Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, 10th edition

Published by Pearson (February 26, 2020) © 2020
  • John R. Dyson
  • Ellie Franklin

Title overview

Introduce your students to the key ideas of financial and management accounting.

Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, 10th edition, by Dyson and Franklin, provides a real-life understanding of the subject. Renowned for its clear and non-technical explanations of essential accounting techniques, this textbook is suitable for students with little or no previous knowledge of accounting.

This edition also includes a Companion Website, with additional learning resources to help your students deepen their understanding of the concepts presented in the book.

Hallmark features of this title

A range of exciting features allows your students to practice and understand essential accounting concepts.

  • The useful introductions at the outset of each chapter provide context and explain to non-accountants the importance of the chapter.
  • Chapters conclude with Check your Learning sections, with numerous quizzes and questions to help students periodically recap their learning.

Engaging content helps students link theory with practice.

  • Comprehensive examples and Key Points sections help your students develop their critical thinking skills.
  • Real-life and exciting business articles engage and encourage your students to cross the bridge between the classroom and real-life learning.
  • The Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each chapter are based on the News Clip articles to encourage homework and class discussion.

‘Everything a non-specialist accounting student needs. This latest edition is comprehensive, well-structured, easy to follow and contains plenty of all-important practice questions plus additional online resources.'

David Gilding, Programme Director, Business Management, Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds

New and updated features include business articles and examples from renowned companies.

  • 70 new articles (in addition to the existing 80) have been included as News Clips, now featuring more businesses that students can immediately recognise
  • Updated exciting business articles now include Tesla, Netflix, Asos, Tottenham Hotspur and Amazon, as well as Patisserie Valerie and Carillion
  • Up-to-date financial information by companies your students can recognise and relate to, allowing them to better understand the company reports
  • Updated glossary now includes definitions of nearly 100 key accounting concepts and terms

New features in some of the chapters include:

  • Chapter 1 discusses personal finances and the usefulness of accounting to help students place the topic into a practical context
  • Chapter 2 is updated and simplified to reflect recent regulatory changes, including references to the Conceptual Framework of Financial Reporting
  • Chapter 7 includes improved explanations of areas of cash flow such as Statement of Cash Flows
  • Chapters 11 & 20 offer refreshed content on Contemporary and Emerging Issues respectively

Key features

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Table of contents

Part 1 Introduction to Accounting

  1. Accounting and the business world
  2. Accounting rules and regulations

Part 2 Financial Accounting

  1. Recording data
  2. Sole trader accounts
  3. Company accounts
  4. Other entity accounts
  5. Statement of cash flows

Part 3 Financial Reporting

  1. The annual report
  2. The annual accounts
  3. Interpretation of accounts
  4. Contemporary issues

Part 4 Management Accounting

  1. Foundations
  2. Direct costs
  3. Indirect costs
  4. Budgeting
  5. Standard costing
  6. Contribution analysis
  7. Decision making
  8. Capital investment
  9. Emerging issues

Author bios

John R. Dyson was formerly the Director of Studies of the Heriot-Watt University Management Programme, Edinburgh.

Ellie Franklin currently teaches at the Middlesex University Business School and has worked for Barclays and Deloitte (on financial services clients such as Visa, Lazards, Tullett Prebon and the UK Government's Export credit agency).

She is a fellow at the Higher Education Academy and a member of the British Accounting and Finance Association, where she was a part of the Accounting Education Special Interest Group executive committee for a number of years. She has been an invited speaker at several events at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

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