The study of accounting is cumulative. If accounting students do not master basic journal entry preparation from the beginning of their coursework, they are often overwhelmed for the entire semester.
In Accounting Basics: A Survival Guide for Students, basic accounting concepts are explained step-by-step, with a focus on accounting for an entrepreneur in a sole proprietorship. In the final unit, a comprehensive problem is presented in order to illustrate the accounting process.
This is the second in a series of educational books to be used inside and outside the classroom. This book is useful for the business manager and student alike, as it will teach learners how to think about and apply management, finance, and accounting tools in a straightforward and simplified way.
This book goes beyond the basics that the Primer on Business Finance and Accounting introduces as it provides the reader with many useful tools that are used every day in all types of organizations.
This book is for decision-makers who simply do not have the time or the…
This textbook focuses on accounting skills for entrepreneurs. To achieve this focus, this book combines two common themes that pertain to all of those going into business or are already working in the business realm. First, whether you are an actual business owner, or working in finance, management, marketing, human resources, accounting, or other business area, we all have hopes, goals, or interests that involve entrepreneurship. Whether it is outright owning your own business or owning a business with others or just assisting owners in the business achieve the goals that business is set…
This text is for anyone who wants to have a quick, yet thorough understanding of the basics of accounting and finance; for anyone who wants to know what a budget is and how to prepare one; or to have a better understanding of financial statements and how to prepare and interpret them. This book can also be beneficial for decision makers who prepare budgets, to help them understand and interpret financial statements without extensive training.
Many students and several business leaders find learning finance and accounting difficult and discover they cannot always use what they have…
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING examines the principles managers employ to make decisions and achieve the goals of their organizations. The text integrates both traditional and cutting-edge approaches, placing an emphasis on the service sector of the economy.
Students progress from the definition and general overview of managerial accounting to a specific study in topics such as mechanical demonstration, managerial analysis, and strategy and policy development.
Concepts are reinforced by several…
ACCOUNTING FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS provides the essentials of financial and managerial accounting, information that managers can apply in diverse healthcare settings.
The information in this text will provide readers with a basic understanding of various accounting strategies specifically addressing healthcare issues, such as the rules impacting healthcare reimbursement and changes to come with healthcare reform.
Readers will examine basic accounting concepts, healthcare accounting…
"This book will teach you about the language of accounting and finance and how accountants determine reported values. You will be able to read and understand the four financial statements like a professional. Accounting is not math. Accountants add, subtract, multiply and divide using a calculator. Accounting is how companies explain their financial position and the results of operating the business to those outside the company. Students use a general ledger, a cost sheet they prepare, and inventory reports as source data. They learn which data must be used for different analyses,…
Historically, financial accounting and reporting, presented through financial statements—the income statement, equity statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows—provided the chief mechanism for assessing an entity’s investment worthiness. The data from these financial statements, such as earnings per share and other quantitative metrics of business performance, influenced managerial decision-making and the demand for stock. Management was acutely aware of how “the numbers” could impact corporate stock prices. Accordingly, management pursued its goal of maximizing stock price and…
Financial and Managerial Accounting is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation in accounting principles for both financial and managerial contexts. This book is ideal for students and professionals looking to develop a well-rounded understanding of accounting practices that serve both external and internal business needs.
Key Features
- Financial Accounting Section:
- Covers the principles of financial accounting used to report a company's financial position and performance to external users.
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Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the comprehensive nature of the material, we are offering the book in two volumes. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today’s college student.…
Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the comprehensive nature of the material, we are offering the book in two volumes. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today’s college student.…
Fundamentals of Accounting Information Systems is not about computers, data modeling, or data analytics but rather how data is captured, processed, stored, and communicated to end-users. This textbook does not use laborious explanations or heavy use of complicated words to explain the process, instead utilizes simple words, which makes it easy to read and comprehend while covering the fundamentals of accounting information systems processes. The textbook is of both theoretical and practical significance. In theory, information analysts can see where improvements…
Managerial Accounting for the Hospitality Industry contains exclusive content for students to gain a competitive advantage, stimulate critical reasoning, and enhance their ability to tackle real-life obstacles in the hospitality business world. Offering more value than just simply the concepts of managerial accounting and managerial finance, this text familiarizes students with the working knowledge of presentation, interpretation, and analysis of internal and external hospitality industry financial reports that ultimately affecting management decisions.
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This is not an accounting textbook. There are plenty of those already. Instead, this is all about adopting an Active Learner Mindset so that one indeed, Conquers Accounting.
Conquer Accounting is designed to take the motivated, aspiring student to a much higher level of involvement in his or her own self-improvement. The process takes place in 12 steps, the model for many self-improvement programs. The sequential steps have been designed to move to a higher level of involvement and hopefully, achievement.
Pat’s Florist: An Exercise in Practical Accounting is a practical guide to a student’s understanding of the accounting process from start to completion. The student works with the complete accounting cycle and becomes familiar with how each transaction affects the final outcome and how to compose financial statements.
This book teaches:
- Complete Accounting Cycle
- Reconciling Bank Statements
- Financial Statements and Closing Procedures
- Journal Entries and Closing Entries
- Inventory Control
The Little Book of Financial Accounting is the easiest to understand introductory accounting text on the market. Its virtue lies in its simplicity. First, it is organized so that each topic, that which could be covered in a single class meeting, is organized in its own learning unit or module. Second, it covers all the essential concepts and techniques, but nothing that isn’t essential. Hence, students learn what they need to know without becoming lost or bogged down in unnecessary details. Third, the text introduces a system that classifies all economic events…
The purpose of the comprehensive problem is to review and reinforce an understanding of the accounting cycle. The number and the complexity of the transactions to be completed in the comprehensive problem has been kept to a minimum so as to still reinforce the flow of accounting information in the cycle, but also to cut down on excessive time requirements. The comprehensive problem will cover the accounting cycle from beginning to end (without actual source documents), from journalizing through the financial statements and the post-closing trial balance. …