Product Description
Financial Literacy for the 21st Century – An Accounting and Personal Finance Perspective
Authors: A Bhana, MAE Khoza, LBG Manuel, M Mdingi, MA Modise, SR Qeke
Format: Physical Hardcopy
Financial literacy can be a daunting ‘subject’ especially for non-accounting students, new entrepreneurs and others who are unfamiliar with financial accounting and personal finance. Relax, this need not be the case for you. Although, there are textbooks which cater for accounting/non-accounting students, this is an ‘engaging’ non-accounting and personal finance students’ textbook with South African authors, flair and context.
Financial Literacy for the 21st Century : An accounting and personal finance perspective has step by step scholarly questions per chapter to help and guide you to develop basic accounting skills, understand financial statements and personal finance.
Financial Literacy for the 21st Century : An accounting and personal finance perspective chapters facilitate easy understanding of basic financial accounting, inventories, cash budget, preparation and analysis of financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), core elements of money management, and payroll.
It is suitable for tertiary-level students, new entrepreneurs, Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Business Leadership (MBL) students and others who want to become more self-aware of financial matters and become financially literate. There are many practical examples, self-assessment questions, lecture support material (available to prescribing academics) which will guide and support the reader towards using this financial knowledge and skills to manage financial resources effectively over time.
Contents include the following:
Features:
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Conceptual Framework
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Accounting Equation
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Subsidiary Journal
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Account Receivable/Payables
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Non-current Assets (Asset disposal)
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General Ledger and Trial Balance
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Inventories
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Presentation of Financial Statements
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Analysis and Interpretation of Financial Statements
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Cash Budget
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Personal Finance
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Payroll (Wages and Salaries)
Contents:
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Chapter 1: The conceptual framework for financial reporting
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Chapter 2: Accounting equation
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Chapter 3: General ledger and trial balance
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Chapter 4: Subsidiary journals
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Chapter 5: Accounts receivable and accounts payable
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Chapter 6: Inventory
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Chapter 7: Tangible assets and disposal
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Chapter 8: Presentation of financial statements
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Chapter 9: Analysis and interpretation of financial statement
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Chapter 10: Cash budget
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Chapter 11: Labour
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Chapter 12: Personal finance
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