The Financial Times guide to finance for non-financial managers / Jo Haigh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haigh, Jo, author.

Series:

Financial times guides.

Financial Times guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporations--Finance.

Corporations.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 267 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Guide to finance for non-financial managers

Finance for non-financial managers

Place of Publication:

Harlow, England : Pearson, [2012]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Gives you the confidence to ask the right business questions, make the correct finance decisions and competently speak the language of commerce to your colleagues, managers, customers and stakeholders. The Financial Times Guide to Finance for Non-Financial Managers will show you how to transform seemingly complex financial information and statistics into data that makes sense. And into data that you’ll feel confident talking about. You’ll learn the language of finance, which will help you better formulate decisions on a day-to-day basis. The book will also help you identify the warning signals and understand key performance indications and ratios. You’ll learn how to make better financial decisions, identify ways to increase profits and have increased confidence in approaching capital projects and making sound business decisions.

Contents:

Cover

The Financial Times Guide to Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Contents

About the author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Data and Decisions

Who Uses Accounting Information and Why

The Language of Finance

Profit and Loss Business Drivers

Cash and Profit - Understand the Difference

The Balance Sheet

Budgets and Forecasts

The Management Accounts Pack

Capital Investment (Capex) and Investment Appraisal

Health Checks and KPIs

Appendix A Sample Management Accounts Pack

Appendix B Sample Full Published Accounts

Appendix C Sample Abbreviated Published Accounts

Appendix D List of Regulators

Appendix E Sample Budget

Appendix F Sample Health Check Report Form

Appendix G Glossary of Finance and Investment Terms

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780273756279

0273756273

9780273756262

0273756265

OCLC:

1015881404