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Reading List
A Memoir by the Creator of Nike - Phil Knight
Marcouse I Complete A-Z Business Studies Handbook (5th rev Ed) Hodder Arnold
Key Management Ideas: Thinkers that Changed the Management World (3rd Ed) Financial Times / Prentice Hall
Kotler P, Armstrong G Principles of Marketing
Useful websites
Bized Excellent website full of useful information and resources, including an internet catalogue, learning material, business data and company facts. Free resources; textbooks to buy and rent, glossary etc. Virtual worlds include the economy, a factory and a farm.
http://www.bized.co.uk
Business Link Practical start-up advice for businesses. Case studies and practical information. Starting-up; exploiting new ideas; growing your business; types of business. Excellent material for Unit 1.
www.businesslink.gov.uk
Business Plans / Starting-up Most of the banks will have information packs on starting-ups and business plans. For example, Barclays provide the following information sheets: Writing a Business Plan, could you run your own business? Raising Finance and How to Forecast Cash Flow. These are found in the Business Banking / Resource Centre area on the website under Business Guides.
http://www.uk250.co.uk/frame/5379/barclays.html