Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users 10e


Book Description

Now in its tenth edition, Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users is designed for one-semester introductory accounting courses at undergraduate or MBA level, for both accounting and non-accounting majors. The text has been updated throughout to strengthen the content for first-year students, and to integrate financial and management accounting. Associate Dean Phil Hancock (UWA) and Assistant Professor Peter Robinson (UWA) have worked together to add three new, online-only (MindTap) financial accounting chapters that bridge the gap between assumed and actual knowledge, and have redesigned the pedagogical features to make the text friendlier to first-year learners. It has also been appropriately updated for currency, including an extract from the Annual Report of Woolworths Limited for the year ending 30 June 2018 as an appendix. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools cengage.com.au/mindtap




Contemporary Accounting


Book Description

Contemporary Accounting, 10th edition, provides an introduction to accounting for students at universities and other higher education institutions. The objective of this textbook is to convey an understanding of accounting without introducing unnecessary technical terminology and procedures. Building on basic concepts, it provides a clear understanding of financial practices.




Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users 11e


Book Description

Now in its eleventh edition, Contemporary Accounting: A Strategic Approach for Users provides an excellent overview of the accounting function in business for non-accounting majors, and the approach taken to financial accounting provides a solid foundation on which accounting majors can better understand the bookkeeping function. The objective is to convey an understanding of accounting, both financial accounting and management accounting, without introducing unnecessary technical terminology and procedures. Building on basic concepts, it provides a clear understanding of financial statements, their uses, and limitations. In this edition, the authors have worked to add content that expands coverage of ethics, sustainability, and corporate governance. Financial accounting chapters bridge the gap between assumed and actual knowledge, and the pedagogical features make the text friendlier to first-year learners. Premium online teaching and learning tools are available on the MindTap platform. Learn more about the online tools cengage.com.au/mindtap.




Contemporary Accounting


Book Description

This bestselling introduction to accounting is now in its ninth edition, setting the standard for accounting education in Australia / New Zealand. The book is updated throughout to better integrate financial and management accounting. '¢Give non-accounting managers a better understanding of how accountants see their business with re-written Financial Accounting chapters '¢Focus on the decision-making needs of the non-accounting manager with re-worked Management Accounting chapters. The best learning technology package on offer for students includes CNOW '„ more control in less time. Students are empowered with the Diagnostic Personalised Study Plan. Instructor supports include case studies to expand Accounting teaching into wider concepts. Lead author Prof Phil Hancock (UWA), Peter Robinson (Curtin) and Dr Peta Stevenson-Clark (RMIT) worked together to develop a premier blended learning technology package to maximise pedagogical benefit for students. For a one-semester course at undergraduate or MBA level, for both accounting and non-accounting majors.




Financial Reporting, Financial Statement Analysis and Valuation: A Strategic Perspective


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Wahlen/Baginski/Bradshaw is a balanced, flexible, and complete Financial Statement Analysis book that is written with the premise that students learn financial statement analysis most effectively by performing the analysis on actual companies. Students learn to integrate the concepts from economics, finance, business strategy, accounting, and other business disciplines through the integration of a unique six-step process. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.




Strategic Management


Book Description

Students enjoy the concise and approachable style of Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, 4e. Written in an accessible Harvard Business Review style with lots of practical examples and strategy tools, this course engages students with an easy-to-understand learning experience to strategic management concepts that will help students succeed in today's workplace. The newest edition of Strategic Management sparks ideas, fuels creative thinking and discussion, while engaging students via contemporary examples, outstanding author-produced cases, and much more.




Principles of Management


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Black & white print. Principles of Management is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the introductory course on management. This is a traditional approach to management using the leading, planning, organizing, and controlling approach. Management is a broad business discipline, and the Principles of Management course covers many management areas such as human resource management and strategic management, as well as behavioral areas such as motivation. No one individual can be an expert in all areas of management, so an additional benefit of this text is that specialists in a variety of areas have authored individual chapters.




Understanding Financial Statements


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This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. A supplementary text for a variety of Business courses, including Financial Statement Analysis, Investments, Personal ¿Finance, and Financial Planning and Analysis ¿ An Analytical Approach to Understanding and Interpreting Business Financial Statements ¿ Understanding Financial Statements improves the student’s ability to translate a financial statement into a meaningful map for business decisions. The material covered in each chapter helps students approach financial statements with enhanced confidence and understanding of a firm’s historical, current, and prospective financial condition and performance. The Eleventh Edition includes new case studies based on existing companies and enhanced learning tools to help students quickly grasp and apply the materials. Fraser and Ormiston presents material in an engaging fashion that helps readers make sense of complex financial information, leading to intelligent (and profitable!) decision-making.







Essentials of Business Communication


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This text-workbook is a streamlined, no-nonsense approach to business communication. It takes a three-in-one approach: (1) text, (2) practical workbook, and (3) self-teaching grammar/mechanics handbook. The chapters reinforce basic writing skills, then apply these skills to a variety of memos, letters, reports, and resumes. This new edition features increased coverage of contemporary business communication issues including oral communication, electronic forms of communication, diversity and ethics.