Richard Barker (Cambridge Judge Business School)

Short Introduction to Accounting

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Written with real-world insight and worked examples to test knowledge, this book explains the essentials of accounting and shows how to use accounting information effectively as a business tool. One of the Cambridge Short Introductions to Management - a series of concise, authoritative guides to the core subjects in management.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Short Introductions to Management
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 250g
• ISBN-13: 9780521179478
• ISBN-10: 0521179475
• Artikelnr.: 32706353

Autorenporträt

Richard Barker is Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and Visiting Professor in Accounting at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. In 2013, Richard Barker was named 'Most Acclaimed Lecturer in the Social Sciences' by Oxford University Student Union. He had previously achieved an unprecedented double in 2011, being awarded teaching prizes at the business schools of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the same year. He is also a recipient of the Pilkington Teaching Prize at Cambridge, which is awarded 'in recognition of excellence in teaching'.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; Part I: Introduction to Part I; 1. A guided tour of the financial statements; 2. The need for financial information; 3. Keeping track of economic activity; 4. Summary of the foundations of accounting; Part II: Introduction to Part II; 5. The accounts as a lens on growth; 6. Measuring value creation; 7. Understanding risk; 8. Building a corporate valuation model; Appendix I. Glossary of accounting terms; Appendix II. Further reading; Index.

Rezensionen

'Essential reading for the business beginner. In lucid prose Barker strips out the jargon to reveal the basic and surprisingly elegant concepts of accounting.' David Champion, Senior Editor, Harvard Business Review