Accounting & Finance for
Non-Specialists, 4th Edition
By Peter Atrill & Eddie McLaney
Financial Times / Prentice Hall
January 2004
ISBN: 0-273-67962-7
455 Pages, 6 ¾" x 9 ¼"
$77.50 Paper Original
Now in its fourth edition, this successful text introduces the basic principles and underlying concepts of accounting and finance. It adopts a practical, non-technical approach, making it the ideal text for students from non-accounting disciplines. The text is written from a 'user' perspective, demonstrating ways in which accounting statements and financial information can be used to improve the quality of decision making. The fourth edition has been fully updated and revised throughout and has the following key features: A lively presentational style with extracts from newspapers and company reports to provide a real-life context. - Open-learning approach with numerous activities, worked examples and questions interspersed throughout the text to aid understanding - Range of graded end-of-chapter assessment material, including review questions and examination style questions. - Key terms explained at the end of each chapter and included in a comprehensive glossary. - An extensive range of additional resources, including further exercises, case studies and multiple-choice questions.
About the Authors: Peter Atrill is the Head of Department of Business and Management and Eddie McLaney is a visiting fellow in Accounting and Finance at the University of Plymouth Business School.
Contents Introduction to Accounting and Finance Measuring and reporting
financial position Measuring and reporting financial performance Accounting
for limited companies Measuring and reporting cash flows Analysing and interpreting
financial statements Cost-volume-profit analysis Full costing Budgeting Making
capital investment decisions Managing working capital Financing a business
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