Book excerpt: "Glencoe Accounting is a comprehensive introduction to accounting principles for students who are considering a career in accounting, finance, or entrepreneurship. Glencoe Accounting makes abstract accounting principles concrete and accessible through a highly visual, step-by-step approach to analyzing transactions and accounting processes. Using this highly structured and visual analysis helps students internalize the habits of good accounting and understand the reasons behind accounting rules and procedures. The program covers the basics of the accounting cycle, business transactions and how to record them, posting journal entries to general ledger accounts, the six-column worksheet, financial statements, payroll and banking activities, cash funds and inventories, and partnerships and ethics"--Publisher.