Managerial Accounting Plus NEW MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 4th Edition

NEW! Try It! Interactive Questions. Found throughout the chapter, Try It! interactive questions give students the opportunity to apply the concept they just learned. Linking in the eText will allow students to practice in MyAccountingLab without interrupting their interaction with the eText. Students’ performance on the questions creates a precise adaptive study plan for additional practice.

NEW! Video Solutions. Found in the eText and MyAccountingLab, the video solutions feature the author walking through the Try It! problems on a white board. Designed to give students detailed help when they need it.

NEW! Excel Exhibits. To give students a glimpse into the real world presentation of managerial accounting topics, all financial statements and schedules
are presented in Excel. In the eText, a video link on selected exhibits will teach students how to create the same schedule using Excel.

NEW! New End-of-Chapter Problems. The Quick Check questions are all new in every chapter. The end-of-chapter content for short exercises, exercises, and problems has been refreshed for this edition. End-of-chapter items are structured to allow students to progress from simple to more rigorous as they move from item to item. A new ethics exercise based on the IMA Statement of Professional Practice has been added and is highlighted with an icon. Problems specific to sustainability are highlighted with an icon.

NEW! Critical Thinking End-of-Chapter Problems. Additional problems were developed to provide students with the opportunity for applied critical thinking. These problems include ethical topics, mini cases, and decision-making cases in real companies.

• New Ethics Mini Cases based on the IMA Statement of Professional Practice are highlighted with an icon.
• New Real Life Mini Cases focusing on a real company and the decisions presented in business are highlighted with an icon.

NEW! Excel in MyAccountingLab.

• Now students can get real-world Excel practice in their classes.
• Instructors have the option to assign students end-of-chapter questions that can be completed in an Excel-simulated environment.
• Questions will be auto-graded, reported, and visible in the grade book.
• Excel remediation will be available to students.

NEW! Test Bank and PowerPoints. The test bank now includes algorithmic questions and 30% new material. PowerPoint Presentations have been updated and refreshed for the new edition. Worked-out problems now contain the entire problem statement.

New and updated content within the text:

• New focus on Excel. Chapter exhibits are now illustrated as Excel spreadsheets to get students used to looking at and working with Excel. “Technology Makes it Simple” features teach students how to use Excel applications. Select Excel exhibits are video-demonstrated in the eText.
• New Try It! features in each chapter allow students to self-assess whether they understand the concept just discussed. Author-produced video demonstrations of the solutions are provided in the eText and MyAccountingLab.
• Updated and expanded sections in each chapter show how sustainability relates to the chapter content.
• Refreshed chapter opening stories attract student attention and lay the groundwork for the chapter using recognizable, real-world companies.
  

Select modifications and enhancements were made to each chapter to make it easier for students to grasp difficult concepts including:

• Chapter 1 - Updated coverage of current topics, such as integrated reporting and the CGMA designation.
• Chapter 2 - New exhibits help students differentiate between period costs and inventoriable product costs.
• Chapter 3 - New exhibits help students link job cost records to job costing journal entries.
• Chapter 7 - New “sales basket” approach to teaching CVP analysis in a multiproduct firm.
• Chapter 10 - New company (PepsiCo) used to illustrate responsibility accounting. New learning objective, example, and end-of-chapter problems on transfer pricing.
• Chapter 11 - Updated coverage of fixed overhead volume variance.
• Chapter 12 - Revised section on Payback and ARR; inclusion of “Technology Makes it Simple” features in the main text illustrates using Excel to calculate NPV and IRR.
• Chapter 14 - Updated with the latest financial information from Target, JC Penney, Kohl’s and Walmart.
• Chapter 15 - All new content including an expanded section on why sustainability makes good business sense and expanded coverage of the GRI sustainability reporting framework.

New and updated content within the end-of-chapter material:

• Quick Checks. All new quick checks in each chapter. These questions are conceptual in nature.
• Short Exercises. All short exercises have been updated. In addition a new Ethics short exercise based on the IMA Statement of Professional Practice is included in every chapter.
• Exercises. All exercises have been updated.
• Problems All problems have been updated.
• Ethics Mini Cases. All new case at the end of each chapter based on the IMA Statement of Professional Practice.
• Real Life Mini Cases. All new case at the end of each chapter focusing on a real company situation.