The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers
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They say that numbers don’t lie, but what if you can’t even read them? Discover how great managers use financial data to guide decisions. Financial analysis reports, budgeting reports, forecasting and measuring reports--sometimes they all run together, don’t they? The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers is here to help. This new edition of a business classic demystifies finance and accounting and gives managers the tools they need to make better decisions.
Complete with fresh insights, case studies, and street-level exercises to help non-numbers people master the numbers game, this guide reveals how to: Understand the fundamentals of financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting Interpret balance sheets, income/cash flow statements, and annual reports Sift through conflicting data to find the most relevant figures Locate key information about competitors and suppliers Analyze variances and calculate break-even points and other vital measures The numbers are too important to allow others to translate for you.
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- Höfundur: Edward Fields
- Útgáfa:3
- Útgáfudagur: 2016-03-25
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9780814436950
- Print ISBN: 9780814436943
- ISBN 10: 0814436951
Efnisyfirlit
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Organization of the Book
- Additional Background
- Accounting Defined
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Financial Analysis
- Some Additional Perspectives on the Planning Process
- Part 1: Understanding Financial Information
- 1. The Balance Sheet
- Expenses and Expenditures
- Assets
- Important Accounting Concepts Affecting the Balance Sheet
- Liabilities
- Stockholders' Equity
- Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
- Additional Balance Sheet Information
- Analysis of the Balance Sheet
- A Point to Ponder
- 2. The Income Statement
- Analysis of the Income Statement
- 3. The Statement of Cash Flows
- Sources of Funds
- Uses of Funds
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Analyzing the Statement of Cash Flows
- 4. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles: A Review and Update
- The Fiscal Period
- The Going Concern Concept
- Historical Monetary Unit
- Conservatism
- Quantifiable Items or Transactions
- Consistency
- Full Disclosure
- Materiality
- Significant Accounting Issues
- 5. The Annual Report and Other Sources of Incredibly Valuable Information
- The Annual Report
- The Gilbert Brothers: The Original Shareholder Activists
- Modern-Day Activists
- The 10-K Report
- The Proxy Statement
- Other Sources of Information
- The Securities and Exchange Commission
- 1. The Balance Sheet
- 6. Key Financial Ratios
- Statistical Indicators
- Financial Ratios
- Liquidity Ratios
- Ratios of Working Capital Management
- Measures of Profitability
- Financial Leverage Ratios
- Revenue per Employee
- Ratios: Quick and Dirty
- 7. Using Return on Assets to Measure Profit Centers
- Assets
- Revenue
- After-Tax Cash Flow (ATCF)
- Return on Assets: Its Components
- A Business with No “Assets”168
- 8. Overhead Allocations
- Problems That Arise from Cost Allocation
- What About the IRS and GAAP?
- Effect on Profits of Different Cost Allocation Issues
- 9. Analysis of Business Profitability
- Chart of Accounts
- Breakeven Calculation
- Variance Analysis
- 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
- 11. Financing the Business
- Debt
- Equity
- Some Guidance on Borrowing Money
- 12. Business Planning and the Budget
- S.W.O.T. Analysis
- Planning
- Significant Planning Guidelines and Policies
- Some Additional Issues
- A Guide to Better Budgets
- Preparation of the Budget
- 13. Final Thoughts
- Profitability During Tough Times
- Do the Right Thing
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