Title:
Accounting for managers : text text and cases
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
[Boston] : South-Western College Publishing, 1999
ISBN:
9780538887779
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Summary
Summary
Using the Harvard Case Method, Accounting for Managers covers both financial and managerial topics in one term. It introduces readers to the terminology forms and formats of financial statements and accounting analyses and illustrations. This approach is employed so the users can comprehend much of what goes on. Accounting for Managers will prepare you to deal with the current and future developments which face accountants and managers in situations where complex financial transactions, events, and status must be communicated.
Table of Contents
| Introduction |
| Part I An Overview of Accounting and Financial Reporting |
| The Accounting Framework, Financial Statements, and Some Accounting Concepts |
| Case: Chemalite, Inc. Introduction to Accounting Records |
| Case: Hanson Ski Products |
| Case: Thumbs Up Video, Inc. |
| Case: Monterrey Manufacturing Company |
| Introduction to Financial Ratios and Financial Statements |
| Case: Indentify the Industries - 1996 |
| Case: Colgate-Palmolive Company |
| How Accountants Measure and Report |
| Accounting for Current Assets |
| Case: LIFO or FIFO? That is the Question |
| Recognizing Revenues and Expenses: When is Income Earned? |
| Case: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company |
| Case: Circuit City Stores, Inc. (A) |
| Case: Intel Pentium Chip Controversy (A) |
| Accounting for Property, Plant, Equipment and Other Assets |
| Case: Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines (A) |
| Case: Depreciation at Delta Air Lines and Singapore Airlines (B) |
| Case: Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc |
| Case: Buying Time Liabilities and Time |
| Case: Laurinburg Precision Engineering |
| Case: Belgrave Corporation |
| Case: Accounting for Frequent Flyers |
| Introduction to Owner's Equity |
| Case: FMC Corporation Solving the Puzzle of the Cash Flow Statement |
| Case: Statement of Cash Flows: Three Examples |
| Case: Crystal Meadows of Tahoe, Inc. |
| Managing Financial Reporting |
| Auditors and Their Opinions |
| Case: Total Fitness, Inc. (A) Esperanto for Accountants |
| Case: WPP Group and Its Acquisitions |
| Diversity in Accounting Principles |
| Case: Kendall Square Research Corporation (A) |
| Case: Harnischfeger Corporation |
| Cost Concepts and Analysis |
| Understanding Costs for Management Decisions |
| Case: Precision Worldwide, Inc. |
| Case: Lille Tissages, SA |
| Case: Prestige Telephone Company |
| A Brief Introduction to Cost Accounting Case: Hilton Manufacturing Company |
| Product Costing and an Introduction to Cost Management |
| Accounting for Indirect Costs |
| Case: Seligram, Inc.: Electronic Testing Operations |
| Activity Accounting: Another Way to Measure Costs |
| Case: Destin Brass Products Co |
| Case: Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) |
| Case: Kanthal (A) |
| Standard Costs and Variance Analysis |
| Case: Waltham Motors Division |
| Case: Mile High Cycles |
| Case: Polysar Limited |
| Part Six Analysis for Capital Investment Decisions |
| Basic Capital Investment Analysis |
| Case: Riverbend Telephone Company |
| Case: Reto S.A |
| Case: The Super Project |
| Part Seven Measurements for Management Control |
| Control in an Age of Empowerment |
| Case: Indianapolis: Implementing Competition in City Services |
| Case: Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? (A) |
| Case: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.: Planning and Control System |
| Responsibility Centers and Performance Measurement |
| Case: Western Chemical Corporation The Balanced Scorecard - Measures that Drive Performance |
| Case: Chadwick, Inc. |
| Review Cases |
| Consulting Partners & Co. King's Mountain Distillery, Inc. |
