Read more
'Everything a non-specialist accounting student needs. This latest edition is comprehensive, well-structured, easy to follow and contains plenty of all-important practice questions plus additional online resources.'
David Gilding, Programme Director, Business Management, Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds
Simplified learning of real-world accounting problems Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, 10th
Edition, by Dyson & Franklin provides real-life understanding of accounting by introducing you to the purpose and key ideas of financial and management accounting whether you have had little or no previous knowledge of the subject. This textbook is renowned for its clear and non-technical explanations of essential accounting techniques, in a language accessible to all. It helps you cross the bridge between classroom learning and real life, in order to improve your employment prospects when applying for jobs. The new inclusion of critical thinking questions related to the most recent news stories, along with contemporary examples and business articles, allows you to explore, in classroom discussions, themes that go beyond accounting techniques, and which require you to think and develop a personal opinion.
Make sense of real-world financial issues - NEW – In this edition 80 articles have been included as News Clips and feature businesses that you will immediately recognise, giving this 10th
Edition greater relevance to students learning about real accounting issues. - REVISED – Real company financial information means company reports are discussed in specifics rather than in the abstract. The use of the same company across examples provides continuity.
Enable critical thinking for enhanced employability outcomes - NEW – Engage and cross the bridge from the classroom and real life using real-life exciting business articles – such as Tesla, Netflix, Asos, Tottenham Hotspur and Amazon, as well as Patisserie Valerie and Carillion.
- NEW – At the end of each chapter Critical Thinking Questions based on News Clip articles have been added to use in class discussion or in homework to encourage students to form views on real world issues.
Simplified learning approach - NEW – To help you get familiar with the accounting terminology, this edition includes a glossary with definitions of nearly 100 key accounting concepts and terms.
Opportunities to take learning further - A free to access Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/dyson provides a comprehensive range of student learning resources, including additional questions, and web links for further reading.
John R. Dyson was formerly Director of Studies of the Heriot-Watt University Management Programme, Edinburgh.
Ellie Franklin teaches at the Middlesex University Business School, and has worked for Barclays and Deloitte. She is a member of the British Accounting and Finance Association, where for a number of years she was a part of the Accounting Education Special Interest Group executive committee. .
Pearson, the world’s
learning company.
About the author
John R. Dyson was formerly the Director of Studies of the Heriot-Watt University Management Programme, Edinburgh.
Ellie Franklin currently teaches at the Middlesex University Business School and has worked for Barclays and Deloitte (on financial services clients such as Visa, Lazards, Tullett Prebon and the UK Government's Export credit agency).
She is a fellow at the Higher Education Academy and a member of the British Accounting and Finance Association, where she was a part of the Accounting Education Special Interest Group executive committee for a number of years. She has been an invited speaker at several events at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Summary
The essential learning of real-world accounting problems made simple.
'Everything a non-specialist accounting student needs. This latest edition is comprehensive, well-structured, easy to follow and contains plenty of all-important practice questions plus additional online resources.'
David Gilding, Programme Director, Business Management, Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds
For undergraduate and graduate Accounting courses as part of non-Accounting programmes. Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, 10
th
edition, by Dyson and Franklin, provides a real-life understanding of the subject by introducing you to the purpose and key ideas of financial and management accounting, whether you have little or no previous knowledge of the subject.
Renowned for its clear and non-technical explanations of essential accounting techniques, the textbook uses simple language accessible to all. Its engaging content will help you cross the bridge between classroom learning and real life to improve your employment prospects when applying for jobs.
Key and new features include:
- New - critical thinking questions related to the most recent news stories.
- Up-to-date, real company information and reports, with examples included.
- A companion website with additional learning resources to practice and improve your understanding of the essential accounting concepts.
- A glossary with nearly 100 key accounting definitions related to concepts and terms.
Along with contemporary examples and business articles, this textbook will allow you to explore, individually and within the classroom discussions, themes that go beyond the standard accounting techniques, challenging you to think and develop your knowledge and critical thinking skills around the subject.
