A Review of Essentials of Accounting, 5th Edition [Paperback]

Robert Newton Anthony (Author), David L. Schwarzkopf (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201512874 | ISBN-13: 978-0201512878 | Publication Date: January 1993 | Edition: 5th

For courses in Introductory Accounting. Essentials of Accounting is a self-teaching, self-paced introduction to financial accounting for active users of business data - rather than preparers of accounting information (book keepers). It presents the ideas and terminology essential to an understanding of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows. Every frame requires students to solve a problem involving accounting information - e.g., selecting a correct word from two choices, providing an answer, making a journal entry, or preparing a complete balance sheet. Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate, executive, vocational or management training.*Self-teaching format - Consists of 11 Parts, each with an average of 75 'frames.' Each frame is a sentence or short paragraph that asks students to DO something relevant to the point being made*A detailed step-by-step approach that requires students to actively participate in the learning process and that guarantees mastery of basics*A serious focus on the use of information - Rather than on book keeping. Describes some of the complicated accounting practices*A gradual progression in level of rigor - Begins with a conceptual foundation; the mechanics of debits/credits, etc. come later in order not to detract from the underlying concepts*Helps students develop an understanding of essential ideas from basic concepts before moving on to more difficult material*Strong pedagogic support - Includes chapter objectives, 'key points to remember', post tests, and glossary*Provides students with convenient in-text study/review aids

--This text refers to the Textbook Binding edition.

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Designed specifically for active users of business data--rather than preparers of accounting information (bookkeepers), this self-study, self-paced introduction to financial accounting uses an interactive programmed approach to present the ideas and terminology essential to an understanding of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows. Every frame requires readers to actively solve a problem involving accounting information--e.g., selecting a correct word from two choices, providing an answer, making a journal entry, or preparing a complete balance sheet. Includes the most recent pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board. The Balance Sheet. Balance Sheet Changes; Income Measurement. Accounting Records and Systems. Revenues and Monetary Assets. Expense Measurement; The Income Statement. Inventories and Cost of Sales. Noncurrent Assets and Depreciation. Liabilities and Equity. Statement of Cash Flows. Analysis of Financial Statements. A self-study manual for those in executive, vocational, or management training programs, and for new hires who are expected to have a knowledge of accounting, especially banks, investment firms, and consulting firms. --This text refers to the Textbook Binding edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company; 5th edition (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201512874
• ISBN-13: 978-0201512878
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,660,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Review of essentials of accounting , Au:Robert N. Anthony, March 26, 2000

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J.N.Thupari (Owings Mills. MD - U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Review of Essentials of Accounting (Paperback)

Concept of fundamental accounting principals were discussed in length giving pertinent examples. Balance sheet, cash flow and financial statements. Learning the language of acounting is presented in an easy to read format. I have gained good insight into the language of accounting. It's a good book to understand the fundamentals. I recommend to any one who is interested to learn the language of accounting.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Key word is review, February 2, 2003

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R. J. Marsella (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Review of Essentials of Accounting (7th Edition) (Textbook Binding)

This realtively short book is a good place to review accounting principles and terminology with excellent examples provided covering Balance sheets, income statements, cash flow reports, etc. This was used as a supplementary text in a course I just completed that was sponsered by a Society of Financial Analysts and used in conjunction with the other material provided by the instructor this book was quite helpful. I will continue to use it as reference. However if you are looking for detailed training in accounting this is NOT the book to choose.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, November 27, 2002

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Mark Messer "mtm99" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Review of Essentials of Accounting (7th Edition) (Textbook Binding)

I am a software engineer who needed to learn the basics of accounting in a hurry. If you know nothing about accounting, this book is for you. It is a small, thin (150pp) book that gives you 'just the facts' with simple real world examples (i.e. why is 7up an asset but Coca Cola is not?)