Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses Author: Roman L. Weil | Language: English | ISBN:
1133366171 | Format: PDF
Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses Description
Ideal for graduate, MBA, and rigorous undergraduate programs, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING: AN INTRODUCTION TO CONCEPTS, METHODS, AND USES 14e presents both the basic concepts underlying financial statements and the terminology and methods that allows the reader to interpret, analyze, and evaluate corporate financial statements. Fully integrating the latest International Financial Reporting Standards, inclusive of the latest developments on Fair Value Accounting, and now more streamlined for busy students, this text provides the highest return on your financial accounting course investment. With great clarity, this widely respected financial accounting text paces students appropriately as they learn both the skills and applications of basic accounting in earlier chapters as well as the impart the concepts and analysis skills they will use as future business leaders.
- Loose Leaf: 864 pages
- Publisher: Cengage Learning; 14 edition (November 12, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1133366171
- ISBN-13: 978-1133366171
- Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
While this book does cover a significant amount, I will 100% echo the other commenters on here and say that it is downright dreadful. This material is confusing to someone w/o a background in accounting and finance, and instead of taking the path of explaining the concepts in a simplified format, the authors decided to throw in needless technical explanations that distract the reader from the core concepts.
In one example, and end-of-chapter question has the elements of a balance sheet mixed up with blanks that you fill in. Great way to learn the concept, but the authors decided to randomize the items so that they don't flow logically. Ultimately filling in the blanks is just simple addition and subtraction, but they added a layer of confusion that just gets in the way and distracts you from learning the concept with frustration.
If you can't get out of purchasing this book or convince your professor to go with a different book, do yourself a favor and purchase "Accounting Made Simple" (below) too, and read it before you read chapter #1. It's only $5 and will explain in 2 pages what takes "Financial Accounting: An Introduction to Concepts, Methods and Uses" 20 pages. Investopedia.com will also become your good friend.
Accounting Made Simple: Accounting Explained in 100 Pages or Less
The authors of this book should be embarrassed and the professors that use this book should be fired. I can't see how any professor with the intention of teaching would use this book and can only imagine there must be some kind of kick back to teachers that try to use it in class.
By bob
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