Accounting for business : practicalities and strategies /
Roger Hussey and Audra Ong.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Financial accounting, auditing, and taxation collection, 2151-2817 .
- Financial accounting, auditing, and taxation collection. .
Includes index.
Chapter 1. Providers and users of financial information -- Chapter 2. Examining financial statements -- Chapter 3. Financial statement analysis -- Chapter 4. Management decision making -- Chapter 5. Applying your knowledge -- Chapter 6. Accounting and business developments.
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As an owner of a business or a manager, you will deal with numbers of various types. This book is written for those who may be responsible for, or are generally interested in, the activities of organizations but do not have the knowledge to interpret the financial information that is available. The book identifies the types of organizations that generate financial information and explains how you can use it for your benefit. The early chapters focus on the information that is publicly available for large companies and demonstrate how to select and analyze the figures for decision making. The later chapters concentrate on the detailed management accounting information that is available internally for managers so that they can make decisions, investigate problems, and set performance targets. The final chapter, explores emerging and very pertinent issues such as "Can the organization obtain the basic resources to stay in business?" and "Are its activities harmful to the environment??
Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader.
9781953349934
Accounting. Managerial accounting.
Accounting equation. Activity based management. Balance sheet. Budgetary control. Cash flow statement. Comparative analysis. Data analytics. Income statements. Investment ratios. Kaizen costing. Key performance indicators. Profit or loss accounts. Same size analysis. Standard costing. Sustainability accounting. Target costing. Trend analysis. Total quality management. Vertical analysis. Working capital.