Accounting For Non-accounting Students

The title of this text-book says it all. It’s an invaluable introduction and reference book for anyone who needs to understand accounts but who isn’t an accountant.

It is written in non-technical language and is set out in logical sections with titles such as Financial Reporting, Interpretation of Accounts, Cashflow Statements, Budgeting and the intriguing Emerging Issues. There are also case studies, published accounts from a range of companies, student tests (with answers at the back) and really useful features such as “Questions non-accountants should ask”. It’s so popular that it’s now in its fifth edition.

Written by John Dyson, former Director of Studies for Heriot-Watt University Management Programme, this book is a must for any self-respecting arts (or any other kind of) manager.