Managerial accounting and finance are based on the fundamental principles that must be understood, learned and applied if one wishes to succeed in the business world.

The purpose of this book is to set out the basic principles and conceptual issues of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

The book attempts to provide an accounting basis against which professional accounting publications can be assessed; review such publications critically, and identify possible shortcomings; and focus on the nucleus of the publications and supply specific related examples.

It is suitable for third-year and postgraduate students, as well as practising accountants.

Introduction to Financial Accounting has been written to address the theoretical aspects of accounting. The book has been written specifically for students who are stuyding Accounting 1.

This textbook is suitable as the main study reference for Financial Management courses, or the financial management-part of Management Accounting courses, ranging from second-year undergraduate courses (registered at NQF6, level six of the National Qualifications Framework) up to and including postgraduate courses (at NQF8).

The more advanced sections of this book are clearly labelled as such.

This seventh edition of Human Resource Management in South Africa provides a complete introduction and guide to Human Resource Management in the challenging and changing business world of modern South Africa.

The many changes and events in both the external and internal environments for South African organisations in recent years have presented human resource managers with even greater challenges. Increasingly these managers, and the human resource function in general are being asked to make an even more significant contribution to the success of their organisations.

This textbook will help you understand and handle the complexity, speed and magnitude of these changes and their impact on HR issues and policy, as well as how HR can, in turn, help South African organisations and their employees create value and achieve competitive advantage.

This book presents an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of financial accounting for South African students. It covers the basic concepts underlying financial statements and the terminology and methods that allow students to interpret, analyse and evaluate financial statements. This edition aligns with international financial reporting standards to provide students with an up-to-date and appropriate foundation to financial accounting.

Loved by many students across South Africa, the new edition of Psychology Themes and Variations offers a superb thematic organisation together with practical applications and South African examples that assist in seeing beyond research to big-picture concepts.

The text surveys psychology's broad range of content with three aims: to illuminate the process of research and its relationship to application; to show both the unity and diversity of psychology's subject matter; and to help students master the basic concepts and principles of psychology with as little struggle as possible.

This book has been compiled to assist students at tertiary institutions in South Africa with their studies in auditing.

A comprehensive Guide to Consolidated Financial Statements.

This publication sets out the principles and conceptual issues of consolidated financial statements, based on IFRS Accounting Standards. It focuses on the principles of control and consolidation techniques in preparing consolidated financial statements for a group of entities (parent and sbusidiaries).

This is a collection of graded questions on auditing. Separate solutions are available.

This book was written with the specific purpose of combining in one concise volume the provisions of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 as it applies to business activities.
The work is aimed at undergraduate students. It is updated annually and contains the latest legislation.

Bidgoli's MIS 11 delivers a thorough introduction to MIS with the most practical and current coverage available. It presents the latest developments in cloud computing, AR/VR/MR, quantum computing, blockchain, strategic information systems, data lakes, digital citizenship, low code and no code, metaverse platforms and NFTs. Key concepts and skills within each case study and information box are tagged to the corresponding AASCB standards.

The robust MindTap digital learning experience includes Use It activities that give students immediate feedback and "You Make the Decision" interactive case studies that place them in role of decision-maker. A micro-course on SQL fundamentals gives students hands-on coding experience.

In addition, the author's daily social media posts provide updates on IS/IT applications, new developments, breaking news and IT Jobs -- bringing up-to-the-minute currency to your lectures.

SAICA Student Handbook Volume 2 (Packaged as Vol 2A and Vol 2B) and focuses on auditing requirements.

Volume 2A contains International Audit Standards and Volume 2B contains SAICA and IRBA Pronouncements, Legislation and Governance.

With an accessible, easy-to-understand writing style, Cognitive Psychology, Seventh Edition will give you the tools you need to be successful in the course.

You'll explore the basics of cognitive neuroscience, attention and consciousness, perception, memory, knowledge representation, language, problem solving and creativity, decision making and reasoning, and intelligence. The authors' "from lab to life" approach covers theory, lab and field research, and applications to everyday life that demonstrate the relevance of what you are studying.

A review of key themes at the end of every chapter will help you spend more time studying important information and less time trying to figure out what you need to know.

A leading book of questions on financial accounting, this book is designed to meet the needs of students in financial accounting.

It has been successfully used with the Gripping GAAP textbook by CL Service at a second year, third year and intermediate honours level for over 20 years. In ensuring that the book is user-friendly, and to enable both lecturers and students to identify questions easily, the contents page of each chapter includes the name of the relevant entity and a detailed description of the key issues in each question. A detailed set of solutions, in electronic format, is available from the publishers to the relevant lecturers at those institutions that prescribe this book.

