Includes index.

Accounting and the business environment -- Recording business transactions -- The adjusting process -- Completing the accounting cycle -- Merchandising operations -- Merchandise inventory -- Internal control and cash -- Receivables -- Plant assets and intangibles -- Current liabilities, payroll, and long-term liabilities -- Corporations : paid-in capital and the balance sheet -- Corporations : effects on retained earnings and the income statement -- The statement of cash flows -- Financial statement analysis -- Introduction to management accounting -- Job order and process costing -- Activity-based costing and other cost management tools -- Cost-volume-profit analysis -- Short-term business decisions -- Capital investment decisions and the time value of money -- The master budget and responsibility accounting -- Flexible budgets and standard costs -- Performance evaluation and the balanced scorecard.