Business Accounting and Financial Management

About the Book: This comprehensive and concise book critically examines the essential principles, practices and approaches to financial accounting, cost and management accounting, and financial management. This book is intended for the postgraduate students of management and commerce. Besides, it is equally useful for the students of engineering and technology.

The objective of this book is to assist the students and readers in developing an understanding of the theories of various branches of accounting and financial management, and to integrate the knowledge with practice in evaluating the strategic management decisions. The book contains thirty-three chapters divided into three parts.

Part A comprising ten chapters discusses the key principles and practices of financial accounting. Part B containing eight chapters explains various methods and techniques of cost and management accounting. Part C comprising fifteen chapters provides an insight into the numerous dimensions of financial management policies and practices.

About the Author: SUBHASH CHANDRA DAS (PhD), MCom, FCMA, MWSOM (UK), is a Management Consultant and Former Director (Finance), Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) Ltd. He is also a visiting faculty in many Universities and B-Schools. He has over three decades of professional experience as a Financial and O&M expert in Tata Steel, Greaves Cotton, SAIL, Hindustan Cables Ltd. and Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) Ltd. He has contributed twenty articles on management topics to Journals and research bulletins of various professional and management institutes. He has authored five books on various management subjects taught in B-Schools and Universities. Contents: Preface ? Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Part A: Financial Accounting