Survey of Accounting » (2nd Edition)

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.

Survey of Accounting, 2e 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.

Chapter 1 Elements of Financial StatementsChapter 2 Understanding the Accounting CycleChapter 3 Accounting for Merchandising BusinessesChapter 4 Accounting for Inventories, Internal Control, and CashChapter 5 Accounting for ReceivablesChapter 6 Accounting for Long-Term Operational AssetsChapter 7 Accounting for LiabilitiesChapter 8 Proprietorships, Partnerships, and CorporationsChapter 9 Financial Statement AnalysisChapter 10 Management Accounting a Value-Added DisciplineChapter 11 Cost Behavior, Operating Leverage, and Profitability AnalysisChapter 12 Cost Accumulation, Tracing, and AllocationChapter 13 Relevant Information for Special DecisionsChapter 14 Planning for Profit and Cost ControlChapter 15 Performance EvaluationChapter 16 Planning for Capital InvestmentsAppendix A Accessing the EDGAR Database through the InternetAppendix B Topps Annual Report 2003Appendix C The Double-Entry Accounting System