Introduction to Accounting by Peter Scott (English) Paperback Book

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A practical introduction to accounting and finance, supported by a wealth of online resources, and learning features.

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Practical and crystal clear, the second edition of Peter Scott's Introduction to Accounting and its accompanying online resources provide a supportive introduction to the subject, guiding students towards self-led practice. Reflecting current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS), and with coverage on both financial and cost and management accounting, the author walks thestudent carefully through the essential material to ensure they develop a solid foundation for more advanced modules. Scott's lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, andthe relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. A multitude of worked and real-life examples help students to connect with the concepts, while each chapter ends with questions that are tiered according to difficulty to help students verify that they have mastered the essentials before progressing. Readers are directed towards additional support and exercises throughout to further encourage active participation and to prompt them to assess and consolidate their knowledge.Digital formats and resources: The second edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by onlineresources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: Online student resources supporting the book include: - Interactive multiple-choice-questions for revising key topics; - Numerical exercises for practicing the calculation of accounting information from given sets ofdata; - 'Go back over this again' feature containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning andrevise or revisit concepts; - 'Show me how to do it' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; and - Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book. Online lecturer resources supporting the book include: - Quizzes. A test bank of over 500 ready-to-use questions, written specificallyto match the book's content, giving lecturers the flexibility they need to manage, set and develop quizzes tailored to their course, and automatically graded to save time marking; - Gradebook.Automatically grades student responses to quizzes, while its visual heat maps provide at-a-glance information about student achievement and engagement; and - Course content. Additional material to support teaching, including a large double-entry case study, PowerPoint slides, and more examples and solutions.

Author Biography

Peter Scott is Former Principal Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at De Montfort University.

Table of Contents

1: IntroductionPart One: Financial Accounting2: The statement of financial position3: The income statement4: Double-entry bookkeeping 1: Debits, credits, T accounts, the trial balance and the financial statements5: Double-entry bookkeeping 2: Books of prime entry, accounting systems and other double entry applications6: The statement of cash flows7: Business organizations and the financing of business8: Ratio analysis 1: Profitability, efficiency and performance9: Ratio analysis 2: Liquidity, working capital and long term financial stabilityPart Two: Management Accounting10: Cost and management accounting in context11: Product costing: Absorption costing12: Relevant costs, marginal costing and short-term decision making13: Standard costing and variance analysis14: Budgeting15: Process costing16: Capital investment appraisal17: Corporate governance and sustainability

Review

A fantastic and highly resourceful text. * Joseph Taiwo Olaniyan, Lecturer in Business and Finance, Regent College London *An attractive, compact, and informative book that takes a technical subject and breaks it down into easy-to-follow concise sections. * Dr Giulia Fantini, Lecturer in Finance and Accounting, Swansea University *Provides clear explanations supported with a multitude of in-text and online examples to help students grasp concepts and have ample opportunities to put theory into practice. * Suzanne McCallum, Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, University of Glasgow *

Long Description

Practical and crystal clear, the second edition of Peter Scott's Introduction to Accounting and its accompanying online resources provide a supportive introduction to the subject, guiding students towards self-led practice. Reflecting current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS), and with coverage on both financial and cost and management accounting, the author walks thestudent carefully through the essential material to ensure they develop a solid foundation for more advanced modules. Scott's lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, andthe relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. A multitude of worked and real-life examples help students to connect with the concepts, while each chapter ends with questions that are tiered according to difficulty to help students verify that they have mastered the essentials before progressing. Readers are directed towards additional support and exercises throughout to further encourage active participation and to prompt them to assess and consolidate their knowledge. Digital formats and resources: The second edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by onlineresources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: Online student resources supporting the book include: - Interactive multiple-choice-questions for revising key topics; - Numerical exercises for practicing the calculation of accounting information from given sets ofdata; - 'Go back over this again' feature containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning andrevise or revisit concepts; - 'Show me how to do it' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; and - Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book. Online lecturer resources supporting the book include: - Quizzes. A test bank of over 500 ready-to-use questions, written specificallyto match the book's content, giving lecturers the flexibility they need to manage, set and develop quizzes tailored to their course, and automatically graded to save time marking; - Gradebook.Automatically grades student responses to quizzes, while its visual heat maps provide at-a-glance information about student achievement and engagement; and - Course content. Additional material to support teaching, including a large double-entry case study, PowerPoint slides, and more examples and solutions.

Review Quote

A fantastic and highly resourceful text.

Feature

Packed with supportive learning features that break down each topic into manageable chunks, and prompt students to realistically assess their understanding and undertake self-led practiceFrequent signposts in the book direct students to relevant material within the extensive accompanying online resources to make it easy for them to build on and consolidate their learningSets the 'number-crunching' into a logically-structured and extremely readable narrativeA multitude of numerical and real-life examples, together with the 'Why is this relevant to me?' feature, engage students by demonstrating how the tools and techniques are used in practice by professional accountantsWritten in a clear, lively style that speaks directly to the reader, and draws on the author's wealth of teaching experience to anticipate questions and areas of confusionAlso available as an e-book enhanced with self-assessment activities and multi-media content to offer a fully immersive experience and extra learning support

Details ISBN0198849966 Author Peter Scott Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2021 ISBN-10 0198849966 ISBN-13 9780198849964 Pages 704 Format Paperback Language English Edition 2nd DEWEY 657 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2021-05-21 UK Release Date 2021-05-21 NZ Release Date 2021-05-21 Illustrator Emily Kimbell Edited by Elizabeth Nutt Williams Birth 1938 Affiliation Duke University Position Professor of Nursing and Child Psychiatry Qualifications R.N., B.S.N., Ocn Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2021-04-04 We've got this

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