Customer Reviews
Very Good - By: R. Mccarthy, 03 Feb 2008 
I disagree with the other reviews. It's title says it all. The book covered a four week segment of an on-line course I am doing. To me it covers all of the areasin an informative & understandable way. It is not intended to be a bookeepers bible therefore does not go into detail of "T" accounts. Combined with good teaching, research & discussion it will certainly enable non-accountants to get a grasp of the subjects of accounting & finance.
Brilliant for the purpose - By: P. Solomons, 16 Sep 2007 Ignore everything everyone else has said about this book. The title says that the target audience are non-specialists & as a non-specialist this book gave me a fantastic introduction to accounting & finance. The authors live up perfectly to their task & give enough detail for a beginner like me to get a good groundingin accounting & finance. Their writing style is uncomplicated (very easy to follow). At the end of each section I felt that I have gainedin understanding the subject. Other books which I will acquire afterwards will give more detail & be more in-depth. This book can be judged by its cover & I recommend it highly to non-specialists, especially beginners.
Poor Attempt - By: Mac, 23 May 2005 
Would not recommend this book to non-specialists looking for an overview of Accounting & Finance. It is a tedious read & the examples are unclear, split across pages & jump from one stage to the next without proper explanation. Not a very helpful book at all.
Only the very basics - By: Grant, 03 Mar 2004 
Having recently completed a six month accountancy course, with this book as the primary text I can only recommend it to those with no prior groundingin the subject & studying at a very basic level.
It provides the very basics required to compile cash flows, profit & loss accounts & vertical balance sheets but is not sufficientlyin depth to be of major usein the analysis of real world company financial statements or indeed to create ones own.
It would benefit greatly by expanding into the use of T-accounts, double entries & more thorough consideration of the horizontal balance sheet method.
That said it is saved from being a two star book by merit of a good chapter on the basics of investment appraisal & some excellent worked examples.
Overall rather dry & recommended only to those with no prior experience.
Not the most entertaining text-book.... - By: , 16 Feb 2000 
This book is a good text book for the student who is new to Financial systems. As a non-specialist, I need all the help I can get! However, this book is a little dry & some of the explanations are not clear. Good for the basics, but very boring.
