Understanding Financial Statements and Unwritten Laws of Engineering

Understanding Financial Statements

Author: Lyn M Fraser

A supplementary text for a variety of Business courses, including Financial Statement Analysis, Principles of Financial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Investments, Personal Finance, and Financial Planning and Analysis.

 

Understanding Financial Statements, retains its reputation for readability, concise coverage, and accessibility while incorporating the many new requirements and changes in accounting reporting and standards. The text gives students the conceptual background and analytical tools necessary to understand and interpret business financial statements. Its ultimate goal is to improve students' ability to translate financial statement numbers into a meaningful map for business decisions and thus enable each student to approach financial statements with enhanced confidence.

Booknews

Offers concise coverage of the conceptual background and analytical tools necessary to understand and interpret business financial statements. Can be used as a text or supplement for courses in financial statement analysis, accounting, finance, and business management; as study material for short courses on financial statements in continuing education and executive development programs; as a self-study guide or course material for bank credit analysis training programs; and as a reference for investors and others who make decisions based on the analysis of financial statements. Contains chapter mini-cases, problems, study questions, and multiple-choice self-quizes with answers, plus a glossary. This edition incorporates changes in accounting reporting and standards and proposed changes that may affect the field in the future. New cases are also included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

A text on conceptual background and analytical tools for interpreting financial statements. Chapters on the balance sheet, the income statement and retained earnings, statements of cash flow, and analysis of financial statements contain self-tests and answers, study questions and problems, and case studies. This fourth edition includes new appendices on earnings quality, segmental data, and financial ratios, plus coverage of cash flow analysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Ch. 1	Financial Statements: An Overview	1
Ch. 2	The Balance Sheet	49
Ch. 3	The Income Statement and Statement of Retained Earnings	86
Ch. 4	Statement of Cash Flows	114
Ch. 5	The Analysis of Financial Statements	150
App. A	A Guide to Earnings Quality	213
App. B	The Analysis of Segmental Data	227
App. C	Understanding Bank Financial Statements	235
App. D	Solutions to Self-Tests	245
App. E	Summary of Financial Ratios	247
	App. F: Glossary	249
	Index	261

Unwritten Laws of Engineering

Author: W J King

This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic, serves as a crucial compilation of "house rules," or a professional code. It addresses three areas: what the beginner needs to learn at once; "laws" relating chiefly to engineering executives; and purely personal considerations for engineers. Packed with contemporary examples, this new volume is a must for those entering the engineering field or those interested in improving their professional effectiveness. @By: James G. Skakoon and W.J. King