Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector


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The impact of the global financial crisis on government funds has been significant, with squeezed budgets having to satisfy ever-increasing demands for public services. Managers working in the public sector are confronted daily with targets and demands that are often set in confusing accounting and financial language. In Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector, Gary Bandy employs a clear and concise narrative to introduce the core concepts of accounting and financial management in the public sector and how to deliver services that represent value for money. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout, offering: an increased focus on post-crisis austerity more international examples of public financial management greater coverage of governance, accountability and risk management With a glossary of terms to help managers understand and be understood by accountants, as well as learning objectives, case studies and discussion questions, this practical textbook will help students of public management and administration to understand the financial and accounting aspects of managing public services.




Loose Leaf for Financial and Managerial Accounting


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Financial and Managerial Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions continues to offer a solid foundation for students who are learning basic accounting concepts. Known for giving equal weight to financial and managerial topics, the authors emphasize the need for a strong foundation in both aspects of accounting. Hallmarks of the text - including the solid Accounting Cycle Presentation, managerial decision making, relevant pedagogy, and high quality, end-of-chapter material—have been updated throughout the book.




Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting


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For courses in Financial and Managerial Accounting. Expanding on proven success with Horngren's financial and managerial accounting Horngren's Financial and Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters present the core content and principles of accounting in a fresh format designed to help today's learners succeed. As teachers first, the author team knows the importance of delivering a reader experience free of obstacles. Their pedagogy and content use leading methods in teaching readers critical foundational topics and concentrates on improving individual results. With this in mind, the 6th Edition continues to focus on readability and comprehension and takes this a step further in the managerial chapters by employing a new theme to help readers see how managerial accounting is used as a tool to help all business people make decisions. By providing more meaningful learning tools, this title helps readers clear hurdles, like never before. Also available with MyLab Accounting MyLab(tm) Accounting is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Accounting does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Accounting, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Accounting, search for: 0134674588 / 9780134674582 Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 6/e Package consists of: 0134461657 / 9780134461656 MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters 0134486846 / 9780134486840 Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters




Accounting and Financial Management for Residential Construction


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Shinn provides detailed information on how an accounting system operates and the basic principles for processing financial data. This fifth edition includes the updated NAHB Chart of Accounts, and shows builders how to take control of their finances.




Financial and Managerial Accounting


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Financial and Managerial Accounting, by Weygandt, Kimmel, Kieso is a new introductory program for the two semester accounting sequence that presents equal coverage of both introductory financial and managerial accounting topics. The Team for Success authors of Jerry Weygandt, Paul Kimmel, and Don Kieso bring years of industry, academic, and writing experience to the development of this new title which gives students the tools they need to understand the accounting cycle and key financial accounting topics, while presenting the managerial topics in an easy-to-understand fashion in a decision-making framework. The Team for Success authors understand where students struggle in introductory accounting, and have developed a learning system that illustrates the accounting cycle and key transactions, while giving student the tools to apply their learning through sample exercises throughout the chapter. Weygandt Financial and Managerial Accounting relates accounting concepts to real-world experiences, is full relevant examples to students' lives, and provides IFRS coverage that will prepare students for the global economy. Students using Weygandt, Financial and Managerial Accounting with WileyPLUS will spend more time with the material because it demonstrates the relevance and offers multiple opportunities for practice both in the book and in WileyPLUS. Students take more initiative with their learning, so you'll have a greater impact in the classroom. WileyPLUS sold separately from text.




