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Description of Accounting for Business

This core undergraduate textbook has been fully updated in line with current accounting practices and legislation. * Offers flexible usage to lecturers and students - designed to support a lecture programme or more independent training * Student centred and tested with students * Includes worked examples and self-testing activities throughout * Objectives and summaries included in each chapter. Accounting for Business has been written for the business studies student who needs to study accounting but does not necessarily wish to specialize in the subject. To achieve a thorough understanding of business, the role of accounting information in order to make rational decisions needs to be fully appreciated. The authors concentrate on those aspects of accounting practice which are most relevant to the non-specialist manager. Ideal for first year undergraduates of business studies and BTEC Higher students, and recommended by the Open Learning Foundation as core reading for its Accounting module. Accounting for Business has been written for the business studies student who needs to study accounting but does not necessarily wish to specialize in the subject.
To achieve a thorough understanding of business, the role of accounting information in order to make rational decisions needs to be fully appreciated. The authors concentrate on those aspects of accounting practice which are most relevant to the non-specialist manager. Ideal for first year undergraduates of business studies and BTEC Higher students, and recommended by the Open Learning Foundation as core reading for its Accounting module. A complete complementary learning package is available from the Open Learning Foundation at 24 Angel Gate, City Road, London, EC1V 2RS.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780750619486

Pages:

380 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

17415

Publisher:

Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd

Published:

24/10/1994

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

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Contents of Accounting for Business

- The role and nature of accounting
- Introduction to accounting
- Accounting statements: Nature and preparation
- The balance sheet
- The profit and loss account
- The measurement of profit - further issues
- Practical accounting
- Accounting for limited companies: the regulatory framework
- The accounts of groups of companies
- Cash flow statements
- The use of financial statements for planning and decision-making
- The analysis of financial statements - 1; The analysis of financial statements - 2; Asset valuation and income measurement.