Book description
Based on the bestselling AMA seminar, a nuts-and-bolts guide to the dollars-and-cents issues that drive your organization! As a department manager, the last thing you want to think about is numbers. But the truth is, that’s the only thing your executives and senior managers are thinking about so it’s crucial to understand key financial information like balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, budgets and forecasts, and annual reports. With over 40,000 copies sold, The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers has long provided readers with insight into the financial fundamentals. It demystifies the role accounting and finance play in a corporation, demonstrates how financial decisions reflect business goals, and shows how managers can connect corporate financial information directly to their own strategies and actions. Now revised to reflect new accounting and financial standards, the second edition includes: Strategies for getting your share of the budget • New case studies and practice sessions • An explanation of Sarbanes-Oxley and its relevance to nonfinancial managers • How to manage cash flow in tough times • Fraud detection tools • An expanded glossary including up-to-the-minute business concepts and terminology • And more
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Understanding Financial Information
- Part 2: Analysis of Financial Statements
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Part 3: Decision Making for Improved Profitability
- 9. Analysis of Business Profitability
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10. Return on Investment
- What Is Analyzed?
- Why Are These Opportunities Analyzed So Extensively?
- Discounted Cash Flow
- Present Value
- Discounted Cash Flow Measures
- Risk
- Capital Expenditure Defined
- The Cash Flow Forecast
- Characteristics of a Quality Forecast
- Establishing the ROI Target
- Analytical Simulations
- Comprehensive Case Study
- Part 4: Additional Financial Information
- Appendixes
- Glossary
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, 2nd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: March 2011
- Publisher(s): AMACOM
- ISBN: 9780814416259
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