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John Parkinson, with Charles Draimin
Captus Press,
ISBN
978-1-55322-222-4
(2011)
A core text for introducing accounting to
university and college students from any program or discipline, and any level
of study. Every manager, regardless of their
specialization, needs to understand and speak the language of business — they
need some accounting knowledge. Accounting for Non-financial Managers, 3e is a straightforward, user-friendly introduction for
those with no prior knowledge of accounting or finance. In addition to
exploring the four main financial statements and the process used to develop
them, the text also shows how accounting information is used for planning,
control, and making both short-term and long-term decisions. Each chapter is
amply illustrated with examples from real-life and fictional situations, and the
end-of-chapter self-study problems with solutions offer eager students valuable
practice-on-their-own opportunities. Everything
you need to understand the basics of This book also features The book includes a companion website with
interactive practice questions for students and comprehensive resources for
instructors.
1.
Introduction Section 1:
Financial Accounting for Scorekeeping 2. The
Financial Statements 3. The
Income Statement 4. The
Balance Sheet (1): Assets 5. The
Balance Sheet (2): Liabilities and Equity 6.
Statement of Cash Flows Section
2: Budgeting for Planning & Control 7. Budgeting
8. Cash
Budgeting 9. Budgetary
Control 10. Cost
Behaviour and Break-Even Analysis 11.
Allocating Overhead: Activity-Based Costing and Product Costing Section
3: Financial Decision Making 12.
Analysis of Short-Term Decisions 13. Sources
of Capital 14.
Long-Term Decision Making 15.
Financial Statement Analysis Section
4: Accounting for the Not-for-Profit Sector 16.
Accounting for Not-for-Profit and Government Organizations Glossary
of Important Terms Index
A companion website for instructors includes a restricted access area containing extensive supplementary materials including:
Online Course:
John Parkinson is professor of Accounting & Finance and Director of the School of Administrative Studies at Atkinson College, York University. He graduated with a PhD in finance from Bradford University Management Centre, and he holds professional memberships as fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. His main research interests are the application of process costing in modern manufacturing companies, and the interaction of personality measurement with accounting and practice. Charles Draimin is Associate professor of Accounting in the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University and a member of the Quebec Order of Chartered Accountants.
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