College Accounting, Chapters 1-29 [Hardcover]

James A. Heintz (Author), Robert W. Parry (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0324063695 | ISBN-13: 978-0324063691 | Publication Date: April 26, 2001 | Edition: 17

This text presents concepts simply while ensuring the best, most accurate coverage. College Accounting is designed to make accounting understandable to virtually everyone without sacrificing substance and technical correctness. A step-by-step, straightforward approach helps readers build practical accounting skills that are needed when entering the world of work. The text presents simple topics first and gradually builds to more advanced topics, so learners are not overwhelmed. The narrative approach covers a simpler example of a service business before moving to a merchandising business, and finally, a manufacturing environment.

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The organization of the chapters is excellent. Beginning the chapters with topic explanations, then giving examples of each topic is of great help to both the instructor and students.

It is an impressive text - well-conceived and put together into a cohesive package. I very much like the straight-forward, no frills approach of the text. In addition, the examples in the chapters are well done. The end-of-chapter material is also very good - good planning and very good execution.

Overall, I find this a well prepared text. It provides clear explanations and many detailed figures which emphasize a logical, step-by-step approach to learning accounting. It is neither too difficult nor too easy, striking a balance that satisfies the needs of both accounting and non-accounting majors.

College Accounting is an outstanding text that provides students with the critical thinking and business skills that result in the exit competencies demanded by a competitive marketplace.

About the Author

Jim Heintz currently guides today's students as Professor and Director of Accounting and Information Systems in the School of Business at the University of Kansas, where he has taught for nine years. Prior to joining University of Kansas, he was the Accounting Department Head at the University of Connecticut for eight years. He also served as Assistant, Associate and Full Professor for 20 years at Indiana University. Professor Heintz earned his doctorate from Washington University in St Louis and is a CPA. Professor Heintz was a Price Waterhouse Faculty Fellow at Indiana, an Arthur Andersen Faculty Fellow at Connecticut, and is currently the Deloitte & Touche Faculty Fellow at Kansas. Professor Heintz has won numerous school and university teaching awards, including three teaching awards from the Doctoral Student Association. At Indiana and Connecticut, he served in various capacities on 23 doctoral dissertation committees. Jim Heintz has published numerous articles in accounting and business journals, including The Accounting Review; Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory; Accounting and Business Research; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting; and International Journal of Accounting Education and Research. He served on the editorial board of Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory for seven years. Professor Heintz has served on various committees of the AAA and the FSA, and as president of the Accounting Programs Leadership Group of the AAA. He has participated in external reviews of accounting programs at nine major universities and is currently a member of the Accounting Accreditation Committee of the AACSB.

Rob Parry clarifies accounting concepts for students daily as Professor of Accounting at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington Indiana. He has taught at Indiana University for the past 21 years as an Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, and as the Ernst and Young Faculty Fellow. He earned a B.S. in Business Education at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, an MBA at the University of Scranton, and a Ph.D. in Business and Economics at Lehigh University. An accomplished teacher, Professor Parry has taught accounting at virtually all levels. While earning his MBA, he taught accounting at Bishop Klonowski High School in Scranton, Pennsylvania. While earning his Ph.D., he also taught financial and managerial accounting at Northhampton County Community College and Lehigh University. At Indiana, he taught in the Undergraduate, MBA, MBA in Accounting, Master of Professional Accountancy, and Ph. D. Programs. He has won a dozen teaching excellence awards and has been recognized twice by Business Week as one of the country's Outstanding MBA Faculty. In addition, he was awarded the Indiana University Distinguished Service Award for his efforts in planning and deploying a new, integrated MBA Core Program. He received the Kelley School of Business Innovative Teaching Award for designing and implements the curriculum for the Master of Professional Accountancy Program.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1152 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 17 edition (April 26, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324063695
• ISBN-13: 978-0324063691
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,647,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed, October 19, 2005

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Dawn Ilene Delong (West Mansfield, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: College Accounting, Chapters 1-29 (Hardcover)

If you are taking Accounting 1 and 2 only buy this book. Both books are in this one. No one told me to buy this book instead of the Acct. 1 book. So I bought 2 different books which was more money. I had just went by the ISBN # on Accounting 1.
(NOT AMAZON'S FAULT). I thought I would give a heads up to some of you wanting to take Acct. 1 and 2
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, January 17, 2012

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This review is from: College Accounting, Chapters 1-15 (Available Titles Cengagenow) (Hardcover)

Book helps so much with the intro to accounting, within days you are learning everything you need to know to begin accounting! Great book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, July 10, 2011

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Danju Maharjan (CLIFTON, TX, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: College Accounting, Chapters 1-15 (Hardcover)

The book was really in good condition. And for that price i mean come on.. THe new edition is just a rip off...noting much than that... NO wonder why we r on recession. So, i will recocmmend everyone to buy this edition instead of a new one...Abt the seller, THe product came quick than i expected. Was a good deal.