Accounting, 3rd Edition
An Introduction
By Eddie McLaney & Peter Atrill
Financial Times / Prentice Hall
June 2005
ISBN: 0273688227
751 Pages, Illustrated, 7 ¾" x 10 ½"
$99.50Paper Original
OUT OF PRINT
Designed to help you study, this book is praised 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. It has a clear and unequivocal focus on how accounting information can be used to improve the quality of decision making by managers. This, combined with the book's strong practical emphasis, provides you with the perfect grounding for your future career as a manager.
Contents include:
Preface
Guided tour
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. Analyzing 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
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