Accounting: Information for Business Decisions [Paperback]

This text, written by an experienced author team, is designed to help one understand how to use both managerial and financial accounting information to make decisions. Class-tested for three years across the United States, its friendly approach has already earned it rave reviews. The text provides an introduction to business in Chapter 1 and is the only introductory accounting book to have an entire chapter (Chapter 2) devoted to creative and critical thinking. A non-technical approach makes learning accounting accessible for majors and non-majors, focuses on using accounting information for decision making, and conforms with AECC guidelines for teaching accounting. A full-chapter length appendix on the accounting cycle (debits/credits) allows instructors to implement this portion of the course anywhere they desire. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Billie Cunningham is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Accountancy at the University of Missouri--Columbia (MU). She has received several awards for outstanding teaching, including the 1995 Exemplary Accounting Educator Award from the Missouri Association of Accounting Educators. She received her B.B.A., M.B.A. and PhD. from the University of North Texas. Professor Cunningham has conducted numerous workshops around the country on the use of writing exercises in accounting classes and on incorporating creative and critical thinking strategies into the accounting classroom. She was a coauthor of three previous books and has published numerous articles in professional journals including Journal of Accounting Education, Issues in Accounting Education and Accounting Education: A Journal of Theory, Practice and Research. Professor Cunningham is the faculty advisor for the Association of Accountancy Students at MU and is a member of the American Accounting Association (AAA), in which she was Chair of the Two-Year College Section and Chair of the Teaching and Curriculum Section. She also served on the AAA Accounting Education Advisory Committee, and as Vice-President and member of the Executive Committee of the AAA.

Loren Nikolai is the Ernst & Young Professor and Director of the Masters Programs in the School of Accountancy at the University of Missouri¿Columbia (MU). He received his B.A. and M.B.A. from St. Cloud State University and his PhD. from the University of Minnesota. Professor Nikolai has taught at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Professor Nikolai has received numerous teaching awards. Recently, he was the recipient of the MU Student-Athlete Advisory Council 2004 Most Inspiring Professor Award. Also, he has been awarded University of Missouri System 1999 Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, the MU Alumni Association 1996 Faculty Award, the MU College of Business 1994 Accounting Professor of the Year Award, the Missouri Society of CPAs 1993 Outstanding Accounting Educator of the Year Award, the MU 1992 Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, the St. Cloud State University 1990 Distinguished Alumni Award, and the Federation of Schools of Accountancy 1989 Faculty Award of Merit. He holds a CPA certificate in the state of Missouri and previously worked for the 3M Company. Professor Nikolai is the lead author of Intermediate Accounting, and has also been an author on four previous textbooks.

Professor Nikolai has published numerous articles in The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Educator's Journal, Journal of Accounting Education, The CPA Journal, Management Accounting, Policy Analysis, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Research, and other professional journals. He was also lead author of a monograph published by the National Association of Accountants. Professor Nikolai has served as an ad hoc reviewer for The Accounting Review and Issues in Accounting Education. He has made numerous presentations around the country on curricular and pedagogical issues in accounting education, and was advisor for Beta Alpha Psi for twenty years.

John D. Bazley, PhD., CPA, is a Professor in School of Accountancy of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver where he has received numerous teaching awards, including the University's Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Bazley earned a B.A. from the University of Bristol in England and an M.S. and PhD. from the University of Minnesota. He has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and holds a CPA certificate in the state of Colorado. He has taught national professional development classes for a major CPA firm and was consultant for another CPA firm. Professor Bazley is the coauthor of Intermediate Accounting, and has also been an author on three other accounting texts. Professor Bazley has published articles in professional journals, including The Accounting Review, Management Accounting, Accounting Horizons, Practical Accountant, Academy of Management Journal, The Journal of Managerial Issues, and The International Journal of Accounting, and was a member of the Editorial Boards of Issues in Accounting Education and the Journal of Managerial Issues. He has served on numerous committees of The Federation of Schools of Accountancy (including chair of the Student Lyceum Committee), the American Accounting Association, and the Colorado Society of CPAs (including the Continuing Professional Education Board). He is also a coauthor of a monograph on environmental accounting published by the National Association of Accountants. Professor Bazley is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Colorado Society of CPAs, and the American Accounting Association. He has recently appeared as an expert witness for the Securities and Exchange Commission and as a consultant for a defendant in a securities fraud case. Professor Bazley is married and has two children, who especially enjoy their three cats and two dogs. He enjoys skiing, playing golf, car racing, and listening to jazz. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.