Professional Chef Level 1 Diploma, 2nd edition follows on from the extremely well received 1st edition and ensures learners have the foundation of theoretical and practical knowledge they need to start a successful career. This edition provides clear mapping to Level 1 VRQ units on the revised QCF while maintaining a clear, easy to follow style and the popular pedagogical features such as `Chefs Tips', Health & Safety and `Quality Points'. Building on the previous edition, this textbook boasts updated images and recipes, expanded information on careers and the catering industry, extended glossary and much more!

For the complete blended learning solution this book can be used alongside Professional Chef Online which is designed to support students and tutors and make theory interactive and engaging. This solution offers a host of resources including quizzes, online games, a searchable eBook, bonus recipes, an interactive food map of the British Isles, and over 140 video master chef classes!

This guide simplifies the understanding and applying of IFRS for students at both undergraduate and post-graduate level.

The graded questions in this book are based on all tax legislation covered in courses on tax at an under- and postgraduate level in South Africa. It is updated annually with the latest legislation, and solutions are available.

This workbook has been written for students to provide the maximum examples of questions on most tax topics.
It is an annual publication and up-to-date with the latest legislation. Separate solutions are available.

Why do the Japanese play rugby? How did Einstein help create Eskom? Who is the richest man in history?

Johan Fourie explores these questions and many more in this revised and expanded second edition of his bestseller ​Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom – an entertaining, accessible economic history spanning everything from the human migration out of Africa 100 000 years ago to the present. This enriching journey through an African-centred history reveals the roots and reasons for prosperity.

Why does one group flourish, but another continues to struggle? Do we have better lives than our ancestors? Fourie shows in his unique and engaging style why the builders of societies – rather than the burglars – ultimately win.

Nursing care remains at the cutting edge of science as innovations in patient care continuously evolve. However, fundamental and general skills are still necessary to develop the clinical reasoning skills a nurse requires in order to provide safe, high-quality care to patients and communities.

All chapters include updated information where appropriate. New topics include the latest methods in infection control, information on electronic patient records, the ethical use of social media and a review of nutritional information.

Each chapter contains:
• The prerequisite knowledge necessary for study of that chapter, to ensure integration with other core subjects
• Ethical considerations
• Relevant medico-legal considerations
• Key concepts and terminology as well as new vocabulary

In the third volume of this series, Media Studies, the emphasis is on media content and media audiences. Media content and media audiences (or users) are covered from methodological and theoretical perspectives.

For the revised reprint of this volume, a new introduction has been included to highlight the relevance of the current content and to contextualise within it the content of Volume 4 Social (New) Media and Mediated Communication Today (2017).

Part 1 of the book deals with: quantitative content analysis; communication and media semiotics; media, language and discourse; media and visual literacy; visual text analysis; textual analysis: narrative and argument; narrative analysis; film theory and criticism Part 2 deals with: media audience theory (dealing with the uses and gratification theory, reception theory and ethnography); questionnaire surveys in media research; field research in media studies; measuring media audiences; psychoanalysis and television as an illustration of an applied theoretical approach in media audience research.

This handbook is based on the educational requirements of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants for entry into Initial Test of Competence Examination of SAICA.

Planning and Control Techniques incorporating PMBOK 6ed, APM BoK 6ed and the latest planning software. Project management systems approach for managing a range of projects – including industry 4.0 artificial intelligence (AI) projects.

Project Management Techniques (Third College Edition) has been written for the experienced project manager responsible for producing the project’s deliverables on time, within budget and to the required quality as outlined in the project charter. At this level, the project manager needs to know how to develop and manage a planning and control system that integrates all the team members, resources, contractors, suppliers, stakeholders and components of the project. This book will help the project manager develop decision-making skills to trade-off conflicting parameters and individual plans to enable the project to converge on an optimum project plan, build-method and execution strategy. Reporting to the project sponsor or programme manager, the project manager is appointed as the project’s single point of responsibility and authorized to use company resources as outlined in the project charter.

The new edition of 'Project Management Techniques' (Third College Edition) is aligned to:

• PMBOK 6ed
• APM BoK 6ed
• SAQA 58395 NQF 5 (mapped)

Family Law in South Africa, second edition, offers a clear and accessible introduction to the principles of family law in South Africa. The second edition is thoroughly updated and revised to reflect developments within the recent period, and includes a new chapter relating to surrogacy, IVF, and other forms of non-natural reproduction.

This revised edition introduces a more integral and expanded synthesis of common law and African customary law, throughout, and includes a new chapter that discusses customary law rights, responsibilities and ritual pertaining to children.

Where relevant, aspects of legal ethics, social justice, problem solving, and comparative law are foregrounded, at the appropriate level, and critical, reflective and skills-based development is supported by the text’s unique pedagogical design.