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Practical Book Keeping

Certificate Courses: Practical Book Keeping Courses
  
Who Should Attend:
Account Clerk, Office Administrators, Secretaries, Account Assistants  & Non Financial Staff

Benefits:
    * Learn the proper accounting process
    * Understanding the principle of double entry in accounting system
    * Obtain knowledge in basic accounting & practices
    * Knowing the recording of business transactions & documents used in business transactions.
    * Know how to prepare a full set of financial statements


Course Outline: INTRODUCTION
    * Purpose of bookkeeping and accounting.
    * The accounting process
    * Accounting principles

RECORDING BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
    * Analyzing business transactions
    * Clarification and meaning of Assets, Liabilities, Owners Equity, Income, Expenditure
    * Recording business transactions
    * Rules of double entries


DOCUMENTS USED IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
    * Purchase Order
    * Delivery Order
    * Invoice
    * Official Receipt
    * Debit Note
    * Credit Note
    * Statement of Accounts
    * Payment Voucher
    * Bank Statement

BOOKS OF ORIGINAL ENTRY
    * General Journal
    * Sales and Purchases Journal
    * Sales and Purchases Returns Journal
    * Cash Book

TRIAL BALANCE
    * Purpose of trial balance
    * Detectable errors
    * Non-detectable errors
    * Preparation of Trial Balance

ADJUSTING THE ACCOUNT
    * Need for adjusting the account
    * Adjusting entries for prepayment and
    * Accrual expenses and income received in
    * Advance journalizing and posting adjusting entries

RELEVANT ACCOUNTING ISSUES
    * Bad Debt
    * Provision for bad debts
    * Bank Reconciliation

ACCOUNTING FOR FIXED ASSETS
    * Methods of calculation
    * Accounting entry for depreciation charges
    * Revaluation of Fixed Assets
    * Gain or loss disposal of assets

INVENTORY ACCOUNTING
    * Methods of valuation – First in first out,
    * Last in first out, weighted average,
    * Replacement cost

PREPARING FINAL ACCOUNT
    * Manufacturing Account
    * Trading account
    * Income Statement
    * Balance Sheet

Methodology:
Lecture, group discussions, exercises

YOU WERE BORN INTELLIGENT - Study Workshop

DO  YOU WANT TO: 

• Achieve  straight A’s in your  exams
• Able to memorise and remember
• Manage your time well
• Learn what cause failures and what gives you success
• Know on how to use the Power of your Sub-Conscious Mind

If YES, you NEED to attend the PHENOMENAL One Day Program on “You were born Intelligent!!!” that’s being organised by Growmax Learning in collaboration with Global Dynamics, a leading Training and Consultancy Firm. The entire Program will be facilitated by Mr. Karthigesu Sivalingam. The program covers the following: 

• That  you were born Intelligent!!!
• Reasons why some people do not excel in life
• The 8 Principles of Success
• The Power of the Sub-conscious mind
• How to set goals and achieve them
• How to create effective daily affirmations
• How to visualise for success in all areas of life

 You  were born Intelligent!!!

(Believe it and Success will follow!) 

Date : 31 July 2011 (Saturday)

Venue : Rajah Court Hotel, Kuching

(For RVSP and enquiries, please contact Preston 010 968 5827, Jeffrey 016 889 9090)

Karthigesu Sivalingam

Principal Consultant of Global Dynamics, a training and consultancy firm. Possess a Bachelor of Accountancy (Hons.) from University Malaya and a Masters in Business Administration (HR Management) from University of Warick

More than 15 years experience in the field of training and consultancy. Have worked with Bank Negara Malaysia as an auditor and fulltime Trainer.

Have researched, designed and facilitated training programs in the areas of Personal Development, Customer Service, Personality Profiles, Motivation, Communication, Change Management, Supervisory Skills, Leadership Skills, Management Skills, Team Building, Personal Excellence, Financial Intelligence and Law of Attraction.

Have worked with the management teams (from the junior level to the senior management as well as the Board of Directors) of many organizations to create change and focus in the areas of business strategies, leadership styles, management techniques, customer centric etc.

Some of his in-house clients are the Arab Malaysian Group, Malaysian Tax Academy, American International Assurance, Alstom Power, the Amanah Group, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), CIMB Group, Caltex, Celcom, Citibank, DIGI , DRB HICOM Group, Hong Leong Group, Maybank Group, Malaysian Institute for Nuclear Technology, Malayan Rubber Board, MAXIS, Malaysian Airlines (MAS)., Malaysian Shipyard and Engineering (MISC), Modenas, OCBC Bank, PETRONAS , Star Publications, SIRIM ,the Sunway Group, the Sime Darby Group, Telekom Malaysia etc.

