The Accounting course combines the study of accounting with a range of other disciplines across the humanities, sciences and social sciences; Accounting provides essential knowledge for the understanding of business behaviour, strategy and corporate performance and this make it essential for the study of business, management and related areas; some modules on the course are accredited by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) who are global professional accountancy bodies offering internationally recognised professional qualifications in financial and management accounting; the teaching of Business Management at Keele provides a distinctive approach to teaching and research, believing that the most productive way of studying the subject is to take a critical perspective on organisations, along with a thorough application of theory to practices of management and the development of essential analytical skills and knowledge; through extensive reading and discussion of the broad range of social science knowledge, students are encouraged to engage critically with management practice in a way that is grounded in a thorough appreciation of the mechanics of contemporary organisations.