Managerial Accounting - Hardcover

Jiambalvo, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471238236 ISBN 13: 9780471238232

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

The text is current, concise, and clearly written, with cases at the end of each chapter to illustrate the material.
* An interactive CD lets students test and expand their understanding with multiple-choice questions, key term matching exercises, demonstrations of various concepts and techniques, critical thinking exercise, interactive cases, and videos.
* A dynamic Web site provides test study guides, exercises, games, web testing, relevant articles, from The Wall Street Journal and other sources linked to the text, links to relevant web sites, additional cases, and other materials.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

AN INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE NEW SYSTEM F0R MASTERING MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

Much more than just a textbook, MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING offers you a powerful, integrated learning system, featuring a concise text, an interactive CD, and an abundance of online resources.

Put these pieces together, and you have the most innovative and effective means for mastering managerial accounting available. With this system, you'll learn how to use accounting information in planning, control, and decision making; see how accounting concepts relate to the real world; and test your understanding in an exciting, multimedia learning environment.

Three Learning Tools, One Integrated System

• The Text focuses on the accounting concepts and skills you'll need to become an effective manager. Inside, you'll find cutting-edge accounting techniques that actual companies are using to create shareholder value, as well as fascinating cases that relate concepts to real-world business practices.
• The Interactive CD, packaged with the book, enables you to test yourself on key concepts, receive feedback, animate key processes, and view video of real managers at work. It includes multiple-choice questions, key term matching exercises, demonstrations of various concepts and techniques, critical thinking exercises, interactive cases, and more.
• The Web Site features interactive testing, links to companied featured on our videos, additional exercises, interactive plant tours showing key concepts in action, and more, including links to Wiley Business Extra and Wall Street Journal articles.

About the Author:

PROFESSOR JAMES JIAMBALVO joined the accounting faculty at the University of Washington after receiving a Ph.D. in accounting from The Ohio State University. A CPA, he has audit experience with the firm of Haskins and Sells (now Deloitte & Touche), and currently serves on the national academic advisory board of  Deloitte & Touche LLP. From 1992-1996, Professor Jiambalvo served as chairman of the University of Washington accounting department.
Professor Jiambalvo's research has been published in top accounting journals, including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and the Journal of Accounting Research. He is a past associate editor of The Accounting Review and currently serves on the editorial boards of  The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research; Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory, and the Journal of Management Accounting Research.
Professor Jiambalvo has received the Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award and he was recognized for his teaching of managerial accounting with the MBA Professor of the Year Award. He has taught numerous executive education courses, including courses for a number of software companies. At the University of Washington, he holds the PricewaterhouseCoopers and Alumni Endowed Professorship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471238236
• ISBN 13: 9780471238232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448