- Item type
- Book
- Language
- anglais
- Pages
- xxix, 799 p.
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Publication year
- 2008
- Content notes
- Preface --- Guided tours --- Acknowledgements --- 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 (1) --- 5. Accounting for limited companies (2) --- 6. Measuring and reporting cash flows --- 7. Analysing and interpreting financial statements --- PART TWO: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING --- 8. Relevant costs for decision making --- 9. Cost-volume-profit analysis --- 10. Full costing --- 11. Managing in a competitive environment --- 12. Budgeting --- 13. Accounting for control --- PART THREE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT --- 14. Making capital investment decisions --- 15. Financing a business --- 16. Managing a working capital --- PART FOUR: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION --- Appendix A Recording financial transactions --- Appendix B Glossary of key terms --- Appendix C Solutions to self-assessment questions --- Appendix D Solutions to selected exercises --- Appendix E Present value table --- Index.
'Accounting: an introduction' 4th edition is renowned for its clear, accessible and uncluttered style. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the main principles of financial accounting, management accounting, and the core elements of financial management. With a clear and unequivocal focus on how accounting information can be used to improve the quality of decision making by managers, combined with a strong practical emphasis, this book provides the ideal grounding for a career in management. [...] Suitable for all those studying an introductory course in accounting, who are seeking an understanding of basic principles and underlying concepts without detailed technical knowledge" - in book jacket.
Preface --- Guided tours --- Acknowledgements --- 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 (1) --- 5. Accounting for limited companies (2) --- 6. Measuring and reporting cash flows --- 7. Analysing and interpreting financial statements --- PART TWO: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING --- 8. Relevant costs for decision making --- 9. Cost-volume-profit analysis --- 10. Full costing --- 11. Managing in a competitive environment --- 12. Budgeting --- 13. Accounting for control --- PART THREE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT --- 14. Making capital investment decisions --- 15. Financing a business --- 16. Managing a working capital --- PART FOUR: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION --- Appendix A Recording financial transactions --- Appendix B Glossary of key terms --- Appendix C Solutions to self-assessment questions --- Appendix D Solutions to selected exercises --- Appendix E Present value table --- Index..
