Business accounting and finance for non-specialists Catherine Gowthorpe.
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TextPublication details: London : Thomson Learning, 2003Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 640 p. ; ill., 26 cmISBN: - 1861528728
- 657 GOW
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 657 GOW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000301417 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This new introductory text is aimed at non-specialist students of accounting and finance on a first course in the subject. It presents students with a wide-ranging survey of the basic principles of finance, financial accounting and management accounting. The unique approach taken in the first Section of the book is to look at small to medium sized business organisations and their role in the economy - how they are set up, factors in their success and failure and how they source funds for expansion. This leads to some discussion of the role of financial markets and their need for financial information. Sections 2 and 3 then give an account of financial and management accounting principles, respectively. The text is clearly written and technical jargon is minimal - any technical terms are clearly explained and a glossary of terms is provided. Illustrative case studies are used to bring the technical information to life. Business Accounting and Finance includes within the text as many examples as possible, to give students valuable practice in using their new skills. Other pedagogic elements include objective test questions, questions based around case studies, suggested group learnin
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Section 1 Business Finance
- 1 Introduction to business organisations and finance
- 2 Starting a business
- 3 The growing business
- 4 Large businesses
- 5 The role of accounting in business
- Section 2 Financial Accounting
- 6 The balance sheet
- 7 The profit and loss account
- 8 Adjustments to the profit and loss account and balance sheet ?
- part 1
- 9 Adjustments to the profit and loss account and balance sheet ?
- part 2
- 10 The accounts of manufacturing businesses
- 11 Cash flow
- 12 Financial reporting by limited companies
- 13 Understanding financial reports: analysis of trends
- 14 Understanding financial reports: using accounting ratios
- Section 3 Management Accounting
- 15 Management and cost accounting information
- 16 Costing
- 17 Budgeting
- 18 Standard costing, flexible budgeting and variance analysis
- 19 Marginal costing for decision making
- 20 Pricing
- 21 Capital investment decisions