Accounting

Section 1 The accounting information system: 1. Accounting and Organizations. 2. Information in Organizations. 3. Accounting Measurement. 4. Processing Accounting Information. 5. Reporting Accounting Information. 6. Reporting Accruals and Cash Flows. Section 2 Analysis and interpretation of financial accounting information: 7. Time Value of Money. 8. Financing Activities. 9. Analysis of Financing Activities. 10. Investing Activities. 11. Analysis of Investing Activities. 12. Operating Activities. 13. Analysis of Operating Activities. Section 3 Product costing and decision making: 14. Accounting and Management Decisions. 15. Cost Categorization, Cost Flow, and Measurement Decisions. 16. Unit Cost for Decision Making. 17. Cost Measurement for Management Decisions. 18. Cost Allocation and Business Strategy. Section 4 Control, measurement, and evaluation: 19. The Role of Budgets in Decision Making. 20. Evaluating Performance Within an Organization. 21. Management Accounting in a Global Business Environment. 22. Controlling Decisions in Decentralized Organizations. 23. Decisions About Capital Investments and Capital Budgeting. Section 5 Expanded topics: 24. Internal Control. 25. A Closer Look at Service Companies. 26. The Japanese Perspective. Appendix A. Sources of Information About Companies and Industries. Appendix B. General Mills, Inc. Annual Report. Check Figures.