Foundations of Business Accounting
Published on 8. April 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
500 pages
978-0-412-54560-3 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook has been developed from a distance learning accounting course, published by the National Extension College. The activity based approach encourages students to interact with the text and to think, and the writing style is welcoming and encouraging. The use of colour throughout the book is new to texts in this area and lecturers will find that it aids students' understanding and sustains their interest. The combination of the approach, the writing style and the lavish production make this the most important introductory accounting text to be published for many years. This book should be of interest to all students taking a first course in financial accounting.
This textbook has been developed from a distance learning accounting course, published by the National Extension College. The activity based approach encourages students to interact with the text and to think, and the writing style is welcoming and encouraging. The use of colour throughout the book is new to texts in this area and lecturers will find that it aids students' understanding and sustains their interest. The combination of the approach, the writing style and the lavish production make this the most important introductory accounting text to be published for many years. This book should be of interest to all students taking a first course in financial accounting.
This textbook has been developed from a distance learning accounting course, published by the National Extension College. The activity based approach encourages students to interact with the text and to think, and the writing style is welcoming and encouraging. The use of colour throughout the book is new to texts in this area and lecturers will find that it aids students' understanding and sustains their interest. The combination of the approach, the writing style and the lavish production make this the most important introductory accounting text to be published for many years. This book should be of interest to all students taking a first course in financial accounting.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
40 illustrations, glossary, index
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
1100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-412-54560-3 (9780412545603)
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Other editions
New editions
Roy Dodge
Foundations of Business Accounting
Book
09/1997
2nd Edition
Cengage Learning EMEA
€126.26
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Content
The accounting environment; the basis of financial statements; the basic double-entry system; stock and credit; basic framework of the books; end of period adjustments; sundry book-keeping procedures; the accounts of a manufacturer; incomplete records; limited companies - capital and reserves; cash flow statements; limited companies - accounting regulations; performance assessment; partnerships - introduction; partnerships - changes in ownership; organizations not trading for profit; sectional activity; groups of companies - an introduction; specialized accounting standards; a return to ethics; suggested answers to self-assessment questions.