Survey of Accounting: 2026 Release ISE

8. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-265-97404-6
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch, Gewicht: 1588 g

Survey of Accounting is designed to cover both financial and managerial accounting topics in a one-semester non major course. The book focuses on decision-making by employing a Horizontal Financial Statements Model to show students how each business event impacts the financial statements.

The text focuses on managerial decision making and places a heavy emphasis on service and merchandising companies. This creates a more relevant and simplified learning environment making it easier for students to focus on budgeting concepts rather than procedural details. This unique approach shifts the focus from memorizing procedures to developing real-world thinking patterns and is easy for students to understand.

The title also offers a comprehensive set of instructional videos including an author-created video and quiz for each learning objective. This "Video Textbook" provides flexibility for both in person and online instruction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edmonds, Christopher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Introduction to Accounting
2. Accounting for Accruals and Deferrals
3. Accounting for Merchandising Businesses
4. Internal Controls, Accounting for Cash, and Ethics
5. Accounting for Receivables and Inventory Cost Flow
6. Accounting for Long-Term Operational Assets
7. Accounting for Liabilities
8. Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Corporations
9. Financial Statement Analysis
10. An Introduction to Management Accounting
11. Cost Behavior, Operating Leverage, and Profitability Analysis
12. Cost Accumulation, Tracing, and Allocation
13. Relevant Information for Special Decisions
14. Planning for Profit and Cost Control
15. Performance Evaluation
16. Planning for Capital Investments

Appendix
A: Accessing the EDGAR Database through the Internet
B: The Double-Entry Accounting System
C: Portion of the Form 10-K for Target Corporation
D: Annual Report and Financial Statement Analysis Projects
E: Big Data and Data Visualizations Overview

Über Autor(innen)

Edmonds, Christopher
Christopher T. Edmonds, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance at the UAB Collat School of Business. He also is the course coordinator for the face-to-face and online principles of accounting courses. Dr. Edmonds specializes in teaching and developing engaging face-to-face and online introductory accounting courses. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities on best teaching practices and has delivered over 40 professional teaching workshops. His passion for helping students learn inspired him to create hundreds of short videos teaching the fundamental concepts of accounting. This work led to the publication of the first interactive video textbook for introductory accounting.

Dr. Edmonds has received seven prestigious teaching awards including the UAB President’s Outstanding Teaching Award, UAB Faculty Student Success Award, UAB Transformative Online Course Award, UAB Loudell Ellis Robinson Classroom Teaching Award, UAB Disability Support Recognition Award, and the Virginia Tech Favorite Faculty Award. He has published four textbooks and has written numerous articles that have appeared in publications including The Accounting Review, Auditing: A Journal of Theory and Practice, Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, Issues in Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting Education, Advances in Accounting, and Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. He currently serves on several editorial boards. Dr. Edmonds started his career as a web application developer creating software solutions to put newspapers online.

He began his academic training at Colorado State University. He obtained an MBA from UAB. His PhD with a major in accounting was awarded by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.