Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists

Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists 13th edition provides an excellent foundation for your future career in business, as it covers techniques widely used in financial accounting, management accounting, and financial management. Easy-to-read and use, the book is also filled with up-to-date examples of real-life financial issues.

Familiarise yourself with the essential accounting and finance principles for business decision-making

Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists, 13th edition by Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaney is a highly accessible introduction to the principles and practice of accounting and finance, and is the gold standard textbook for anyone studying these subjects as part of a different course. You will explore the major financial statements, what they contain, and why they are useful in business, and will grow an appreciation of the key roles that accounting and finance play in business decision-making.

This easy-to-read textbook will allow you to study techniques widely used in financial accounting, management accounting, and financial management in a single text, laying the foundation for successful business decisions in your future career. It is filled with relevant, real-life examples, helping you understand the relationship between principles and practice and how accounting concepts impact the financial decisions of real businesses.

"Highly recommended. The book comprehensively covers traditional and emerging concepts, simplifies complex financial topics, and provides practical examples, making it accessible for students without a finance background."

• Dr. Elmira Partovi, Senior Lecturer, Business and Law School, University of the West of England

  "I recommend Accounting & Finance for Non-Specialists for its clear explanations and practical examples. It demystifies complex concepts, makes financial principles accessible, and is an invaluable read for non-specialists."

• Joan Ballantine, Professor of Accounting, Ulster University Business School

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Peter Atrill is a freelance academic and author who has worked with leading institutions in the UK, Europe and South-East Asia. As well as working as a business consultant, he was previously Head of Business and Management and Head of Accounting and Law at Plymouth Business School.

Eddie McLaney is an academic author with many years' experience of teaching Accounting and Finance. He was formerly the Accounting Subject Group Leader and Principal Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Plymouth Business School.

Klappentext

"Highly recommended. The book comprehensively covers traditional and emerging concepts, simplifies complex financial topics, and provides practical examples, making it accessible for students without a finance background."

• Dr. Elmira Partovi, Senior Lecturer, Business and Law School, University of the West of England

  "I recommend Accounting & Finance for Non-Specialists for its clear explanations and practical examples. It demystifies complex concepts, makes financial principles accessible, and is an invaluable read for non-specialists."

• Joan Ballantine, Professor of Accounting, Ulster University Business School

  Familiarise yourself with the essential accounting and finance principles for business decision-making

  Accounting and Finance for Non-Specialists 13th edition by Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaney is a highly accessible introduction to the principles and practice of accounting and finance, and is the gold standard textbook for anyone studying these subjects as part of a different course. You will explore the major financial statements, what they contain, and why they are useful in business, and will grow an appreciation of the key roles that accounting and finance play in business decision-making.

  This easy-to-read textbook will allow you to study techniques widely used in financial accounting, management accounting, and financial management in a single text, laying the foundation for successful business decisions in your future career. It is filled with relevant, real-life examples, helping you understand the relationship between principles and practice and how accounting concepts impact the financial decisions of real businesses.

  Key features:

• Make sense of real accounting issues with a greater number of real-world examples in this edition - including well-known businesses and organisations Hewlett-Packard, Aston Martin, WH Smith, ASOS, and Cineworld
• Test yourself as you go, with new multiple-choice questions, added to the end of each chapter along with other exercises that come in three difficulty levels
• Accessible and easy to read, now incorporating more diagrams to explain and reinforce key points

• Activities and exercises throughout the book help you engage with the issues raised and check your progress
  Also available with MyLab Accounting

  MyLab(R) is a flexible teaching and learning resource that combines trusted author content with quizzes and assessments, and self-study capabilities. MyLab Accounting for this book includes over 1500 auto-graded questions for students to attempt, and 17 videos explaining key concepts or working through problems.

  Peter Atrill ****is a freelance academic and author who has worked with leading institutions in the UK, Europe and South-East Asia. As well as working as a business consultant, he was previously Head of Business and Management and Head of Accounting and Law at Plymouth Business School.

  Eddie McLaney is an academic author with many years' experience of teaching Accounting and Finance. He was formerly the Accounting Subject Group Leader and Principal Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at Plymouth Business School.

  Inhalt
  Preface

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
5. Measuring and reporting cash flows

6. Analysing and interpreting financial statements Part Two MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

7. The relevance and behaviour of costs
8. Full costing

9. Budgeting Part Three FINANCE

10. Making capital investment decisions
11. Financing a business

12. Managing working capital Glossary Appendix A: Solutions to self-assessment questions

    Appendix B: Solutions to critical review questions

    Appendix C: Solutions to multiple choice questions

    Appendix D: Solutions to exercises

    Appendix E: Present value table Index Acknowledgements