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
