Finance and Accounting for Business

Finance and Accounting for Business gives managers on executive or general MBA courses an overview of the role of accounting and finance in business, and it also suitable for undergraduate courses where students need an appreciation of accounting and finance. The book is illustrated with vivid cases, real-world examples and worked-through exercises, placing the theory of the subject in a practical context. It incorporates a wealth of question and exercise material using real company cases. Solutions are also provided in the text and on an extensive website full of further resources to support the text. Additional questions are also provided for tutors to use with their students, taking them through complex issues step by step.

Bob Ryan started his teaching career at the University of Manchester. He then established the Division of Business at the Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire), was the founding director of the Southampton University Management School and then Director of the School of Management, Royal Holloway, University of London. He has extensive consultancy experience both in the UK and internationally and currently holds the chair of financial management at the University of Gloucestershire and a visiting fellowship at the Manchester Business School. He is also examiner in Advanced Financial Management for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Apart from all that, Bob Ryan has an international reputation as one of the worlds most outstanding educators of business managers, students and executives. It is this quality as a teacher that informs every page of Finance and Accounting for Business.