David
A. Ziebart , University of Illinois
Published
January 1998 by Prentice Hall Business Publishing
Copyright
1998, 256 pp. Paper ISBN 0-13-755233-5
This text/workbook/casebook/ is designed specifically to train students to conduct applied
professional research - i.e., identify an accounting problem or issue encountered in
today's business environment and develop a solution using existing professional
literature. Targeted for students having completed introductory accountings, students
learn to search authoritative literature in both electronic and hard-copy form, evaluate
alternatives, and develop and communicate a solution. Students are required to practice
critical thinking and develop their communication skills.
Students must search authoritative literature, evaluate alternative, develop a proposed
solution, and communicate the solution with a rationale.
The text
component describes the applied professional research process with applications in
financial reporting, auditing, and taxation.
The
workbook component describes electronic professional literature databases.
Explains how
to use Internet resources for conducting applied professional research.
The
casebook component contains a large number of financial accounting and reporting cases.
Requires
students to learn how to assess an accounting issue/problem, develop a problem statement,
and identify plausible alternative.
Cases are
keyed by topic to the common chapters in the intermediate (primarily) and advanced
financial accounting textbooks.
Cases are
short (one paragraph or so), varied in difficulty, and appropriate for undergraduates.
1.
Overview and Introduction to Professional Research.
2. Using the Internet for Applied Research.
3. Applied Research in Financial Accounting and Reporting.
4. Assessing Professional Literature Databases.
5. The Applied Research Process.
6. Understanding Complex Transactions and Problems.
7. Applied Research in Tax Accounting.
8. Advanced Internet Tools.
9. Financial Accounting and Reporting Cases.
Po otrzymaniu zamówienia poinformujemy,
czy wybrany tytuł polskojęzyczny lub
anglojęzyczny jest aktualnie na półce księgarni.
