Required Reading
Students will need the following books to complete the course
Essential Reading
The following materials will provide essential understanding of the subjects covered in the course.
Recommended Resources
Further reading to help you advance your understanding of the concepts in the course and to satisfy your curiosity.
Finding Other Useful Books
Using the online Accessit catalogue, you can search the Subject Search to find more resources, or use the search bar to look for keywords.
In the Library, Non-fiction books (and some literature) are often arranged using the Dewey Decimal Classification system, using numbers to arrange them by subject. In the college we use the system within key topic areas for each subject. In many university libraries, all books will be found shelved by Dewey Decimal alone. Below is a list of useful number classes for this subject.
174.4: Business ethics
658.04: Family business
658.0807: Franchises
658.421: Entrepreneurship
Other Resources
Podcasts
Inside the Brain of Jeff Bezos - David Baker reveals the thinking and the values that have made Jeff Bezos the richest man on earth, and Amazon the business success of 2020, despite the pandemic catastrophe.
Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket - All available episodes of The Evening Rocket by Elon Musk, founder and owner of Tesla.
The Disrupters, CEO of Netflix: Reed Hastings - Kamal Ahmed and Rohan Silva lift the lid on the realities of starting your own business. Today, founder and CEO of Netflix, Reed Hastings.
TV & Streaming
Tutor2U Replays - Livestream recordings available to watch again on Tutor2U encompassing A Level and BTEC Business
Amol Rajan Interviews - Amol Rajan speaks to Google's CEO Sundar Pichai about a wide range of issues, from the company's hotly debated privacy practices to its pioneering development in AI and quantum computing.
YouTube
Working Options in Education - Working Options in Education helps young people (14-19) to aim high and fulfil their potential. Our employability and life skills programme is delivered free in schools, colleges and online through our well-established links with employers, particularly in the food, drink and retail industry. We offer young people multiple interactions with employers including expert insight from industry, skills workshops, online content, access to industry events, work experience and placements.
Websites
Harvard Business Review - Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard University. HBR is published six times a year and is headquartered in Brighton, Massachusetts.
The Business Insider - Latest uptodate Politics
Financial Times - News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.
The Financial Times is a daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
INC Magazine - Inc. is an American business media property founded in 1979 and based in New York City. It publishes six print issues annually, as well as daily online articles and videos. Inc. also produces several live and virtual events yearly.