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by Carolyn Isaaks (Author), Peter Sanderson (Author), Len Hand (Author) "You may be studying this subject as part of a business, engineering or management development course, or early in an accounting programme ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 301 pages
  • Publisher: Thomson Learning; illustrated edition edition (25 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844800229
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844800223
  • Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 423,850 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Introductory Accounting for Non-Specialists is aimed at a single-semester module in accounting and finance. The text provides a first-level look at financial and managerial accounting and basic finance for non-specialist students. The approach is to achieve a balance between the technical aspects and underlying concepts. The book is aimed at users of accounting information. Students (as future users of accounting information) need to understand the basic ideas and assumptions that lie behind the numbers. They do not need to become expert preparers of accounting information but should know enough of the mechanics to make sense of the sources of the numbers, and to understand how new information would change (for example) the profit/balance sheet position. The "quadrant" system of analyzing transactions is used as a model that allows non-specialists to develop an insight into how double-entry works. The overall key objective is to enable the reader to critically analyse and discuss both the external financial reporting and the internal management information aspects of accounting at an introductory level. In other words, having studied the book students should be able to understand and be able to apply the ideas and techniques presented and to evaluate the usefulness and limitations of them.The book is pedagogically well developed and includes learning objectives, tasks, examples, case studies, diagrams, summaries, review questions and exam questions. Answers are provided to the majority of the review and exam questions at the back of the book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Am I a dumbass? Or is it this book?, 11 Jun 2007
I bought this book for what seemed to be an extortionate amount of money, which is ironic, considering that it is a book that helps you understand money in business.

So, I buy the book, because I was told I needed it, and I did it, because I'm trustworthy like that, the thing is, I was very confused, and I began asking myself "Am I a dumbass?" That ended up with answering my own question with "No, it's the book" (I don't talk to myself, apart from that situation).

Why is it the book and not me being a dumbass? For starters, the language that is used is not consistent, as opposed to using the same terminology all the way through the book; interchangeable terms were used for what is actually the same thing. In some instances, three different terms for the same thing has been used, for a book that is intended for "Non-experts", that, in my opinion seems to be rather foolish, considering "Non-experts" would not really have much grip on one of the terms, let alone three terms which are seemingly interchanged throughout the course of the 11 chapters.

As the book progresses, someone with more understanding of accounting will notice errors in the book, which pretty much screws the "Non-experts" who would purchase the book.

All in all, a confusing book which overestimates the understanding of complete novices to the world of accounting. Some of the ways in which this book teaches are not applicable to the world of accountancy, and combine that with the book being riddled with mistakes; it proves to be a sub-par textbook.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Accountancy so vague, 11 Jun 2007
As a student attending the Business Management course at Nottingham Trent University (where the three authors who wrote the book currently lecture), I was forced to by the book to work through the accountancy module and recommended to use it for background reading and exam revision.

The discourse of the book is confusing at best as it is poorly structured with the split between financial and managerial accounting, the teaching methods it uses such as the infamous 'quadrant' are non-standard accounting methods and aren't really transferable skills for those looking to record finance professionally, and to cap it all off, the book itself is riddled with typing errors and incorrect figures for the illustrated answers. Its target audience will simply be confused and bamboozled by the messages it tries to get across, and in fact most people on my course who used it (myself included) found it to be little or no help with the actual teaching of accountancy.

Whoever wrote the blurb on your website needs to seriously reconsider the words it says, as the book teaches very little about accountancy and quite simply isn't an easy read due to the errors and poor structure. I personally feel revision/teaching aids need to at least be structured logically in order to ensure learning is as straight forward a process as possible. My advice for people who want to learn accountancy is simply to buy another book, as I'm sure there are better study aids out there.
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