Survey of Accounting, 3rd edition, is designed to cover both financial and managerial accounting in a single 16-week course, presenting the material in a style easy for non-accounting majors to grasp. It incorporates the same pedagogical innovations that have made Edmonds’ financial and managerial titles such fast-growing successes in the marketplace, including his unique Horizontal Financial Statements Model and a multiple accounting cycle approach that demonstrates the impact of related events over a series of accounting cycles.
Table of contents
- Chapter 1 An Introduction to Accounting
- Chapter 2 Understanding the Accounting Cycle
- Chapter 3 Accounting for Merchandising Businesses
- Chapter 4 Internal Controls, Accounting for Cash, and Ethics
- Chapter 5 Accounting for Receivables and Inventory Cost Flow
- Chapter 6 Accounting for Long-Term Operational Assets
- Chapter 7 Accounting for Liabilities
- Chapter 8 Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Corporations
- Chapter 9 Financial Statement Analysis
- Chapter 10 An Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- Chapter 11 Cost Behavior, Operating Leverage, and Profitability analysis
- Chapter 12 Cost Accumulation, Tracing and Allocation
- Chapter 13 Relevant Information for Special Decisions
- Chapter 14 Planning for Profit and Cost Control
- Chapter 15 Performance Evaluation
- Chapter 16 Planning for Capital Investments
- Appendix A Accessing the EDGAR Database through the Internet
- Appendix B Portion of the Form 10-K for Target Corporation
- Appendix C The Double-Entry Accounting System
About the Author
- Thomas P. Edmonds, Ph.D.: Dr. Edmonds is Professor of Accountancy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, (UAB). He has been actively involved in teaching accounting principles throughout his academic career. He has received several prestigious teaching awards, including the UAB President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and the distinguished Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award for excellence in classroom teaching. His academic experience includes being published in the Journal of Accounting Education, the Accounting Review, and the Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance among others. Dr. Edmonds received his Ph.D. in Accounting from Georgia State University.
- Philip R. Olds, Ph.D., CPA: Dr. Olds is Professor of Accounting at Virginia Commonwealth University, and received his Ph.D. from Georgia State University.
- Frances M. McNair, Ph.D., CPA: Dr. McNair holds the KPMG Peat Marwick Professorship of Accounting at Mississippi State University, (MSU) and received her Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Mississippi. Her research has been published in the Journal of Accountancy, Management Accounting, and the Business and Professional Ethics Journal.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 672 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 3 edition (January 28, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0078110858
- ISBN-13: 978-0078110856
- Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.3 x 10.9 inches
- List price: $119.49