Financial Accounting for Non-specialists

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The growth in the provision of education through open-learning, coupled with increased pressures on teaching resources, has led to a greater emphasis on student-centred learning. Concurrently, the spread of modularization is typically giving students a wider choice of subjects to study beyond their major discipline. Financial Accounting For Non-Specialists has been written in response to this shift in approach and the changing composition of classes. It facilitates the effective and efficient teaching and assimilation of the key concepts and practical skills in management accounting through a number of special features; these are designed to allow for the book's use both as a conventional text to complement a course of lectures and seminars, or to support predominately stand-alone study by, for examples, distance-learning. The coverage of topics extends from the measuring and reporting of financial position, performance and cash flows, including groups of companies, to the interpretation and extrapolation of accounting statements for decision-making. The material is also constructed and illustrated with the requirements of non-specialists foremost: the basic principles are built-up gradually with clear explanations; examples and extracts are drawn from both the manufacturing and service sectors, including companies such as Zeneca, NORWEB and Wimpey; and a glossary of key terms is provided. Financial Accounting For Non-Specialists is suitable for all undergraduate and postgraduate students on non-accounting degree programmes taking an introductory course or module in financial accounting