He has researched, designed and facilitated training programs in the areas of Personal Development, Customer Service, Personality Profiles, Motivation, Communication, Change Management, Supervisory Skills, Leadership Skills, Management Skills, Team Building, Personal Excellence, Financial Intelligence and Law of Attraction. Karthigesu is a Certified Law of Attraction trainer, having been certified by Michael J. Losier, author of the book on 'The Law of Attraction'.

"Having been in the training field for 15 over years and having trained more than 100,000 people, I have found the Law of Attraction as the missing link in getting individuals to create sustainable change in their lives and the lives of those around them. My recent introduction of LOA into corporations has proven to be a huge success with the reduction of TOXICITY among staff members and the massive increase in EFFICIENCY and PRODUCTIVITY." 

-Karthigesu-

The 2 Day Super Memory Workshop

 

The 2 Day Super Memory Workshop includes Speed Reading and Mind Mapping.

Speed Reading

Learning to read more efficiently

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It's also a skill that most of us take for granted by the time we reach the age of eleven or twelve. After all, it seems that if you can read and comprehend textbooks, you must be a good reader.With the volumes of information we have to digest every day, from the newspaper in the morning, to the long-winded emails from well-meaning colleagues, and all the reports, proposals, periodicals, and letters we are sent, reading is one of the most used skills we possess.

Unlike most other skills which we try to become better and better at, reading is one that people don't think about as much as they should. Given the time that reading consumes in our daily lives, it is actually a skill that we can, and should, improve upon.

But what does becoming a better reader involve? In short, getting faster and more efficient at it, while still understanding what you're reading in sufficient detail. The best starting point for doing this is to unlearn poor reading habits.

Breaking Poor Reading Habits

Habit: Reading word by word
This is how children are taught to read, but when you concentrate on separate words you often miss the overall concept of what is being said. People who read each word as a distinct unit comprehend less than those who read faster by "chunking" words together in blocks.

Solution: Speed reading involves reading blocks of words at one time and comprehending the meaning of the word group. Think of viewing a digital image. There are millions of pixels that only make sense when they are seen together. In the same way, our brains can comprehend ideas better when it takes in a group of words at one time.

Practice expanding the number of words that you read at a time. You may also find that you can increase the number of words read by holding the text a little further from your eyes. The more words you can read in each block, the faster you will read!

Habit: Sub-vocalization
This is the habit of pronouncing each word in your head as you read it. Most people do this to some extent or another. When you sub-vocalize you "hear" the word being spoken in your mind. This takes much more time than is necessary because you can comprehend a word much quicker than your can say it.

Solution: To turn off the voice in your head you have to first acknowledge that you do it (how did you read the first part of this article?) and then you have to practice not doing it. When you sit down to read, tell yourself that you will not sub-vocalize. You have to practice and practice this until this bad habit is erased. Reading blocks of words also helps as you can't "say" a block of words.

Eliminating sub-vocalization alone can increase your reading speed by an astounding amount. Otherwise, you are limited to reading at the same pace as talking which is about 250-350 words per minute. If you are an efficient scanner, you may increase this rate to between 400 and 500 words per minute. The only way to break through this barrier is to stop saying the words in your head as you read. If you can train yourself to simply scan the words without thinking about the pronunciation, you will increase your speed significantly.

Habit: Inefficient eye motion
Slow readers tend to focus on each word and work their way across each line. The eye can actually span about 1.5 inches at a time which, for an average page, encompasses four or five words. Related to this is the fact that most readers don't use their peripheral vision to see words at the ends of the line.

Solution: Soften your gaze when you read. By relaxing your face and expanding your gaze, you will begin to see blocks of words instead of each word as distinct unit. When you get good at this your eyes will drift across the page. When you get close to the end of the line, let your peripheral vision take over to see the last set of words. This way you can quickly scan across and down to the next line.

Habit: Regression
This is unnecessary re-reading of material. Sometimes people get in the habit of skipping back to words they just read and other times they jump back a few sentences just to make sure that they read something right. When you "skip back" like this you lose the flow and structure of the text and your overall understanding of the subject decreases.

Solution: Be very conscious of regression and do not allow yourself to re-read material. To reduce the number of times that your eyes skip back to a previous sentence, run a pointer along the line as you read. This could be a finger, or a pen or pencil. Your eyes will follow the tip of your pointer, smoothing the flow of your reading. The speed at which you read using this method will largely depend on the speed at which you move the pointer.

Habit: Poor Concentration
If you've tried to read while the TV is on, or when there is lots of activity around you, you know how hard it is to concentrate on one word, let alone on many sentences strung together. Reading has to be done in environment where external distractions are at a minimum.

