This book was motivated by the author’s experience in teaching accounting at postgraduate level (MBA and MSc) at Aston Business School and in-house training provided for non-financial managers in many organizations to introduce them to the use of financial tools and techniques. My own education as an accountant was aimed at achieving professional recognition and emphasized an uncritical acceptance of the tools and techniques that I was taught. It was only after moving from financial to a general management position in industry that I began to see the limitations and questionable assumptions that underlay these tools and techniques. When I returned to study later in my career, I was. | Paul M. Collier ACCOUNTING ẵ . r jr MAM AGERS Interpreting accounting information for decision-making Accounting for Managers Interpreting accounting information for decision-making Paul M. Collier Aston Business School Aston University .
