Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting
Accounting, accountability and the account
Introducing the functions of accounting
The role of financial accounting
The role of management accounting
Recent developments in accounting
The relationship between financial accounting and management accounting
Chapter 2: Accounting and its Relationship to Shareholder Value and Corporate Governance
Shareholder value-based management
Shareholder value, strategy and accounting
Company regulation and corporate governance
Risk management, internal control and accounting
Chapter 3: Recording Financial Transactions and the Principles of Accounting
Business events, transactions and the accounting system
The double entry: recording transactions
Extracting financial information from the accounting system
Basic principles of accounting
Cost terms and concepts: the limitations of financial accounting
Chapter 4: Management Control, Accounting and its Rational-Economic Assumptions
Planning and control in organizations
Non-financial performance measurement
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