Financial Accounting, Working Papers: Tools for Business Decision Making

By Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso

Now in its Fourth Edition, Kimmel, Weygandt, and Kieso's Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making has been tested and approved in the classroom. Whether you measure classroom success by improved grades, students who are better prepared for the Intermediate course and their future careers, or by student evaluations at the end of the semester, Financial Accounting delivers real results. "If you are teaching a debit/credit centered financial accounting principles class there is not a better written or organized text. Believe me I have looked. The supporting materials for instructors [are] also terrific." --Nancy Snow, University of Toledo "The textbook is well written with good examples and homework problems. This book is easy to understand, but is rigorous in its coverage of accounting issues." --Paul Brazina, La Salle University, Philadelphia "Best presentation of material in the industry. In addition, Financial, Managerial and Intermediate all flow together for greater coverage and comprehension." --Vince Enslein, Clinton Community College Key Features * WileyPLUS gives instructors the technology they need to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience academic success. www.wiley.com/college/wileyplus * New Accounting Across the Organization features place accounting issues within the context of students' majors. * Updated with expanded content on Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Governance. * New Comprehensive Problems combine concepts across chapters. * A new Continuing Cookie Chronicle problem traces the growth of an entrepreneurial venture and enables students to apply their newly acquired accounting skills. * Identifies the tools students will need to make real business decisions. * Provides balanced coverage of the accounting cycle at a level that is appropriate to what students need in the business world. * Emphasizes the accounting experiences of real high-profile companies, such as Tootsie Roll, Microsoft, Nike, and Intel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471750786
• ISBN13: 9780471750789
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 3.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.1" x 1.4" x 8.5"

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Vague w/ No Answer Key

I found the definitions to be vague, and even the definitions of terms change as you go through the chapter, which is confusing, when you're trying to retain all this new information. The author should provide a list of examples of terms, so that we understand and grasp what the meanings of terms are, and how they are linked to other definitions. For example, a cash flow from investing actitivites are defined as "cash flows related to the acquisition or sale of the company's productive assests". As you do some homework prolems and online quizzes, you can gather that productive assests are more than manufacturing equipment, which was the one example given in the book. If I don't know what productive assets are, then I'm not going to understand what cash flow from investing activities are. Also, why not provide an answer key so that you can check to see if you're doing the work correctly and that you have the right understanding? The answer key should not be just for teachers.

Students really like this book.

Accounting can be a dry subject, but this book is actually interesting to read. There are lots of companies used as examples, and the authors really try to show you how accounting is used to make decisions. There is a Decision Toolkit that talks about what tools to use to make certain decisions. There are lots of photographs, helpful illustrations and great use of color.