Book excerpt: For courses in Financial and Managerial Accounting. Expanding on proven success with Horngren's financial and managerial accounting Horngren's Financial and Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters present the core content and principles of accounting in a fresh format designed to help today's learners succeed. As teachers first, the author team knows the importance of delivering a reader experience free of obstacles. Their pedagogy and content use leading methods in teaching readers critical foundational topics and concentrates on improving individual results. With this in mind, the 6th Edition continues to focus on readability and comprehension and takes this a step further in the managerial chapters by employing a new theme to help readers see how managerial accounting is used as a tool to help all business people make decisions. By providing more meaningful learning tools, this title helps readers clear hurdles, like never before. Also available with MyLab Accounting MyLab(tm) Accounting is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab Accounting does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab Accounting, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab Accounting, search for: 0134674588 / 9780134674582 Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters Plus MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 6/e Package consists of: 0134461657 / 9780134461656 MyLab Accounting with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters 0134486846 / 9780134486840 Horngren's Financial & Managerial Accounting, The Financial Chapters