Accounting
Information for Business Decisions
2nd Edition
Published on 6. July 1999
Book
Hardback
1024 pages
978-0-03-022429-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers an integrated approach to teaching managerial and financial accounting course topics for the Introductory or principles of Accounting course. Designed to help students understand how to use both managerial and financial accounting information to make decisions, this is the only introductory accounting book to have an entire chapter devoted to creative and critical thinking. Information and analysis of real-world companies, business issues and values, and international issues are integrated throughout the text. A non-technical approach makes this text suitable for the non-specialist and specialist alike.
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Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Mason, OH
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 224 mm
Weight
2350 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-03-022429-4 (9780030224294)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction to Business and Accounting. Creative and Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Their Roles in Business and Accounting. Developing a Business Plan: Cost-Volume-Profit Planning and Analysis. Developing a Business Plan: Budgeting. Accounting for the Operations of a Company. The Accounting System and Using the Income Statement for Business Decisions. Using the Balance Sheet for Business Decisions. Using the Cash Flow Statement for Business Decisions. Managing and Reporting Working Capital. Introduction to Corporations: Structures, Reports and Analyses. Developing a Business Plan for a Manufacturing Company: Cost-Volume-Profit Planning and Analyses. Developing a Business Plan for a Manufacturing Company: Budgeting. Revenues and Cash Collections. Expenses and Cash Payments. Short-Term Planning Decisions. Inventory and Operations. Inventory and Control. Modern Developments in Managing Operations. Reporting Inventory. Critical Expenditure Decisions. Reporting Property, Plant, and Equipment, and Intangibles. Long-Term Debt and Other Financing Issues. Investments in Stocks and Bonds of Other Companies. Corporate Stock and Earnings Issues. APPENDICES: The Profession of Accountancy. Recording, Storing, and Summarising Accounting Information. Corporate Annual Reports.