This book fills an obvious gap in the market for a good combined finance and accounting
source for MBA and executive students. Avoiding a number crunching and preparation
approach, Essential Finance and Accounting for Managers focuses instead on critical
analysis, interpretation and real life orientation. It takes MBA students beyond the
beginners/non specialist level and helps them apply finance with accounting tools and
techniques to the real world of business.
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to the Accounting Scene
2. Concepts and Creativity
3. The Depreciation of Fixed Assets
4. Sources of Business Finance
5. The Financial Statements
6. Cash Flow Statements
7. Preparing a Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet from a Trial Balance
8. Performance Measurement - The Interpretation and Analysis of Financial Statements
9. The Published Financial Statements of Companies
10. Performance Measurement - Other Aspects.
11. Case Studies
12. An Introduction to Cost and Management Accounting
13. Materials and Labour
14. Total Absorption Costing
15. Activity-Based Costing
16. Marginal Costs and Break-Even Analysis
17. Budgetary Control
18. Capital Investment Appraisal
19. Case Studies
20. Beware of Accountants.
Features
Concise yet user-friendly approach and style.
Emphasis on interpretation and analysis with a real life orientation.
Excellent learning features throughout each chapter, including objectives, self assessment
questions with solutions, step-by-step examples, numerous diagrams, charts and cartoons.
Case studies with outline solutions and comments.
Up-to date FT extracts and references, integrated throughout the book.
A web-based Instructor's Manual with OHT masters, further cases and solutions is avaliable
to lecturers adopting the text.
Paperback
432 pages
