The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers
The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers
They say that numbers don’t lie, but what if you can’t even read them? 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 indispensable translation 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• And much more!The numbers are too important to allow others to translate for you. You need to know how to read them yourself. Imagine the impact on future decisions when you grasp not only what the numbers mean but can use that insight to drive your business forward.
- ASIN: 0814436943
- ISBN: 0814436943
- Manufacturer: AMACOM
Finance & Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, 5th Edition
Finance & Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, 5th Edition
For all entrepreneurs and nonfinancial professionals with budget and/or P&L responsibilities, Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers provides the basics necessary to make a solid contribution to the financial goals and success of their companies. This indispensible and easy-to-read primer gives all entrepreneurs and managers in nonfinancial areas--sales, marketing, production, and more--a complete understanding of financial terms, statements, and ratios and how they affect the operations of a business or corporation. With this information, financial managers will be able to understand: owners' equity, ratio analysis; balance sheets; income statements; LIFO liquidations; asset valuation; cash flow statements; capital leasing; liabilities; present value; operating leverage; breakeven analysis; and more. New to the third edition are chapters covering: basic tax concepts; capital structure; business plans; working capital management and banking relationships; personal finances; and accountability and controls. This edition also provides access to a URL with interactive Excel templates that lets managers immediately apply the concepts and techniques covered.
- ASIN: 080804690X
- ISBN: 9780808046905
- Manufacturer: CCH Inc.
Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management
Healthcare Finance: An Introduction to Accounting and Financial Management
The essential concepts of both accounting and financial management are covered in this best-selling healthcare finance book. Through clear explanations, numerous examples, and realistic practice problems, it arms future managers with the grounding they need to make financially sound decisions for their healthcare organizations. This thoroughly updated edition provides more emphasis on the unique marketplace for healthcare services and additional examples from nonhospital settings, including medical practices, clinics, home health agencies, nursing homes, and managed care organizations. Particular content changes include: Expanded discussion of health insurance, reimbursement methodologies, and the impact of healthcare reform on provider behavior A new presentation of managerial accounting material that follows a more logical progression of concepts, emphasizing the level of analysis (organization, department, service) rather than techniques Coverage of three service-line costing methods: cost-to-charge ratio, relative value unit, and activity-based costing. Plus, an introduction to time-driven activity-based costing, a method for costing at the patient level. Updated financial accounting formats that conform to the latest American Institute of Certified Public Accountants guidance Increased coverage of the revenue cycle
- ASIN: 1567937411
- ISBN: 1567937411
- Manufacturer: Health Administration Press
Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell (Nutshells)
Accounting and Finance for Lawyers in a Nutshell (Nutshells)
This product provides a well-rounded summary of the relevant accounting areas from basic financial statements to complex earnings-per-share ratios and corporate finance and valuation. Learn how to recognize revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities. It reviews accounting principles for many different areas, including acquisitions, investments, long-term debt, leases, stocks, and partnerships. It also discusses recent developments such as adoption of new requirements to place most operating leases on the lessee’s balance sheet, a new principles based approach to accounting for revenue, refinements in the accounting for stock options, and revised rules for applying the lower of cost or market rule to inventory.
- UPC: 781349382131
- ASIN: 1634608518
- ISBN: 1634608518
- Manufacturer: West Academic Publishing
Financial Accounting For Dummies
Financial Accounting For Dummies
Your plain-English guide to navigating a financial accounting course Despite the economic landscape and job market, demand for accountants remains strong, and accountants will continue to see high demand for their services as the economy rebounds and businesses grow. Additionally, one of the effects of the economic downturn is a greater emphasis on accountability, transparency, and controls in financial reporting. With easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Financial Accounting For Dummies provides students who are studying business, finance, and accounting with the basic concepts, terminology, and methods to interpret, analyze, and evaluate actual corporate financial statements. Covers traditional introductory financial accounting course material Explores concepts accountants and other business professionals use to prepare reports Details mergers and acquisitions purchase and pooling, free cash flow, and financial statement analysis Whether you're a student on your way to earning a bachelor's degree, MBA, or MAcc, Financial Accounting For Dummies gives you a wealth of information to grasp the subject and ace the course.
