Accounting for Non-Accounting Students

"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

Simplified learning of real-world accounting problems

Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, 10th Edition, by Dyson & Franklin provides real-life understanding of accounting by introducing you to the purpose and key ideas of financial and management accounting whether you have had little or no previous knowledge of the subject. This textbook is renowned for its clear and non-technical explanations of essential accounting techniques, in a language accessible to all. It helps you cross the bridge between classroom learning and real life, in order to improve your employment prospects when applying for jobs. The new inclusion of critical thinking questions related to the most recent news stories, along with contemporary examples and business articles, allows you to explore, in classroom discussions, themes that go beyond accounting techniques, and which require you to think and develop a personal opinion.

Make sense of real-world financial issues NEW – In this edition 80 articles have been included as News Clips and feature businesses that you will immediately recognise, giving this 10th Edition greater relevance to students learning about real accounting issues. REVISED – Real company financial information means company reports are discussed in specifics rather than in the abstract. The use of the same company across examples provides continuity.

Enable critical thinking for enhanced employability outcomes NEW – Engage and cross the bridge from the classroom and real life using real-life exciting business articles – such as Tesla, Netflix, Asos, Tottenham Hotspur and Amazon, as well as Patisserie Valerie and Carillion.  NEW – At the end of each chapter Critical Thinking Questions based on News Clip articles have been added to use in class discussion or in homework to encourage students to form views on real world issues.  

Simplified learning approach NEW – To help you get familiar with the accounting terminology, this edition includes a glossary with definitions of nearly 100 key accounting concepts and terms.

Opportunities to take learning further A free to access Companion Website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/dyson provides a comprehensive range of student learning resources, including additional questions, and web links for further reading.

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

Ellie Franklin teaches at the Middlesex University Business School, and has worked for Barclays and Deloitte. She is a member of the British Accounting and Finance Association, where for a number of years she was a part of the Accounting Education Special Interest Group executive committee. .

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