for current published programmes.
What you will achieve
- Explain how the external business environment shapes organisational decisions
- Describe organisational structures, culture and stakeholder relationships
- Apply governance, internal control and risk concepts to business scenarios
- Explain the role of accounting, audit and finance functions within a business
- Assess how technology and data influence modern business operations
- Apply leadership, teamwork and personal effectiveness concepts at work
- Apply professional ethics and fundamental principles to workplace dilemmas
Entry guidance
- — No prior accounting study required
- — Comfortable reading business English
- — Around six study hours each week
Original Mai Studies learning material. This is a professional completion programme, not a regulated qualification or university accreditation.
Programme syllabus
Eight applied modules
4h
Organisational structure, culture and stakeholders
Structural models, spans of control, culture, and the competing claims of internal, connected and external stakeholders.
Governance, risk and internal control
Boards, committees, agency relationships, risk appetite, and the control framework that keeps an organisation honest.
Accounting, finance and the wider business
What the finance function does day to day, how it links to other departments, and how external and internal audit differ.
Technology, data and business systems
Information systems, automation, cloud services, data protection and the controls that keep business data trustworthy.
Leadership, management and teams
Classical and modern management thinking, leadership styles, team formation and how managers get work done through people.
People: recruitment, development and performance
Workforce planning, selection, appraisal, training and the legal and fair-treatment expectations that surround them.
Professional ethics and personal effectiveness
Fundamental ethical principles, threats and safeguards, whistleblowing, time management and professional communication.