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School of Accounting & Finance
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
AF2111 Accounting for Decision making
Semester 1 of 2013/2014 Academic Year
Meeting Time: Thursday, 19:30 - 21:20
Venue: DE401 (subject group S01)
Instructor: Ms Sarah Cheng Mei Ling
Office: M754, Li Ka Shing Building
Tel. No.: (852) 2766-7027
E-mail: afsarah@inet.polyu.edu.hk
Consultation Hours. Monday : 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday : 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Other time by appointment
Textbook and Reference Materials:
Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso, 4th Edition Accounting, Tools for Business Decision Making, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Larson & Chiapetta, 2009, Fundamental Accounting Principles, McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Marshall, McManus & Viele, 2008, Accounting - What the Numbers Mean, McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Dyson, J. R. 2007. Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, Financial Times Prentice Hall.
The first book on the list, Accounting, Tools for Business Decision Making, is the textbook for this course. The topic outline, the end-of-chapter assignment grid, the quiz, the group project and group assignment refer to chapters in this book. Other reference materials will be added if necessary.
Useful Websites: USA accounting standards (FASB): www.fasb.org Hong Kong accounting standards (HKICPA): www.hkicpa.org.hk International accounting standards (IASB): www.iasb.org.uk (IAS Plus): www.iasplus.com
Objectives:
1. To orient students to what accounting is and why accounting matters.
2. To provide students with the framework to understand the accounting process in organizations.
3. To provide students with the tools to understand and interpret accounting information.
4. To stimulate
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
AF2111 Accounting for Decision making
Semester 1 of 2013/2014 Academic Year
Meeting Time: Thursday, 19:30 - 21:20
Venue: DE401 (subject group S01)
Instructor: Ms Sarah Cheng Mei Ling
Office: M754, Li Ka Shing Building
Tel. No.: (852) 2766-7027
E-mail: afsarah@inet.polyu.edu.hk
Consultation Hours. Monday : 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday : 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Other time by appointment
Textbook and Reference Materials:
Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso, 4th Edition Accounting, Tools for Business Decision Making, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Larson & Chiapetta, 2009, Fundamental Accounting Principles, McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Marshall, McManus & Viele, 2008, Accounting - What the Numbers Mean, McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Dyson, J. R. 2007. Accounting for Non-Accounting Students, Financial Times Prentice Hall.
The first book on the list, Accounting, Tools for Business Decision Making, is the textbook for this course. The topic outline, the end-of-chapter assignment grid, the quiz, the group project and group assignment refer to chapters in this book. Other reference materials will be added if necessary.
Useful Websites: USA accounting standards (FASB): www.fasb.org Hong Kong accounting standards (HKICPA): www.hkicpa.org.hk International accounting standards (IASB): www.iasb.org.uk (IAS Plus): www.iasplus.com
Objectives:
1. To orient students to what accounting is and why accounting matters.
2. To provide students with the framework to understand the accounting process in organizations.
3. To provide students with the tools to understand and interpret accounting information.
4. To stimulate