Business Accounting and Finance, sixth edition, offers an accessible, concise introduction to management and financial accounting for first-year year business students and those taking non-business degrees.
With a wide variety of real-life examples of well-known brands such as Amazon, Samsung and Bosch, the author introduces relevant issues for accounting such as ethics and corporate governance . Packed with practical guidance including business scenarios and exercises, this resource will help students develop the skills they need in today's workplace.
Contents
1. The role of accounting in business
SECTION I: Financial accounting and reporting
2. The statement of financial position
3. The statement of profit or loss
4. Applying accounting conventions
5. Depreciation and amortization
6. The statement of cash flows
7. Financial reporting by limited companies
8. Understanding financial reports: trend analysis
9. Understanding financial reports: using accounting ratios
SECTION II: Management accounting
10. Management and cost accounting information
11. Costing: overview and basic techniques
12. Costing: accounting for overheads
13. Pricing
14. Marginal costing and decision making
15. Capital investment decisions
16. Budgets
17. Accounting for control
18. Performance measurement
SECTION III: Financial management
19. The management of working capital
20. Financing the business
Answers to self-test questions
Answers to exercises
Glossary
Index
