On the opposite spectrum of people who are cautious, judicious, and prudent, are those who are impulsive, rash, impetuous and imprudent.

Most people associate accounting with the world of business. To see what it involves we can divide it into three parts.

• First, it concerns the recording of transactions. This aspect is known as book-keeping because, at one time, most records or accounts were kept in books.
• Second, it involves reporting to people wanting information about the state of the business. This is called financial accounting because such reporting provides information in monetary or financial terms.
• Third, it is associated with controlling what is happening within a business. This is generally known as management accounting because managers are the people responsible for making the decisions which control what goes on.

Review of the first six groups of the Power Words vocabulary. The words are: 

articulate, eloquent, coherent, cogent, acclaim, accolade, kudos, commendation, adept, apt, adroit, deft, dexterous, astute, shrewd, discerning, judicious, sagacious, astute, assiduous, circumspect, prudent and wary.

A couple great words to describe a clever person: Astute and shrewd. Several great words to describe someone who is wise and intelligent and makes intelligent choices in life: discerning, judicious, sagacious, astute, and assiduous. And take a closer look at the word judicious. Since judicious refers to having good judgement and making sound decisions we can probably assume that a judicious person would be a careful person.  But there's something more.

The dress code, manners, rules applied in the office. Introduction to the office employees.
This course is based on the BBC Starting Business course. Every video topic is supplimented with exercises.