Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions - Hardcover

Ingram, Robert; Baldwin, Bruce A.

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9780538870627: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0538870621 ISBN 13: 9780538870627

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 1997

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Unique two-part organization teaches students to understand a company's financial statement information. Students are first introduced to how a business uses accounting information and then, in the second half, activities of the firm are emphasized. This engages students in the type of financing, investing, and operating decisions that a firm has to make. This approach is ideal for future users of accounting information because concepts - not procedures - are emphasized.

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About the Author:

Robert Ingram is the Ross-Culverhouse Chair in the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at the University of Alabama. He teaches courses in financial accounting and has been actively involved in course curriculum development. He has served as Director of Education for the American Accounting Association, as a member of the Accounting Education Change Commission, and as an editor of Issues in Accounting Education, a journal dedicated to education research. Professor Ingram is a CPA and holds a Ph. D. from Texas Tech University. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Alabama, he taught at the University of South Carolina, the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago. His research, which examines financial reporting and accounting education, has been published widely in accounting and business journals. He is the recipient of the National Alumni Association Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award and the Burlington Northern. Professor Ingram is married and has two children. The family lives is Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Review:

The text has many excellent exercises and problems. Many problems are easy for the students to get started with due to the use of a suggested form or format and in some cases a reference to a chapter exhibit.

The self-study problems were useful and practical. They also provide models for some of the homework assignments.

I have always enjoyed using the Ingram text. I have particularly enjoyed the instructor supplement explaining cooperative learning and giving a plan for each chapter. I have used that as much as any other supplement I received.

Chapter 9 is concise, easy to read, and the material flows very well. Decision making was introduced in the chapter as being an essential element of a successful business.

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