Accountancy (profession) or accounting (methodology) is the measurement, statement or provision of assurance about financial information primarily used by managers, investors, tax authorities and other decision makers to make resource allocation decisions within companies, organizations, and public agencies. The terms derive from the use of financial accounts.
Accounting is the discipline of measuring, communicating and interpreting [...]

Men are stepping into “women’s jobs” :

American men are doing more housework these days. According to a study by the Institute of Social Research, men do around 16 hours of housework a week, up from 12 hours in 1965. Women are doing less. But at 27 hours, they still do more than men.
Housework has long [...]

Being a mom and holding a job is a tough act. Here are a few tips to help :

Fulfilling the role of “mom” while holding down a job can be dizzying. But with a little planning and family co-operation, moms can make routine tasks easier, get family members involved and reduce everyone’s [...]

Your career history on paper is no longer enough, says Penny Cottee. Now you need to e-mail it — or even set up your own website :

Take your carefully prepared two-page CV, printed on top quality paper, to a recruitment agency and you will probably get this reaction: “Great! Can you e-mail it to [...]

The new residential college at Princeton will change campus life, says Winnie Hu
The Gothic towers and archways of Princeton’s newest dormitories were pieced together from 6,000 tons of hand-carved limestone and five types of custom-blended bluestone. Full-grown redwoods, cedars and firs were hoisted into place with cranes. Mahogany-framed leaded windows open the old-fashioned way, [...]

Gyms and spas are hiring health trainers like never before. Dola Mitra reports :
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Richa Gupta wanted to be a doctor. But, she admits frankly, “Unfortunately, I realised after my HS exams that I neither had the academic record to get into medical college nor the money.” Interestingly, however, Gupta’s dreams of what she calls “helping [...]

Computer programming (often shortened to programming or coding) is the process of writing, testing, and maintaining the source code of computer programs. The source code is written in a programming language. This code may be a modification of an existing source or something completely new, the purpose being to create a program that exhibits the [...]

Offshore outsourcing is the practice of hiring an external organization to perform some business functions in a country other than the one where the product or service will be sold or consumed. It can be contrasted with offshoring, in which the functions are performed in a foreign country by a foreign subsidiary. Opponents point out [...]

Learning how to curb your anger at work can work wonders for your career :
Mad that you were passed over for a big promotion? Livid that the bootlickers always seem to get ahead in your organisation? Perhaps it’s time to consider whether the anger itself is holding you back.
Workplace anger is not only potentially [...]

DEVELOPMENT STUDIES:
In an increasingly polarised world, a knowledge of developing countries is particularly relevant. Development studies analyses social, political and cultural change in Asia, West Asia and Africa, the Caribbean and South America. It deals with key issues such as globalisation, inequality, poverty, gender relations, ethnicity and cultural representation.
The subject has taken on a much [...]