isbn0073011215

Reader' Reviews

Worst Accounting book on the market / / 2009-11-03
This book on the market could be the worst Accounting book ever made. The examples don't do enough to solidify what accounting is really about. As an undergraduate or graduate student that knows nothing about accounting this book would confuse everyone trying to understand. It's the worst book I have ever used in a Business class.

Good beginner accounting book / / 2009-10-19
I read the reviews of this book before I purchased this book and I was worried. Because it is required reading of my class, I purchased it anyway. I just finished my class. Based on my experience, I think the book is not as bad as many reviews stated. In fact, it is a good accounting book for beginners, in my opinion. It has two major parts: financial accounting and managerial accounting. The financial accounting covers the financial statements and how to read them. The managerial accounting covers basic cost accounting analysis and methods. Overall I think the financial accounting part is pretty clear, the managerial accounting is a little weak. As an introduction course to accounting, it is not a bad option. The self assessments from [...] and the self-study questions are very helpful. If you are not up to the calculations, try a different book: Financial Intelligence, published by Harvard Business School Press.

poor book / / 2009-09-19
I find the book hard to follow, mainly because its fill with boring facts that aren't relevant.

it is OK / / 2009-09-09
The book is very used, but still OK. however, the CD that comes with the book was not working completely.

Terrible Graduate intro Level Accounting Book / / 2009-08-20
I have had it with this book! Not only am I taking an online course, with no step by step explanations or student/teacher classroom interaction, but I have to use this book that does nothing to ease this situation.

The Chapters delve into definitions and some simple example at the end, but then when you get to the exercises, its like where in the heck would I have learned to solve this problem in this chapter? From the definitions?

My suggestion is to by a supplemental intro accounting book in order to complete the exercises in the back of this one.