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The ideal textbook for business and management students needing to develop and understand accounting and finance skills. Taking a unique and practical approach that focuses on the financial aspects of business decisions, Accounting and Finance for Managers covers the core topics of accounting and finance. Now in its fourth edition, it includes new advice on budgetary control, outlining new techniques and emerging methods to help students understand how to make better business decisions. Featuring 'traditional' accounting practices in detail, Accounting and Finance for Managers covers topics with a strategic and accessible focus. With new content covering essential tools such as contribution and breakeven analysis and the growing presence of automation and machine learning, this is an essential textbook for business and management students on accounting and finance modules. Supporting online resources include additional exercise questions, curated further reading and lecture slides for each chapter.
List of contents
Chapter - 01: Introduction to accounting; Chapter - 02: Accounting concepts and systems; Chapter - 03: Financial analysis: Part I; Chapter - 04: Financial analysis: Part II; Chapter - 05: Business planning; Chapter - 06: Performance management; Chapter - 07: Cash and working capital management; Chapter - 08: Pricing decisions; Chapter - 09: Investment decisions; Chapter - 10: Financing decisions; Chapter - 11: Operational decisions Chapter - Appendix A: An introduction to double-entry bookkeeping; Chapter - Appendix B: International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards; Chapter - Appendix C: Discount tables; Chapter - Appendix D: Annuity factors;
About the author
Matt Bamber is an Assistant Professor in Accounting at Schulich School of Business, York University. He has taught a range of undergraduate, MBA and other postgraduate courses. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, with professional experience in the UK and US.Simon Parry is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Newcastle University. Over the last 22 years he has taught professional accounting courses for ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, and CIPD, together with academic courses for Business, Accounting and MBA students. He is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW, FCA) with 34 years' professional experience in industry, practice and the public sector.
