Business

Things to read ...

• Losing my Virginity - Richard Branson

• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE - Phil Knight

• No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention - Erin Mayer and Reed Hastings

• No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram - Sarah Frier

• The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon - Brad Stone

• The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley - Brad Stone

• Hit Refresh: A Memoir by Microsoft’s CEO - Satya Nadella

• Jo Malone: My Story - Jo Malone

• My Fight to the Top - Michelle Mone

• Our Iceberg Is Melting - John Kotter

• The Google Story - David A. Vise

• Steve Jobs, The man who though differently - Karen Blumenthal

• The Age of Unreason - Charles Handy

• Inside Organisations - Charles Handy

• The Empty Raincoat - Charles Handy

• Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry - Bill Breen, David Roberson

• Tescopoly: How One Shop Came Out on Top and Why it Matters - Andrew Simms

• How I Made It: 40 Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Made Millions by Rachel Bridge
  An essential read for anyone that is thinking about starting their own business. Successful Entrepreneurs are interviewed about how the spotted a gap in a market, and developed a USP.

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference - Malcolm Gladwell
  A very readable and fascinating book, which looks into the reasons products become market leaders.

• The Google Story - David A. Vise
  An interesting investigation into the culture at Google, includes insights into the four day working week and soft management styles. The questions is; are these the things that made Google the world’s number one search engine?

• The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer - Jeffrey Liker
  Covers Japanese Management Techniques such as Kaizen and TQM.

• Billions of Entrepreneurs: How China and India are Reshaping Their Futures & Yours - Tarun Khanna
  An investigation into Asia’s two growing economic powers.

• Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur - Sir Richard Branson
  The autobiography of Britain’s most famous entrepreneur.

• Sun Tzu - The Art of War for Managers: 50 Strategic Rules Updated for Today's Business - Gerald A. Michaelson
  Applying the ancient Chinese rules of battle to modern day business.

• The Intelligent Investor - Benjamin Graham
  The classic book on stock market investment, as recommended by Warren Buffet.

• No Logo - Naomi Klein
  Klein investigates the negative side to marketing and globalisation.

• House of Cards: How Wall Street's Gamblers Broke Capitalism - William D Cohan
  Explains the reason behind the continuing global financial crisis, which started in September 2008.

Journals

• Hodder A-level Business Review

• Free subscription to the Financial Times

• Free access to The Economist via Hertfordshire Libraries

• Issues Online: Economics and Welfare issues

Websites

• BBC Business News

• Business Education 

• CNN Business 

• CBI - Confederation of British Industry

• Royal Economic Society

Things to watch ...

• Dragons Den: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006vq92

• The Founder: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4276820/

• Margin Call - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615147/

• Steve Jobs - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2080374/

• The Social Network - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/

• BBC Two - Inside the Factory - Episode guide

Things to listen to ...

• Evan Davis - The Bottom Line on Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006sz6t/episodes/player

• Toast - BBC Radio 4 - Sliced Bread, Toast - Blockbuster

• The Diary Of A CEO - BBC iPlayer

• Talking Business - BBC World News

• BBC Radio 4 - More or Less

Places to visit ...

• https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum

• Museum of Brands

• Amazon Tours

Careers

• Accountancy - ACCA Globalom/uk/en.html

• Accountancy - ICAEW.com

• Management Accountancy - https://myfuture.cimaglobal.com/

• Career options in the people profession | CIPDcareers/roles/

• Get into Marketing - start your marketing career with CIM

• Careers with PwC UK

• Careers | EY UK

• Careers | Deloitte UK

Further studies

• The Chartered Institute of Marketing (some free content) Marketing and digital content hub | CIM

• The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development - CIPD

• Business | tutor2u

• TakingTheBiz - YouTube

• Bizconsesh - YouTube

• Economics and Business Resources for Schools from Balliol College, Oxford.

Activities

• Student writing competition: education and your future | Financial Times

• Keep a log of current business news - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business

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