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	. Business Information Programme Features Understanding the business environment and providing an effective service to users operating within it. The course will look at: Legal forms for carrying on business and their implications for the researcher Company financial statements - contents and significance Other types of company reporting - Operating and Financial Reviews, interim reports, RNS announcements, prospectuses, circulars Financial information - share prices, stock market indices, exchange and interest rates and commodity prices Product and market information - who makes/does what? Approaches to analysing markets and getting the most from market research Official Sources of Business Information - effective use of governmental and other public bodies to obtain useful material Biographical Information - finding personal data Statistics - understanding and using business statistics Overseas Sources - the varying quality of foreign sources, finding the best ones and handling the weaker sort Why you should attend: Effective performance in meeting business information needs requires an understanding of the key concepts, jargon and institutions relating to this type of information and an awareness of the principal sources through which it can be retrieved. This course meets both needs and is directed at information professionals who have either not previously dealt with information in the business field or only limited experience of handling it. On completing the course, you will: have a firm grasp of the contextual background to business research be fluent in its specialised jargon have confidence in stating the likely availability of certain information be equipped to undertake efficient research thanks to a sound knowledge of the rich variety of resources available to satisfy queries BOOK THIS COURSE NOW Companion Course: Statistics for Business
		2010 dates not yet available. If you can't wait for these, please consider having this as an onsite training event. Call 020 7253 3349 for a proposal. Book this course now: Either by invoice Or pay now by credit card Course Director: Christopher Murphy Time: 09.30 - 16.30 Your investment: £260 plus VAT Aslib corporate members £325 plus VAT Non members Programme

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