Accounting and Finance for Building and Surveying

Alan R. Jennings (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

243 Seiten

1995
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-60961-3 (ISBN)

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Intended for undergraduate and equivalent students of building, building surveying, construction economics and quantity surveying, this book gives an accessible and clear explanation of accounting terminology, concepts, practices and procedures. The book is divided into two parts. The first eight chapters deal with financial reporting and analysis, covering such topics as business finance, the financial position and the balance sheet, profit and loss, cash flow and the interpretation of financial statements. The second part consists of a further nine chapters on management planning and control practices. Here topics such as costs, overhead attribution, cost/volume/profit analysis and budgeting are discussed, among others.

Preface.- PART 1: FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS Types of Business Formation.- Sources of Business Finance.- Financial Views of a Business.- Financial Position and the Balance Sheet.- Profit Measurement and the Profit and Loss Account.- Sources and Uses of Cash and the Cash Flow.- Statement Accounting Aspects of Long-term Contracts.- Evaluation and Interpretation of Financial Statements.- PART 2: MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL PRACTICES Cost Classification Overhead Attribution.- Cost Ascertainment.- Cost/Volume/Profit Analysis.- Short-term Decision Making Techniques.- Long-term Decision Making Techniques.- Budgetary Control.- Cash Budgeting Standard Costing.- Appendix 1: Extracts from the Annual Report and Accounts of a Building/Property Development Company.- Appendix 2: Present Value Tables.- Appendix 3: CIOB Building Economics and Finance.- Questions and Solutions.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.5.1995
Reihe/Serie	Building and Surveying Series
Reihe/Serie	Building and Surveying Series
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 243 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bauwesen
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Handwerk
ISBN-10	0-333-60961-1 / 0333609611
ISBN-13	978-0-333-60961-3 / 9780333609613
Zustand	Neuware