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The 11th edition of this market-leading text offers an accessible, effective introduction to key accounting and finance topics. With a focus on decision making, Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists teaches you how to apply your learning to real-world business scenarios.
Key Features
· Step-by-step approach helps you master different topics without technical jargon
· Real-world examples provide opportunities to apply and develop techniques
· Activities and exercises integrated throughout the book help you understand the subject fully
· Focus on decision making prepares you for careers in business
New to this edition
· Up-to-date coverage, including key changes to IFRS Standards and the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting
· A greater number of activities
· New and updated real world cases help you to understand the theory in practice
· Increased emphasis on critical thinking so important to employers
· Revised coverage of small business finance
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List of contents
- 1 Introduction to accounting and finance
- Part One FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
- 2 Measuring and reporting financial position
- 3 Measuring and reporting financial performance
- 4 Accounting for limited companies
- 5 Measuring and reporting cash flows
- 6 Analysing and interpreting financial statements
- Part Two MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
- 7 The relevance and behaviour of costs
- 8 Full costing
- 9 Budgeting
- Part Three FINANCE
- 10 Making capital investment decisions
- 11 Financing a business
- 12 Managing working capital
- Appendix A: Glossary of key terms
- Appendix B: Solutions to self-assessment questions
- Appendix C: Solutions to critical review questions
- Appendix D: Solutions to selected exercises
- Appendix E: Present value tables
- Index
About the author
Peter Atrill is a freelance academic and author who has worked with leading institutions in the UK, Europe and SE Asia. He was previously Head of Accounting and Law and Head of Business and Management at the Plymouth University Business School.
Eddie McLaney is Visiting Fellow in Accounting and Finance at Plymouth University.
