Business Accounting and Finance

Tony DaviesFCMA MBA MCMI heads up Lucis Consulting, an international business and financial consultancy and training provider, and formerly lectured on finance and accounting at Bangor Business School, University of Wales. Ian Crawford CPFA is a lecturer in accounting and finance at the University of Bath.

• Part I Financial Accounting 1 The importance of accounting and finance2 Classifying and recording financial transactions3 Balance sheet4 Income statement5 Statement of cash flows6 Corporate governance7 Financial statements analysis8 Annual report and accountsPart II Financial Management 9 The nature of costs10 Managing costs11 Relevant costs, marginal costs, and decision-making12 Short-term planning – the operating budget13 The control budget and variance analysis14 Financing the business, and the cost of capital15 Investment appraisal and the capital budget16 Working capital management