Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Available Titles Cengagenow) [Hardcover]

Robert W. Ingram (Author), Thomas L. Albright (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0324313411 | ISBN-13: 978-0324313413 | Edition: 6

ACCOUNTING: INFORMATION FOR DECISIONS, 6th is proud to define excellence in its approach to Financial Accounting. Clearly illustrating that accounting is the language of business, all students will be able to drive excellence in their own careers when they start with this strong foundation. This innovative approach continues to provide direction to students who choose accounting careers, and to those who progress through their careers as business managers. The streamlined new design of the 6th edition provides a clear, concise, and directional learning path so students will easily navigate their way through the material and enhance their learning experience with clear connections to topics in the book and issues in the workforce. Recent news headlines indicate that the coverage of ethics has never been more important - especially in Accounting. The 6th edition highlights ethical dilemmas and challenges students to think about what they would do when faced with these issues. In addition, updates on the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have also been included.

Editorial Reviews

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Still the best text I have seen that has a user orientation and does not have the bookkeeping emphasis. I like that it has a decision-making approach.

The text does a great job presenting accounting, reporting and analytical concepts without getting bogged down in details. .....I am very pleased with the text and supporting materials. Many of the supplements that you offer may indeed be beneficial to other instructors.

I am pleased with the focus on operating, investing, and financing activities and how accounting information is used in these decisions.

The text fits our objective very well especially since I teach accounting to non-accounting majors. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Bruce Baldwin has been teaching at Arizona State University since 1980 and was the Accounting Program Director from 1989-1994. Before coming to Arizona State he taught at Portland State University the University of Alabama the University of Texas Austin and Linfield College. He obtained his Ph.D. in Accounting from Arizona State University in 1979. Professor BaldwinUs teaching interests include financial accounting and reporting intermediate accounting financial and managerial accounting and accounting theory. He is a member of the Certification Advisory Committee of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy and is also an associate editor for the British journal Accounting Education. He has won many awards over the years including the Wantland Outstanding Professor Award form Portland State University in 1988. Bruce has published numerous articles in many academic journals including Issues in Accounting Education the Journal of Accounting Education The Accounting Revi --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 6 edition (January 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324313411
• ISBN-13: 978-0324313413
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #366,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just an ordinary accounting book, October 3, 1999

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This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)

The book is overall quite good as an introductory text for accounting, but there are other books out there, equally good, that come a lot cheaper.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware, June 22, 2007

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SCERAU "Shawn" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Available Titles Cengagenow) (Hardcover)

If this book is required for your class beware! There are still questions in the self study questions, through out the book that after 6 editions are still are wrong. The book will say one thing in the chapter and then want you to do another in the chapter questions, without the benifit of telling you how or giving an example. I took my course online without the benifit of an instructor to ask questions face to face. This proved to be difficult. I am sure if you have a GOOD understanding of accounting this is a good book however with out a little background it can be a little trying.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Accounting made easy!, June 11, 2009

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J. Beerman "Comedy Queen" (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Available Titles Cengagenow) (Hardcover)

This book is remarkably easy to read and fairly easy to understand. There are many examples and practice questions with answers in the front of the book.