Finance & accounting for nonfinancial managers /
Finkler, Steven A.,
Finance & accounting for nonfinancial managers / [print] Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers Steven A. Finkler. - Fifth edition. - Riverwoods, Il : Wolters Kluwer, (c)2017.. - xvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Chapter one. An introduction to financial management -- Chapter two. Excel basics -- Chapter three. Accounting concepts -- Chapter four. An introduction to the key financial statements -- Chapter five. Where does the organization's money come from? Capital structure -- Chapter six. Strategic planning and budgeting -- Chapter seven. Business plans -- Chapter eight. Cost accounting -- Chapter nine. Leverage -- Chapter ten. Dealing with uncertainty -- Chapter eleven. Capital budgeting -- Chapter twelve. Earned value management -- Chapter thirteen. Depreciation: having your cake and eating it too! -- Chapter fourteen. Long-term financing -- Chapter fifteen. Working capital management and banking relationships -- Chapter sixteen. Inventory costing: the accountant's world of make believe -- Chapter seventeen. Variance analysis: using budgets for control -- Chapter eighteen. Fraud -- Chapter nineteen. The role of the outside auditor -- Chapter 20. Recording and reporting financial information -- Chapter twenty-one. Valuation of assets, liabilities and stockholders' equity -- Chapter twenty-two. A closer look at financial statements -- Chapter twenty-three. Notes to the financial statements -- Chapter twenty-four. Ratio analysis -- Chapter twenty-five. Accounting for not-for-profit organizations -- Chapter twenty-six. A primer on taxes -- Chapter twenty-seven. Summary and conclusion.
"This book is an introduction to the world of financial management. The focus is to familiarize the nonfinancial manager with the important concepts and vocabulary involved with accounting and finance so that the business leader can develop an ability to ask the right questions, understand the response, and understand the finance and accounting tools that are used in business planning, reporting and strategizing."--From back cover.
9780808046905
Accounting.
Business enterprises--Finance.
HF5635.F499.F563 2017 HF5635
Finance & accounting for nonfinancial managers / [print] Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers Steven A. Finkler. - Fifth edition. - Riverwoods, Il : Wolters Kluwer, (c)2017.. - xvi, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographies and index.
Chapter one. An introduction to financial management -- Chapter two. Excel basics -- Chapter three. Accounting concepts -- Chapter four. An introduction to the key financial statements -- Chapter five. Where does the organization's money come from? Capital structure -- Chapter six. Strategic planning and budgeting -- Chapter seven. Business plans -- Chapter eight. Cost accounting -- Chapter nine. Leverage -- Chapter ten. Dealing with uncertainty -- Chapter eleven. Capital budgeting -- Chapter twelve. Earned value management -- Chapter thirteen. Depreciation: having your cake and eating it too! -- Chapter fourteen. Long-term financing -- Chapter fifteen. Working capital management and banking relationships -- Chapter sixteen. Inventory costing: the accountant's world of make believe -- Chapter seventeen. Variance analysis: using budgets for control -- Chapter eighteen. Fraud -- Chapter nineteen. The role of the outside auditor -- Chapter 20. Recording and reporting financial information -- Chapter twenty-one. Valuation of assets, liabilities and stockholders' equity -- Chapter twenty-two. A closer look at financial statements -- Chapter twenty-three. Notes to the financial statements -- Chapter twenty-four. Ratio analysis -- Chapter twenty-five. Accounting for not-for-profit organizations -- Chapter twenty-six. A primer on taxes -- Chapter twenty-seven. Summary and conclusion.
"This book is an introduction to the world of financial management. The focus is to familiarize the nonfinancial manager with the important concepts and vocabulary involved with accounting and finance so that the business leader can develop an ability to ask the right questions, understand the response, and understand the finance and accounting tools that are used in business planning, reporting and strategizing."--From back cover.
9780808046905
Accounting.
Business enterprises--Finance.
HF5635.F499.F563 2017 HF5635