Chapter 1: Underlying principles: the building blocks

Part I: Financial accounting
Outline of Part I
Chapter 2 : Financial statements of limited companies – balance sheet
Chapter 3: Financial statements of limited companies – profit and loss account
Chapter 4 : Financial statements of limited companies – cash flow statement
Chapter 5 : Business performance analysis
Case Study I
Chapter 6: Published reports and accounts
Chapter 7 : Corporate governance
Case Study II

Part II: Management accounting
Outline of Part II
Chapter 8: Cost behaviour
Chapter 9 : Cost management
Chapter 10: Decision-making
Case Study III
Chapter 11: Planning and budgeting
Chapter 12: Budgetary control
Case Study IV

Part III: Business finance
Outline of Part III
Chapter 13: Capital investment decisions
Chapter 14: Sources of finance and the cost of capital
Case Study V
Chapter 15: Management of working capital
Chapter 16: Information technology and accounting, and e-business
Case Study VI

Appendices
Outline of appendices
Appendix 1: Double-entry – the basics
Appendix 2: Present value tables
Appendix 3: FRSs, SSAPs, IASs, and IFRSs
Appendix 4: Solutions to selected exercises