Finance for non-financial managers

✍ Scribed by Siciliano, Gene

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Series: Briefcase book
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Helping managers become familiar with essential financial information, this book shows them how to 'speak the language of numbers' and implement financial data in their daily business decisions.

Abstract:

Financial reports speak their own language, one that many managers have trouble translating. This book clears the confusion, helping you to understand the information contained in useful financial reports and then showing you how to use that understanding to make informed, intelligent decisions.  Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: 1. Counting the Beans: How Critical Is Good Financial Information, Anyway? --
2. The Structure and Interrelationship of Financial Statements --
3. The Balance Sheet: Basic Summary of Value and Ownership --
4. The Income Statement: The Flow of Progress --
5. A Profit vs. Cash Flow: What's the Difference --
and Who Cares? --
6. The Cash Flow Statement: Tracking the King --
7. Critical Performance Factors: Finding the "Hidden" Information --
8. Cost Accounting: A Really Short Course in Manufacturing Productivity --
9. Business Planning: Creating the Future You Want, Step by Step --
10. The Annual Budget: Financing Your Plans --
11. Financing the Business: Understanding the Debt vs. Equity Options --
12. Attracting Outside Investors: The Entrepreneur's Path.

✦ Subjects

Financial statements;Comptabilité;Etats financiers;Etablissement du budget;Bilanzanalyse;Finanzanalyse