Close the gap between homework and exam performance with Warren/Reeve/Duchac's Financial & Managerial Accounting 13E and CengageNOWv2! Market-leading ACCOUNTING has been on the forefront of innovation and change based on the needs of today's teaching and learning environment. Warren/Reeve/Duchac's Financial & Managerial Accounting 13e and CengageNOWv2 help elevate student thinking with content that addresses each stage of the learning process from motivation to mastery. This integrated system motivates students to learn, provides practice opportunities to better prepare for exams, and helps students achieve mastery with tools to help them make connections and see the big picture.
The Complete Learning System in Financial & Managerial Accounting and CengageNOWv2 is built around the way students use textbooks and online resources to learn, study and complete homework, allowing them to achieve ultimate success in this course. New content includes author-written Dynamic Exhibits that allow students to see connections and relationships like never before! Dynamic Exhibits allow students to change the variables in a scenario and see how a change ripples through the accounting system, helping students understand how concepts relate to one another. In addition to the many new digital assets created for this edition, the textbook content itself has also been revised to include the new revenue recognition standard and a greater emphasis on service companies in the managerial accounting chapters. The end goal of Warren/Reeve/Duchac's Financial & Managerial Accounting and CengageNOWv2 is to elevate thinking and create more empowered and prepared students--ready to take on the rest of their educational and career goals.
Key Features
- Activation Exercises in CengageNOWv2: These author-written Activation Exercises focus on helping students develop a better understanding of (1) key terms and definitions, (2) the economics of business transactions, (3) how these transactions are recorded in the accounting system, and where relevant, (4) how these transactions are ultimately reflected in the financial statements. The Activation Exercise interactive structure builds the critical thinking skills that are necessary for students to succeed and can be used as an introduction to topics or for review and assessment. Activation Exercises are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2.
- Blueprint Problems in CengageNOWv2: Blueprint Problems are teaching problems that walk students through a single accounting topic. These problems cover the primary learning objectives and are designed to help students understand foundational content and the associated building blocks versus memorizing the formulas or journal entries. Blueprint Problems are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2.
- Blueprint Connections in CengageNOWv2: Blueprint Connections are scenario-based teaching problems that solidify concepts and demonstrate their interrelationships, as well as promote critical thinking. Blueprint Connections combine multiple topics, allowing students to explore a larger concept more fully, and strengthen analytical skills. Blueprint Connections are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2.
- Video: Animated Activities in CengageNOWv2: Animated Activities are engaging animated scenarios that visually guide students through selected core topics in introductory accounting. Each activity uses a realistic company example to illustrate how the concepts relate to the everyday activities of a business. These activities include multiple-choice questions that gauge student understanding of the overarching chapter concepts. Animated Activities are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2 and available for self-study and review.
- EXCEL "Try It" TUTORIALS in CengageNOWv2: Located in the Study Tools Tab in CengageNOWv2, these activities provide students with basic tutorials on how to use Excel to solve accounting problems. Students practice accounting and manipulate spreadsheets using basic Excel® formulas in a simple step-by-step format. The tutorials reinforce the accounting concepts and help build students' Excel competency.
New to This Edition
- Content Updates: In addition to the many new digital assets created for this edition, the textbook content itself has also been revised. The most significant changes for this edition involve the inclusion of the new revenue recognition standard and a greater emphasis on service companies in the managerial accounting chapters.
- CengageNOWv2: NEW CengageNOWv2 helps close the gap between homework and exam performance. The new Multi-Panel View enables students to see all the elements of a problem on one screen, making it easier for them to navigate the problem and understand the accounting system. The new Adaptive Feedback responds to students based upon their unique answers and alerts them to the type of error they have made, keeping students checked-in and progressing. The new Blank Sheet of Paper Experience provides a less leading response system for journal entries and financial statements that discourages over-reliance on the system.
- Dynamic Exhibits in CengageNOWv2: NEW Dynamic Exhibits allow students to change the variables in a scenario and see how a change ripples through the accounting system. Dynamic Exhibits allow students to see connections and relationships like never before! Identified by an icon in the text, Dynamic Exhibits are embedded within the MindTap eReader in CengageNOWv2. They are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2 and available for self-study and review.
- Video: ConceptClips in CengageNOWv2: NEW ConceptClips address the challenge of understanding the "language of business" that students often face when first introduced to the subject matter. These animations provide students with a memorable auditory and visual representation of the important concepts in each chapter. ConceptClips are embedded throughout the MindTap eReader in CengageNOWv2. They are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2 and available for self-study and review.
- Video: ConceptClips in CengageNOWv2: NEW ConceptClips address the challenge of understanding the "language of business" that students often face when first introduced to the subject matter. These animations provide students with a memorable auditory and visual representation of the important concepts in each chapter. ConceptClips are embedded throughout the MindTap eReader in CengageNOWv2. They are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2 and available for self-study and review.
- Video: Tell Me More in CenageNOWv2: NEW Tell Me More lecture activities explain the core concepts of the chapter through an engaging auditory and visual presentation that is ideal for all class formats--flipped model, online, hybrid, face-to-face. Tell Me More videos are assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2 and available for self-study and review.
- Start-Up Center in CengageNOWv2: The NEW CengageNOWv2 Start-Up Center will help students identify what they need to do and where they need to focus in order to be successful with a variety of brand new resources. The Start-Up Center includes the Success Strategies Module, Math Review Module, and How to Use CengageNOWv2 Module.
