Aidan Berry
BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR
- Title: Accounting In A Business Context (business In Context)
- Description:
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 the Paperback edition. About the Author Aidan Berry is Professor and Head of the Department of Finance and Accounting at the University of Brighton. Robin Jarvis is Professor and Head of the School of Accounting and Finance at Kingston University. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