- ASIN: 0470930659
- ISBN: 0470930659
- Manufacturer: For Dummies
Accounting Equations & Answers
Accounting Equations & Answers
Whether you are a business or accounting student looking to ace the next test or a veteran of the business world who could use a refresher, the Accounting Equations & Answers QuickStudy® guide is here to help! This three-panel guide outlines commonly used and difficult-to-remember accounting equations for tracking assets, liabilities, equity, income, and more, as well as handy hints, common pitfalls, and other points to make sure you don’t let anything slip through the cracks. Examples are included for easy comprehension.
- ASIN: 1423218175
- ISBN: 1423218175
- Brand: BarCharts Inc
- Manufacturer: QuickStudy
The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting
The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting
The most comprehensive and authoritative review of B-School fundamentals—from top accounting and finance professors For years, the Portable MBA series has tracked the core curricula of leading business schools to teach you the fundamentals you need to know about business-without the extreme costs of earning an MBA degree. The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting covers all the core methods and techniques you would learn in business school, using real-life examples to deliver clear, practical guidance on finance and accounting. The new edition also includes free downloadable spreadsheets and web resources. If you’re in charge of making decisions at your own or someone else’s business, you need the best information and insight on modern finance and accounting practice. This reliable, information-packed resource shows you how to understand the numbers, plan and forecast for the future, and make key strategic decisions. Plus, this new edition covers the effects of Sarbanes-Oxley, applying ethical accounting standards, and offers career advice. • Completely updated with new examples, new topics, and full coverage of topical issues in finance and accounting—fifty percent new material • The most comprehensive and authoritative book in its category • Teaches you virtually everything you'd learn about finance and accounting in today's best business schools Whether you’re thinking of starting your own business or you already have and just need to brush up on finance and accounting basics, this is the only guide you need.
- ASIN: 0470481307
- ISBN: 0470481307
- Brand: Grossman, Theodore (EDT)/ Livingstone, John Leslie (EDT)
- Manufacturer: Wiley
Accounting and Finance Policies and Procedures, (with URL)
Accounting and Finance Policies and Procedures, (with URL)
Policies and procedures are the foundation of internal controls for organizations. Taking a complicated subject and breaking it into manageable components, this book enables you to hit the ground running and significantly accelerate your completion of a solid policies and procedures program. Comprehensive and practical, this useful book provides you with sample documents you can personalize and customize to meet your company's needs.
- ASIN: 0470259620
- ISBN: 0470259620
- Manufacturer: Wiley
Finance (Barron's Business Review)
Finance (Barron's Business Review)
This updated edition defines and explains key financial terms and discusses topics that include Business types and taxation methods The value of money over time Capital budgeting Investing and financingDividend policy Investment decisions based on financial derivatives Financial analysis Managing working capital Analyzing financial statements Using financial software, and much more. Books in Barron’s Business Review Series are intended mainly for classroom use, and include review questions with answers. They make fine supplements to main texts when included in college-level business courses.
- ASIN: B00BF1B7XM
- Manufacturer: Barrons Educational Series
Audit and Accounting Guide - Depository and Lending Institutions: Banks and Savings Institutions, Credit Unions, Finance Companies, and Mortgage Companies (AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide)
Audit and Accounting Guide - Depository and Lending Institutions: Banks and Savings Institutions, Credit Unions, Finance Companies, and Mortgage Companies (AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide)
The 2018 edition of this financial institution industry standard resource offers clear and practical guidance of audit and accounting issues such as transfers and servicing, troubled debt restructurings, financing receivables and the allowance for loan losses, and fair value accounting. It also provides direction for institutions assessing their operations and internal controls for regulatory considerations as well as discussions on existing regulatory reporting matters.
- ASIN: 1948306050
- ISBN: 1948306050
- Manufacturer: Wiley