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Books in Accounting

The Accounting portfolio encompasses comprehensive insights into financial reporting, auditing, taxation, and managerial accounting. Featuring the latest research, regulatory updates, and practical frameworks, these resources support accountants, auditors, and researchers in navigating complex financial landscapes. Emphasizing technological advances, compliance, and ethical standards, the titles address critical issues such as digital transformation, sustainability, and global standards. This collection provides essential knowledge for fostering transparent, accurate financial practices and strategic decision-making in diverse organizational contexts.

  • The Role of Principles and Practices of Financial Management in the Governance of With-Profits UK Life Insurers

    • 1st Edition
    • May 28, 2009
    • Ian Dewing + 1 more
    • English
    PPFMs have emerged as key internal and external governance documents for the management and regulation of with-profits funds as boards must ensure that financial management practices are in accordance with PPFMs. This book presents the results of the special corporate governance arrangements of financial services firms. Management accountants have a role not only in the development and operation of systems producing PPFM information but will also need to use PPFM information to understand and compare financial performance.

  • A Study Of Performance Measurement In The Outsourcing Decision

    • 1st Edition
    • May 28, 2009
    • Ronan McIvor + 3 more
    • English
    Outsourcing is a key issue for many organisations having moved from the contracting out of peripheral activities such as cleaning to more critical areas such as design and marketing. This report is for managers and people in finance and accounting functions and takes a practical approach in developing a framework and then applying this framework in an actual organisation which makes it easier for practitioners to understand.

  • Management Accounting in Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • May 16, 2009
    • Severin Grabski + 2 more
    • English
    Current evidence points to management accountants using traditional software (such as spreadsheets) for budgeting, ABC, balanced scorecards and other performance management techniques independent of, rather than integrated with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems. While there has been some limited research on the effects of ERP systems on management accountants, this report provides a comprehensive analysis of the consequences of implementation of ERP systems for management accountants.

  • CIMA: Pass First Time!

    • 2nd Edition
    • May 8, 2009
    • David Harris
    • English
    Now in its second edition, Pass First Time! is the ultimate guide to passing your CIMA exams. Fully revised and updated for the new 2010 syllabus and written by a CIMA examiner, it’s packed with useful hints and tips that will help you:* improve the way you study* find out just what the examiners are looking for* avoid the most common pitfalls* earn all the marks you deserve Illustrated throughout, and with summarising mind-maps at the end of each chapter, this book will give you the best possible chance of passing your CIMA exams – first time! ‘Writing a CIMA exam is difficult if you do not know how to approach it. David really makes it easy by giving step-by-step advice about understanding what the examiner wants, how to make best use of your time and how to structure your answer in such a way that maximum marks can be scored.’Henry van Rooyen, Business Manager & TOPCIMA student ‘Pass First Time! gives an insight into the way examiners think and what they want from the students. It also gives tips on study techniques and time keeping, making it a very useful read.’Alina V S-Botha, CIMA Lecturer, South Africa David R Harris is a management consultant, freelance lecturer, author and CIMA examiner. David specialises in advising smaller organisations on strategy.Neil Sullivan is a freelance author and illustrator with many years’ experience in advertising.

  • Finance Director's Handbook

    • 5th Edition
    • April 17, 2009
    • Glynis D Morris + 2 more
    • English
    Financial reporting is becoming more onerous and complex, particularly for listed companies. Accounting scandals have led to a greater regulatory focus on the role of audit committees, non-executive directors, risk management and internal control which put the Finance Director under new and more stringent pressures. This quick reference manual provides extensive information on recent changes and authoritative coverage of all the financial operations a busy Finance Director has now to undertake. All the key business critical information is here in one book – everything a busy Finance Director needs access to. Written by professionals for professionals so that key information is easily accessed, assimilated and used. Detailed sections are devoted to audit, cash flow management, corporate transactions, financial reporting, management accounting, taxation and treasury and risk management.

  • Enveloping Algebras

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • February 10, 2009
    • Diximier
    • English

  • Financial Planning Using Excel

    Forecasting, Planning and Budgeting Techniques
    • 2nd Edition
    • December 10, 2008
    • Sue Nugus
    • English
    This book covers all aspects of budget preparation, from designing and creating a budgetary control system, consolidating data and working with spreadsheets. Now fully updated to include the latest version of Excel, Excel 2007 and for easy budgeting. The book shows how things are done in Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 to ease transition from the previous version to the new version. Now in full colour throughout to aid quick understanding through numerous color screen shots.For those who use Excel on a daily basis in budget planning, this book is a must. It contains a wealth of practical examples, tips, new techniques all designed to help quickly exploit and master Excel to its full advantage and therefore use spreadsheets for more effective management accounting in your firm.

  • Handbook of Management Accounting Research

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • December 8, 2008
    • Anthony G. Hopwood + 2 more
    • English
    Volume one of Handbook of Management Accounting Research sets the context for all three volumes in the series. Volume two provides insights into research on different management accounting practices. This third and final volume features contributions from some of the most influential researchers in various areas of management accounting research, consolidates the content of volumes one and two, and concludes with examples of management accounting research from around the world.

  • International Business Control, Reporting and Corporate Governance

    Global business best practice across cultures, countries and organisations
    • 1st Edition
    • October 30, 2008
    • Georges Nurdin
    • English
    This book is designed to help Business Controllers / Accountants / Finance Directors / Bankers / Financial Analysts / Business Consultants to understand that International Business Control is much more than just a business being IFRS and US GAAP compliant, or just an extension of the domestic HQ control system.

  • IFRS: A Quick Reference Guide

    • 1st Edition
    • October 22, 2008
    • Robert Kirk
    • English
    This book is all about how companies are applying the key principles in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and shows this by use of extensive examples of UK company accounts. The book provides coverage of the key points of each standard and links that with actual practice. It is not a detailed guidance book as such, or a transistion book from UK standards to IFRS, but a quick reference for the busy accountant which shows how to apply the key points of each standard by reference to how other companies have done it.Robert Kirk BSc (Econ) FCA CPA trained in Belfast with Price Waterhouse & Co., and subsequently spent two years in industry in a subsidiary of Shell (UK) and four further years in practice. He is currently Professor of Financial Reporting in the School of Accounting at the University of Ulster and has been lecturing on the CIMA Mastercourses Accounting Standards and Accounting Standards in Depth since 1985. He has authored four editions of Accounting Standards in Depth; UK Accounting Standards: A Quick Reference Guide; and International Reporting Standards in Depth Volume 1 Theory and Practice and Volume 2 Solutions.

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