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Accounting

Name: Accounting
ISBN: 9781118677933

Michael J. Jones,

768 pages
English
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eBook - PDF

Accounting

Michael J. Jones,

About this book

Accounting 3e provides a very accessible and easy-to-follow introduction to accounting. It is intended as a core textbook for students studying accounting for the first time: either those following an undergraduate degree in a business school, or non-business studies students studying an accounting course. This includes students on both accounting and non-accounting degrees and also MBA students.

Designed to be both engaging and accessible to the student, Accounting 3e features:

A lively presentational style integrating cartoons and soundbites
'Company Camera' boxes presenting financial data from a wide variety of international companies, such as Heineken, Nokia and Volkswagen.
'Real Life Nuggets' offering contemporary examples from the business press that give the body of the text a real-life resonance.
End of chapter questions of escalating difficulty, together with accompanying answers, enabling the student to develop their understanding of the key concepts discussed in the text.
A rich supporting website including solutions, extra question material and powerpoint slides for lecturers, multiple choice quizzes and an online glossary for students.

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Publisher

Year

Print ISBN

eBook ISBN

Edition

Topic

Business

Subtopic

Accounting

Index

Business

Chapter 

1

Learning 

Outcomes

After 

completing 

this 

chapter 

you

should 

be

able 

to:

•

Explain 

the

nature 

and

importance 

of

accounting.

•

Outline 

the

context 

which 

shapes 

accounting.

•

Identify 

the

main 

users 

of

accounting 

and

discuss 

their 

information 

needs.

•

Distinguish 

between 

the

different 

types 

of

accountancy 

and

accountant.

‘One 

way

to

cheat 

death 

is

to

become 

an

accountant, 

it

seems. 

The

Norfolk 

accountancy 

ﬁrm 

W.R. 

Kewley 

announces 

on

its

website 

that 

it

was

“originally 

established 

in

1982

with 

2

partners, 

one

of

whom 

died 

in

1993. 

After 

a

short 

break 

he

re-established 

in

1997, 

offering 

a

personal 

service 

throughout.” 

He

was, 

feedback 

presumes, 

dead 

only 

for

tax

purposes.’

New

Scientist

,

1

April 

2000, 

vol. 

166, 

no.

2232, 

p.

96.

©

Reed 

Business 

Information 

Ltd, 

England. 

Reproduced 

by

permission. 

http:www.newscientist.com/article/mg16622327.100-feedback.html.

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All

professions 

acquire

certain 

perks 

of

the

trade.

For

example, 

butchers 

get

the

best 

meat, 

estate 

agents 

get

the

best 

houses 

and

car

salesmen

get

the

best 

cars.

And

accountants...

well, 

they 

just 

get

stinking 

rich.

©MMI 

Mike 

Jones

Go

online 

to

discover 

the

extra 

features 

for

this 

chapter 

at

www.wiley.com/college/jones

Accounting
Contents
About the Author
About the Book
Acknowledgements
1 INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING
SECTION A: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: THE TECHNIQUES
SECTION B: FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: THE CONTEXT
SECTION C: MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
Glossary of Key Accounting Terms
Appendix: Answers
Index

9781119097051,

9781908999986,

9781908999627,

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