Business In Sight Series: Account Ability

Outline

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

Description

XEBEC: Account Ability helps non-financial managers, consultants and professionals develop a key business skill, - the ability to read and interpret a company's financial statements. Originally developed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers this unique and award winning course has received the Xebec approach to meet new accounting standards with a new graphical look and feel. Set in the context of a detective thriller featuring private eye Philip Maclow, the drama helps students get to grips with a seven step approach to interpreting financial statements including concepts such as profitability, growth and liquidity. For each step, students can view a tutorial, follow Maclow's investigation, conduct their own investigation with a set of clues, and see Maclow's report.

Audience

The series is aimed at anyone who needs to understand and interpret financial statements as part of their job, including: Executives and non-financial managers, Lawyers, Bank Managers, purchasing Departments, Accounts Departments, Consultants, Professionals, Financiers, Educators, Government regulators.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

Develop the following skills:

• Ability the ability to understand and interpret the main elements of any set of financial statements.


• Familiarity with key accounting terms, formats and concepts.

• Of the key messages the accounts can reveal.

• Understanding of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers 7 step approach, a structured down-to-earth approach to interpreting any set of financial statements.


• Skill the opportunity to develop and practice applying this key business skill.


• Course Map

• 1. Main Features


• 2. Growth


• 3. Profitability


• 4. Liquidity


• 5. Investment


• 6. Finance


• 7. Course Conclusion.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Account Ability

Duration

(Currently no course duration information)

Minimum Requirements

This course is not available in all International locations, please contact NETG's International Head Office for more information.

Hardware requirements:

• 486 25Mhz CPU.


• MS Dos 5.0 or later.


• MSCDEX (Microsoft CD-Rom extensions) 2.10 or later.


• Windows Version: 4MB Ram.


• 4MB free hard disk space.


• Super VGA card with 512k RAM.


• MS Mouse or compatible.


• Soundblaster compatible audio card and MPC compliant CD-Rom drive.


• Account Ability is currently available in Indeo 4.


• 16 bit Codec or the 32 bit Codec (installed during a normal course install). No MPEG course requires either Codec.

Media

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