Indicative Reading List

2012/13 Indicative Term-1 Reading List for UNDERGRADUATE students

Please note: Recommended text books may change prior to the commencement of courses if, for example, a new edition is published. You are advised to be cautious in purchasing any textbooks prior to enrolment. Where there is more than one text and for Term-2 modules we would advise you to check with the lecturer at the start of teaching.

BEA1003(A) Business Law for Accountants

Keenan, D. and Riches, S. (2011) Business Law, 10th edition, Harlow: Pearson Macintyre, E. (2012) Business Law, 6th edition, Harlow: Pearson Adams A, (2012) Law for Business Students, 7th edition, Harlow: Pearson

BEA1006 Accounting 1

Core text: Scott (2012) Accounting for Business – an integrated print and online solution Supplementary texts: Procter, R. (2009) Managerial Accounting for Business Decisions, 3rd edition, Pearson Education. Atrill and McLaney (2010) Accounting an Introduction, 5th edition, Pearson Education. Dyson, J. (2010) Accounting for non-accounting students, 8th edition, Pearson Education.

BEA1008 Introduction to Financial Accounting

Thomas, A. and Ward, A. M. (2012) Introduction to Financial Accounting, 7th edition, London: McGraw Hill Education.

BEE1014 State and Economy

Todd Buchholz, New Ideas From Dead Economists

Robert Heilbroner, The Worldly Philosophers, Penguin 1

J.Sloman & A.Wride, Economics,Pearson

BEE1020 Basic Mathematical Economics

Ian Jacques 'Mathematics for Economics and Business' Addison-Wesley, 1995

Geoff Renshaw 'Maths for Economics' Oxford, 2005

Knut Sydsaeter and Peter Hammond 'Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis (2nd edit) Prentice Hall,2006

1 August 2012 BEE1022 Introduction to Statistics

The main text is:

Cortinhas, C. and Black, K. (2012), Statistics for Business and Economics, 1st European Edition, Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-119-99366-7.

Students will also find useful material in:

• Anderson, D., Sweeney, D., Williams, T., Freeman, J. and E. Shoesmith (2010) ‘Statistics for Business and Economics’, second edition, University of Exeter Customized Edition, Cengage Learning, Andover, Hampshire, ISBN: 978-1-4080-3616-7. • Bowerman, L., O’Connell, R., Orris, J. and E. Murphree (2008), Essentials of Business Statistics, 3rdedition, London: McGraw-Hill. • Barrow, M. (2006) Statistics for Economics, Accounting & Business Studies, 4 th edition, London: Financial Times Prentice Hall.

BEE1024 Mathematics for Economists The textbook: Geoff Renshaw ‘Maths for Economics’ (3rd edit) Oxford, 2012 (comprehensive but also straightforward);

Knut Sydsaeter and Peter Hammond ‘Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis’ (3rd edit) Prentice Hall,2008 (this is an excellent text, well written and covers all the maths you need throughout UG courses);

Others to consider are Ian Jacques ‘Mathematics for Economics and Business’ (6th edit) ,Prentice Hall 2009 (Very accessible and clearly written but lower level).

All are available in the library (if you want to take a look first). However the materials for this course are very comprehensive (plus websites see below) so it is not necessary to buy a textbook.

BEE1029 Economic Principles Mankiw/Taylor Economics, second edition, Cengage 2011

This is the core text which is accompanied by an access code that provides you with wide online learning resources Aplia. Purchase of this text is compulsory, since it gives access to these essential resources.

BEE1030 Microeconomics 1 Reading list to be confirmed. Please check ELE for updates.

BEE1031 Macroeconomics 1 Blanchard, O., Amighini, A., and Giavazzi, F., (2010); Macroeconomics, A European Perspective. Published by Prentice Hall/Financial Times.

BEE1033 Introduction to Finance and Accounting

Core text:

2 Ross, S., Westerfield, R., Jaffe, J. and Jordon, B. (2011) Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Application (ISBN: 9780071221160)

Alternative core text:

Bodie, Z., Merton, R., Cleeton, D. (2008) Financial Economics: International Edition (ISBN: 9780131579521)

BEE1032 History of Economic Thought Reading list to be confirmed. Please check ELE for updates.

BEM1005 Introduction to Business Information Systems

Kroenke, D. (2012) Using MIS, International Fourth Edition, NJ: Pearson International (ISBN: 978-0-27- 375308-7)

BEM1016(A) Theory and Practice of Management

Compulsory Text: Daft, R. (2010) New Era of Management, 9th edition, Mason, OH: South Western

Additional optional reading: Friedman, T. (2006) The World is Flat: The Globalized World in the Twenty-first Century, London: Penguin Gratton, L. (2009) Glow: How You Can Radiate Energy, Innovation and Success, Harlow: Pearson

BEM1019 Fundamentals of Marketing

Lamb, C., Hair, J., & McDaniel, C. (2012), Essentials of Marketing, 7th Edition, South-Western Cengage Learning, Mason, OH, ISBN-10: 0538478349, 672 Pages Paperback.

CLS 1001 Leadership and Teams

Core Text: Buchannan, D. and Huczynski, A. (2007) Organizational Behaviour: An Introductory Text, 6th Edition. Harlow: Pearson Education.

Supplementary texts: Achua, C.F. and Lussier, R.N. (2007) Effective Leadership: International Edition, 4th edition, Cengage, UK. Haslam, S.A. (2004) Psychology in Organizations: The Social Identity Approach, 2nd Edition. London: Sage. Northouse, P.G. (2009) Introduction to Leadership. London: Sage. Yukl, G.A. (2006) Leadership in Organizations: 6th Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Prentice-Hall.

3 August 2012