Accounting Library Guide: Books

Artificial Intelligence and Accounting Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications

Artificial Intelligence and Accounting Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications, delves into how AI is revolutionising accounting procedures. It explores the newest AI technologies and their uses in financial data processing, auditing, compliance, and forecasting, ranging from machine learning to predictive analytics. It ensures responsible AI integration by addressing biases, accountability, and transparency while emphasising ethical considerations. This book provides case studies, practical advice, and examples from the real world, guaranteeing that readers not only understand the theoretical foundations of AI in accounting but also get the knowledge necessary to apply and maximise these technologies within their professional domains by connecting theory and application. It offers a road map for traversing the accounting industry's AI frontier, from using predictive analytics to make well-informed decisions to automating repetitive activities.

Accounting and Auditing Research: Tools and Strategies

Accounting and Auditing Research: Tools and Strategies equips students and early-stage practitioners with the essential research skills to navigate complex problems by finding authoritative, justifiable solutions. Now in its eleventh edition, this comprehensive textbook thoroughly covers the research methodologies, databases, and auditing tools needed to tackle financial accounting, business auditing, tax planning, and a variety of modern challenges such as fraud detection and sustainability assurance.

With a clear, step-by-step approach, Accounting and Auditing Research walks readers through all key areas of the research process, supported by expert tips, informational boxes, hands-on exercises, and real-world applications in each chapter. Throughout the text, the expertly structured pedagogy enhances critical thinking and strengthens writing skills to ensure readers are prepared for professional roles and industry certifications.

Financial Accounting: An Introduction, 6e

Financial Accounting: An Introduction 6th edition is aimed at first-year students following courses in financial accounting at universities and universities of technology. The book offers chartered accounting stream students a strong framework in preparation for further studies in accounting, and benefits students on a general accounting stream.

Core Principles of Accounting 

Core Principles of Accounting contains a strong African perspective and begins with a chapter on the development of accounting, which describes how accounting developed in Africa, looks into the different accounting bodies in South Africa and their operations, the advent of technology and the future of accounting. The textbook includes the latest definitions in accounting as per the Revised Conceptual Framework of the IASB (2018b), as well as the newly promulgated standard on revenue recognition (IFRS 15).

Research Methods for Business Students

Enhance your research skills with Research Methods for Business Students, the go-to guide for Business, Marketing, and Management students undertaking research-led projects or dissertations.

Authored by experts, this textbook provides robust and practical guidance to support your research journey and build confidence at every stage.

By taking a transactional approach, the textbook will help you choose your project through critically reviewing the literature and designing your research, answering key questions such as: How do I generate a research idea and design my research?How do I review the literature critically?Why is research philosophy relevant to my research?How do I collect and analyse my data?When and what do I need to write?How can I do research virtually? This comprehensive guide to conducting research will support you step-by-step at every stage of the process, offering a wealth of thought-provoking features and activities, such as tips and tricks from other students’ experiences on their research projects and a complete glossary of terms. It provides case studies, news, and articles based on the latest virtual and face-to-face methods, discussing how research is used in practice within organisations worldwide. Self-study prompts will further encourage you to apply what you have learned to your own research project.

Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting

This 26th edition of Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting explores many aspects across professional responsibility and ethics in accounting, including changing auditing approaches, whistleblowing, fraudulent practices, the impact of communications, and the impact Covid-19 has had on corporate social responsibility.