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| | Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Salesrank: 38036
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| Our Price: $19.95 |
| Used Price: $9.00 |
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean is written for non-accounting students who nevertheless need to understand accounting in order to effectively participate in planning, control, and decision-making. Students learn the basics, from what accounting information is to how managers use it. Marshall's simple, step-by-step approach has made it the leading text in the Survey market. The seventh edition includes new content updates, improved organization, great technology tools, and much more.
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean Reviews:
Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 
2008-09-28 - The book is well organized and comprehensive, with enough detail to make it an excellent starting point for accounting students and appropriate for management students who need a practical understanding of accounting's impact on an organization.Accounting: What the Numbers Mean
MBA Student 
2008-09-20 - Waist of time and money. Even my professor stated something as to the likes of it being written by graduate assistants, and worthless in his mind.
First class for my MBA 
2008-07-14 - I have ordered from Amazon several times for my college books, and they have always been sent in plenty of time for my classes.
This is my first class for my MBA, and the book was ordered early so have not had a chance to use it yet. It came unharmed, and in perfect condition.
Thanks.
good priced used book
2008-02-23 - the book was used, but it served the purpose for the class my husband took.
Not Impressed. 
2008-01-16 - Over the last ten years, I've read and studied from a lot of textbooks, as I've earned an undergraduate degree, a master's, and a medical doctorate. Much of the material I've learned has been completely foreign so I've often had to rely on the quality of the text to help get me through. In short, I've studied from A LOT of textbooks in a range of subjects while in college, and this book is by far one of the most difficult I've ever utilized in an attempt to learn a new subject. It is extremely difficult to fluently read and the concepts are explained in terms that are much too complex, making the acquisition of information therein very difficult. I can research a topic on the web and its explanation is much easier to understand while still getting across the same point. What I find most frustrating; however, are the exercises and problems at the end of the chapters. More often than not, a workable methodology for their solutions cannot be found in the text or online on the supplemental "Homework Manager." Often, to answer a question I either go completely on what I THINK the answer might be or research it on the web, as this book in no way prepares one to thoroughly answer most of the questions. I'm finding myself getting decent grades on the assignments, but at the end of the day I have no idea what I'm doing or how to replicate my work from one week to the next because I'm arriving at my answers in such a piecemeal fashion, i.e. part of the solution online, part from the text, part from other students, and part from guesswork. Although the book's topics are basic to accounting, it is written in such a way that is not compatible to a student being introduced to the field. I have no idea why my school has chosen to utilize it but I would not recommend it to anyone, other than perhaps maybe an accountant or financial expert who is attempting to enhance their present knowledge level of the subject.
Also, be leery of reviews that praise this book as I have a very hard time believing that anyone could enjoy it as much as a few of the other reviews have indicated. I gave it 2 stars simply because the book does appear to cover all of the essential topics in accounting. It's interesting that all of the three authors are professors, yet the book presents the material in a method that is WAY too complicated and doesn't facilitate learning to the degree it should. Perhaps in the authors' attempts to demonstrate their extensive abilities they overlooked a few essentials, such as the students' abilities and learning needs???
