Key skills: ethics and technical competence
This week, we have looked at how organisations communicate news to interested parties. For users to have confidence in the information reported by organisations, those producing it must be technically …
Course: The Importance of Money in Business
Reporting success
Although measuring and achieving success are important, an organisation also needs to be able to effectively communicate its success to the wider world. In this video, Alice considers how businesses …
Measuring success: not-for-profit entities
How do organisations in the not-for-profit sector measure their success? In all organisations, measuring success is about assessing the extent to which the organisation is meeting its goals. Some of …
Measuring success: businesses
The financial information a business communicates to the outside world has important implications for how the business is perceived. As Alice explains in this video, the ways in which businesses …
The week ahead
Welcome to the final week of the course, which is all about success. This week we will look at how organisations, including both businesses and not-for-profit entities, measure success and …
Key skills: problem-solving and adding value
As you have seen and heard so far this week, the finance team has a lot to do in an established organisation. Two common features of keeping a business on …
Using financial information to make decisions
The use of financial information for budgeting, planning and control is a routine, regular thing. But what if there is a strategic decision that needs to be made outside the …
Understanding variances
We saw in the last step that comparing budgets with actual performance is vital for any business to identify problems. As a result, financial teams are always on the look-out …
Plans, budgets and forecasts
In this video, we’ll see how budgeting and forecasting are essential for any organisation to plan for the future and stay on track. As Alice explains: a budget is a …
The financial life-cycle of a business
In the last step Alice introduced the range of activities a finance team fulfils in an established business. In this video we’ll explore each of these in more detail. All …
The finance team and financial data
In this video Alice gives an overview of the role of the finance team in an established business, and a range of business people explain the importance of financial information …
The week ahead
Welcome to the third week of the course, where we’ll explore the role of financial management in making sure a business stays on track. In this video, Peter is joined …
Key skills: decision-making
In this video Alice considers the importance of decision-making within any successful business or organisation. This week we have seen that every business wants to achieve growth at some point. …
Financing growth: crowdfunding
Borrowing money always comes with some risks, particularly in periods of financial uncertainty. Loans can be hard to come by in a challenging business environment. In some circumstances the demands …
Financing growth: debt
An additional source of finance for a business is to borrow money. In the last video we saw that many businesses seek equity investment to help finance their growth. Finding …
How to teach English abroad
Interested in teaching English abroad? We discuss your options for teaching English as a foreign …
What’s the future of workforce development?
Explore the key workforce development trends, challenges, and opportunities that lie ahead for L&D practitioners, …
The Top Skills in Nigeria for Employability
Find out the top skills employers in Nigeria are looking for. We take a look …UConn partners with FutureLearn to expand digital education presence globally
Partnership begins with courses on anti-Black racism The University of Connecticut has partnered with FutureLearn, …