Construction Accounting & Financial Management


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Management Accounting


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Pauline Weetman's innovative new text expertly guides students over the stepping stones of management accounting and provides a solid foundation across first and second levels as a basis for further specialist study. The text is clear and well structured and brings an imaginative approach to student learning with its emphasis throughout on allowing students to practice the application of theory. Key features include: comprehensive coverage of management accounting topics; provides a number of unique case studies complete with innovative ideas for interactive teaching sessions, as well as engaging real-life commentaries; excellent business focus shows students how management accounting techniques can be applied in real business situations; relevant research is explained in outline to link teaching to current developments; extensive coverage of service and not for profit sectors as well as manufacturing. Practical and imaginative pedagogy includes group discussions and activities; a management accounting consultant, which helps bring topics alive; as well as a wealth of examples, questions and problems throughout.; This work is fully supported by a comprehensive suite of student and lecturer resources, including cases with teaching notes, questions and multiple choice questions, PowerPoint slides, lecture notes, graded questions, and solutions to questions in the book. Innovative full colour design brings key issues and essential topics to life. It fully reflects CIMA terminology. "Management Accounting" aims to provide continuity of study over first and second levels in specialist accounting programmes while preserving the generality of coverage that is suitable for business studies degrees. The text is also suitable for professional courses where management accounting is introduced for the first time. Pauline Weetman BA, BSc (Econ), PhD, CA, FRSE, is Professor of Accounting at the University of Strathclyde, and has extensive experience of teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, with previous chairs held at Stirling and Heriot-Watt Universities. She received the Distinguished Academic Award of the British Accounting Association in 2005. She has convened the examining board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and was formerly Director of Research at ICAS




Healthcare Applications


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Instructor Resources: Suggested case solutions (Word or Excel formats) Financial issues are of paramount importance in today's rapidly changing and increasingly competitive healthcare environment. Healthcare managers must understand accounting and financial management concepts and be prepared to operationalize them in their organizations. Healthcare Applications: A Casebook in Accounting and Financial Management provides a series of practice exercises for analyzing, understanding, and applying these concepts across a wide range of healthcare settings. Healthcare Applications contains 56 short cases designed to link theory to practical, real-world application via active learning. Based on fictitious entities and individuals (unless otherwise noted), the cases cover basic concepts--such as how to record transactions, compute financial ratios, and prepare financial statements--as well as more advanced issues, such as the effects of healthcare regulation, the valuation of debt or equity securities, cost-volume-profit analysis, and capital budgeting. Each case features assignments or questions to enhance students' critical thinking and generate classroom engagement. Instructors can select case topics and difficulty levels that are most appropriate for their courses. The book's cases can be either assigned as out-of-class homework or used directly in class to introduce a topic or facilitate discussion.




The Blue Book


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The Blue Book is an ultimate guide for financial and management accounting in the hotel industry, and it is like no other. Some academic books for the hospitality industry do exist; however, as the term "hospitality industry" refers to lodging, food & beverage, event planning, transportation, and recreation, the industry is already complex on its own. It explains why such books do not conveniently cater to a hotel's needs. Moreover, these books dedicate many pages to corporate financing, which has little or nothing to do with the property level. Although there are some ground rules within the hospitality industry, the hotel has its unique accounting procedures and techniques, and this is when this book plays a main role.With over twenty years of valuable experience with the best international hotel operators in six countries, the author shares the essential and practical knowledge and guidelines to build a strong Finance Division in hotels. Therefore, this book perfectly caters to all financial professionals, from the start of their careers to becoming finance leaders.The contents of this book are certainly comprehensive and thorough - highly relevant and easy to understand. This makes it suitable for financial professionals, stakeholders including division heads, general managers, auditors, owners, and owner's representatives. All will greatly benefit from it. The Blue Book includes the following twelve parts that provide the most essential needed information to understand the hotel finance functions and to build a strong finance division:Part One: Basic AccountingPart Two: Revenue ManagementPart Three: Cost ManagementPart Four: Labor ManagementPart Five: Other Expenses GuidelinesPart Six: Financial AnalysisPart Seven: Budgeting and ForecastingPart Eight: Cash ManagementPart Nine: Hotel InvestmentsPart Ten: Hotel Management SoftwarePart Eleven: Financial Functions and SOPsPart Twelve: Parent-Child Chart of AccountsThis book uses the Uniform System of Accounts and GAAP as its main reference, ensuring that the information provided to the readers is the most updated and relevant version of the modern hotel industry.