Accounting in a Business Context (Business in Context Series)
 
 

Accounting in a Business Context (Business in Context Series) [Paperback]

Aidan Berry , Robin Jarvis
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Thomson Learning; 3rd Revised edition edition (26 Jun 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861520905
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861520906
  • Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 18.9 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank:: 358,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Covering all the key areas of financial and management accounting, this text focuses on how managers will actually use information, rather than how accountants prepare it. The text is fully updated and revised to take account of the recent ASB developments, and includes new material on ratio analysis and activity based costing.

From the Back Cover

An essential purchase for those who want to excel in their
introductory accounting and finance course. This highly popular text is one
of the most complete resources available for both undergraduate and MBA
students, successfully conveying the role of accounting in a wider
managerial setting without the accounting jargon.

Aidan Berry and Robin Jarvis have used their experience to keep the
traditional key elements that have made this such a successful text and
have added these new features for the 4th edition:
- More questions and examples with answers throughout the text will help
you to practise and gain confidence for succeeding in your course
- Coverage of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) where
relevant and adoption of new IFRS terminology- an essential element for
today's courses
- Engaging case studies throughout the text put the theory into real-world
practice, using actual accounts from organisations such as Manchester
United, Body Shop and Thorntons
- A new chapter on management of working capital
- Expanded coverage of activity based costing and new techniques such as
target costing
- Expanded coverage of finance to include sources of finance, short-term
financing and financial risk management

The companion website that accompanies the book takes you beyond the text
and allows you to carry out extra revision to help you flourish in your
course. Taking on board the opinions of many of your lecturers it has been
newly revised for this edition and contains the following resources:
- Excel worksheet examples
- Multiple choice test bank
- Web links --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, easy to use., 28 Nov 2000
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This review is from: Accounting in a Business Context (Business in Context Series) (Paperback)
I've found this book an extremely good buy. I;m doing an accounting unit on my degree course at university, and i was having quite a hard time following the course. This book, however, was very helpful, and gave me a far better understanding of accounting.

It also comes recommended by my accounting department as the best book for people trying to start learning accounting techniques

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, 3 Oct 2002
By Lee richards (Central London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Accounting in a Business Context (Business in Context Series) (Paperback)
For those people like myself who are training to do the CIMA foundation stage this is an excellent book on accountancy. I found my problem with learning accountancy was that it is not based on common sense but accounting concepts which you must understand before you can develop proficiency in double entry and develop a good knowledge of month end accounting.

Furthermore, analysis of the main financial staments BS and P&L also requires a good grounding in double entry and a thorough knowledge of the four main concepts in SSAP2.

This book makes a dull subject bearable by contextualising accountancy allowing readers to apply the concepts in real life and also provides a conceptual framework to guide their judgements when they are trying top decide whether something is a debit or credit, income,expense, liability or asset.

It is particularly effective in teaching readers how to discern accruals or prepayments.

It provides case studies showing accounts of well known British PLCs and gets you thinking in an accounting fashion. It should be used in combination with a good financial dictionary and CIMA texts of which BPP are probably the best.

As with all reviews you can never be sure whether a book is as good as its review but you know the only way you will find out.

You will not be dissapointed, well worth the money.

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