Melanie Cloete - Basic Accounting for Non-accountants

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First edition 2008
Second edition 2015
Third edition 2018
Third revised edition 2019

ISBN 978 0 627 03626 2
eISBN 978 0 627 03720 7

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Melanie Cloetes qualifications include a Higher Diploma in Education (Economic Science), a Bachelors Degree in Technology: Cost and Management Accounting and a Master of Accounting degree. She is currently engaged in research geared towards a PhD. Melanie has worked in academia, within the management accounting discipline, since 1996. What drives her is the support that she receives from her family and her passion for teaching. She uses innovative teaching methods and assessments to enhance students critical thinking skills. She has published articles in both accredited and non-accredited journals and has also co-authored a book titled Cost and Management Accounting: Operations and Management a Southern African approach. Furthermore, she has presented papers on learning, teaching and assessment to both local and international audiences.

Ferina Marimuthu is a lecturer in management accounting at the Durban University of Technology and has been involved in lecturing on the Unisa BCompt and CTA programmes. She graduated with an MBA at the University of Durban Westville, where she was also awarded the Outstanding Management Accounting Student Award and several other awards for outstanding achievements. She has gained a wealth of experience in the management accounting field since 1998. She is the general editor on the books entitled Cost and Management Accounting Fundamentals: A Southern African approach and Cost and Management Accounting: Operations and Management A Southern African approach, published by Juta. She has been a reviewer on several books both locally and internationally, including the fourth edition of Management Accounting by Professor Will Seal. Ferina is passionate about issues related to teaching and learning, with the latest focus being on ICT in higher education, and has also presented at international teaching and learning conferences.