Solution: Stop multitasking while reading. If you are attempting to speed read, this is particularly important because when you use the speed reading techniques of chunking blocks of words and ceasing to sub-vocalize, you may have "read" one or two pages before you realize you haven't understood something properly. Pay attention to internal distractions as well. If you are rehashing a heated discussion you had earlier, or wondering what to make for dinner, this will also limit your ability to process more information.

Sub-vocalization actually forces your brain to attend to what you are reading and that is why people often report they can read and listen to the radio or watch TV at the same time. To become an efficient reader you need to stop doing these things all together.

Habit: Approaching reading linearly
We are taught to read across and down, taking in every word, sentence, paragraph, page, and chapter in order. When you do this, though, you pay the same attention to supplementary and superfluous material as you do to the critical portions. There is usually far more information written than you actually need to understand.

Solution: Stop reading a book like you would listen to a speech. Scan the page for headings and look for the bullet points or things in bold. There is no rule saying you have to read in the order the author presents the information. Do a quick scan of the page and decide quickly what is necessary and what isn't. Skim over the fluff and pay attention to the key material.

As you read, look for the little extras that authors add to make their writing interesting and engaging. If you get the point, there is no need to read the example, anecdote, or metaphor. Similarly, decide what you need to re-read as well. It is far better to read the one critical paragraph twice than to read all eight paragraphs describing that same concept.

Keys to Speed Reading Success

Knowing the "how" of speed-reading is only the first part. You have to practice it to get good at it. Here are some tips that will help you break your poor reading habits and master the speed-reading skills discussed above.

• Practice, practice, practice – you have to use your skills on a regular basis. It took you several years to learn to read, and it will take time to improve your reading skill.
• Choose easy material to start – when you begin speed reading, don't attempt it with a challenging textbook. Read something like a novel or travel-writing, that you can realistically comprehend with a quick once-over.
• Speed read as appropriate – not everything that you read lends itself to speed-reading. Legal documents, the draft annual report, or even the letter you received from a loved one in the mail are better read in their entirety, sub-vocalizations and all. If you need to understand the message completely, memorize the information, discuss it in detail, analyze it thoroughly, or simply enjoy the prose the way the author intended, then speed reading is the wrong approach. Choose an appropriate reading strategy before you start.
• Use a pointer or other device to help push your reading speed – when you quickly draw a card down the page or run your finger back and forth you force your eyes and brain to keep pace.
• Take a step back and use the material's structure – this includes skimming information to get a feel for the organization and layout of the text, looking for bolded words and headings, and looking for the ways in which the author transitions from one topic to the next.

When you start speed-reading it is wise to benchmark your current reading speed. This way you can tell whether your practice is paying off and you can impress your friends and family when you report that you can now read 700 words per minute. There are many speed reading assessments on line. One such assessment can be found here: http://www.readingsoft.com/.

Key Points

Speed reading is not magic. It is a skill that can be learned and it mostly involves breaking the poor reading habits that you have developed since school. Simply becoming a faster reader is not the point either: You want to become a more efficient reader. There are some great techniques to use when practicing speed reading including reading blocks of works and breaking out of the habit of sub-vocalization.

Whichever techniques you apply, you must always be aware of the purpose of your reading and decide whether speed reading is the most appropriate approach. When applied correctly and practiced diligently, speed reading can significantly improve your overall effectiveness as it frees up your precious time and allows you to work more efficiently in other areas as well.

Mind Mapping Part 2

This page is meant to inform you about Mind Mapping and provide ideas that can help you create and benefit from Mind Maps.

What is Mind Mapping?

Mind mapping is a highly effective way of getting information in and out of your brain. Mind mapping is a creative and logical means of note-taking and note-making that literally "maps out" your ideas.

All Mind Maps have some things in common. They have a natural organizational structure that radiates from the center and use lines, symbols, words, color and images according to simple, brain-friendly concepts. Mind mapping converts a long list of monotonous information into a colorful, memorable and highly organized diagram that works in line with your brain's natural way of doing things. 

One simple way to understand a Mind Map is by comparing it to a map of a city. The city center represents the main idea; the main roads leading from the center represent the key thoughts in your thinking process; the secondary roads or branches represent your secondary thoughts, and so on. Special images or shapes can represent landmarks of interest or particularly relevant ideas. 

The Mind Map is the external mirror of your own radiant or natural thinking facilitated by a powerful graphic process, which provides the universal key to unlock the dynamic potential of the brain.

The five essential characteristics of Mind Mapping:

• The main idea, subject or focus is crystallized in a central image.
• The main themes radiate from the central image as 'branches'.
• The branches comprise a key image or key word drawn or printed on its associated line.
• Topics of lesser importance are represented as 'twigs' of the relevant branch.
• The branches form a connected nodal structure.