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Introduction to Financial Accounting: A User Perspective,
Canadian Edition
What is Accounting Information?
Why is it important?
How do business decision makers use it?
Whether students plan to have a career in accounting
or another area of business, the ability to make decisions
is the key to being successful in today’s business
world. Introduction to Financial Accounting: A User
Perspective will improve your students’ decision-making
skills and help them make better use of accounting information.
As students work through the text, they will be introduced
to financial accounting concepts within the context
of business in the Canadian environment. They will explore
accounting information’s role in the decision-making
process and learn how to use the information in a variety
of decision situations. They will also learn fundamental
financial accounting procedures in the separate chapter
appendices dedicated to these procedures.
To help students study the book, the authors have included
many special features to guide students through the
material and bring the subject to life:
- Learning objectives
- Discussion questions
- Exhibits (tables, graphs, flowcharts, etc.).
- Marginal definitions
- End-of-chapter summaries
- Optional appendices with procedural content (selected
chapters)
- Key terms (with page references)
- "Review the Facts" (review questions)
- "Apply What You Have Learned" (application
exercises)
- Accounting Cycle Cases (Chapter 6 only)
- Financial Reporting Cases (every chapter except
for Chapter 6)
- Annual Report Project
For a more detailed look, click on the sample chapter
to view in full:
Chapter
2: Economic Decision Making
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