- Success Strategies Module with Student Advice videos and a Success Strategies Tip Sheet to ensure that students understand course expectations (and how they may differ from other courses) and how to best plan and prepare so as to be successful in the introductory accounting course. The Student Advice video messages feature real introductory accounting students giving guidance to students who are just starting the course about what it takes to be successful in introductory accounting.
- Math Review Module, designed to help students get up to speed with necessary math skills, includes math review assignments and Show Me How math demonstration videos to ensure that students have an understanding of basic math skills, including: whole number operations, decimal operations and rounding, percentage operations and conversion, fraction operations, converting numbers expressed in one form to a different form, positive and negative numbers, and ratios and averages.
- How to Use CengageNOWv2 Module allows students to focus on learning accounting, not on a particular software system. Quickly familiarize your students with CengageNOWv2 and direct them to all of its built-in student resources.
- Adaptive Study Plan in CengageNOWv2: The NEW Adaptive Study Plan is an assignable/gradable study center that adapts to each student's unique needs and provides a remediation pathway to keep students progressing. Students first take a chapter-level quiz consisting of randomized questions that cover both conceptual and procedural aspects of the chapter. Next, feedback is provided for each answer option explaining why the answer is right or wrong. Based on the quiz results, students are provided a remediation path that includes media assets and algorithmic practice problems to help them improve their understanding of the course material. Instructors may use prerequisites that require students to achieve mastery in the Adaptive Study Plan before moving on to new material. The Adaptive Study Plan is assignable/gradable in CengageNOWv2 and available for self-study and review.
- Service Focus: NEW Service Focus boxed features highlight the differences between manufacturing companies and service companies and illustrate how managerial accounting concepts apply to service companies such as The Walt Disney Company and Sierra Nevada.
Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction to Accounting and Business.
- 2. Analyzing Transactions.
- 3. The Adjusting Process.
- 4. Completing the Accounting Cycle.
- 5. Accounting for Merchandising Businesses.
- 6. Inventories.
- 7. Sarbanes-Oxley, Internal Control, and Cash.
- 8. Receivables.
- 9. Fixed Assets and Intangible Assets.
- 10. Current Liabilities and Payroll.
- 11. Corporations: Organization, Stock Transactions, and Dividends.
- 12. Long-Term Liabilities: Bonds and Notes.
- 13. Investments and Fair Value Accounting.
- 14. Statement of Cash Flows.
- 15. Financial Statement Analysis.
- 16. Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles.
- 17. Job Order Costing.
- 18. Process Costing Systems.
- 19. Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.
- 20. Variable Costing for Management Analysis.
- 21. Budgeting.
- 22. Performance Evaluation Using Variances from Standard Costs.
- 23. Performance Evaluation for Decentralized Operations.
- 24. Differential Analysis and Product Pricing.
- 25. Capital Investment Analysis.
- 26. Cost Allocation and Activity-Based Costing.
- 27. Lean Principles, Lean Accounting, and Activity Analysis.
- Appendix A: Interest Tables.
- Appendix B: Nike Inc., Form 10-K For the Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2013.
- Appendix C: International Financial Reporting Standards.
- Appendix D: Reversing Entries.
- Appendix E: Revenue Recognition Update.
- Glossary.
- Index.
About the Authors
- Dr. Carl S. Warren is Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the University of Georgia, Athens. Dr. Warren has taught classes at the University of Georgia, University of Iowa, Michigan State University, and University of Chicago. He focused his teaching efforts on principles of accounting and auditing. Dr. Warren received his PhD from Michigan State University and his BBA and MA from the University of Iowa. During his career, Dr. Warren published numerous articles in professional journals, including THE ACCOUNTING REVIEW, JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY, THE CPA JOURNAL, and AUDITING: A JOURNAL OF PRACTICE AND THEORY. Dr. Warren has served on numerous committees of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Institute of Internal Auditors. He also has consulted with numerous companies and public accounting firms. His outside interests include playing handball, golfing, skiing, backpacking, and fly-fishing.
- Dr. James M. Reeve is Professor Emeritus of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee. Professor Reeve taught as part of the accounting faculty for twenty-five years after graduating with his PhD from Oklahoma State University. His teaching effort focused on undergraduate accounting principles and graduate education in the Master of Accountancy and Senior Executive MBA programs. Beyond this, Professor Reeve is very active in the Supply Chain Certification program, which is a major executive education and research effort of the college. His research interests are varied and include work in managerial accounting, supply chain management, lean manufacturing, and information management. He has published over forty articles in academic and professional journals.
- Dr. Jonathan Duchac is the Merrill Lynch and Co. Professor of Accounting and is Director of the Program in Enterprise Risk Management at Wake Forest University. He earned his PhD in accounting from the University of Georgia and currently teaches introductory and advanced courses in financial accounting. Dr. Duchac has received a number of awards during his career, including the Wake Forest University Outstanding Graduate Professor Award, the T.B. Rose award for Instructional Innovation, and the University of Georgia Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Duchac has served as Accounting Advisor to Merrill Lynch Equity Research, where he worked with research analysts in reviewing and evaluating the financial reporting practices of public companies. He has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Securities and Exchange Commission and has worked with a number of major public companies on financial reporting and accounting policy issues.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 1424 pages
- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 13 edition (©2016 | Published)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1285866304
- ISBN-13: 978-1285866307
- Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9.3 x 1.8 inches
- List Price: $342.95