
Introduction /Accounting in action
Learning objectives of this chapter:
(a) Fundamental concepts of accounting including, definition
of Accounting; Users of Accounting, Brief history
of accounting, Book Keeping and accounting, The Accounting
profession, Ethics, fundamental business concepts.
(b) Understanding and analysing the business transactions
(c) Preparing financial statements (Income statement, Owner's equity
statement and balance sheet
Outcome of this chapter include the
following:
(1) Being able to distinguish between economic and non-economic
activities of business organization
(2) Understand and explain the effect of transactions on the accounting
equation
(3) Measuring performance of the business organization
(4) Being able to identify any changes in the owner's capital invested
in the business.
Learning materials and methods are:
(i) Live class
(ii) Recorded video and audio
(iii) PowerPoint
(iv) Materials from text book.