Guide to Financial Management
Guide to Financial Management

Author: The Economist

Publisher: The Economist

Published: 2018-08-21

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1541730100

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A practical and accessible overview of the fundamentals of business finance -- now in its third edition. Managers are constantly expected to make decisions that reflect a full understanding of the financial consequences. In the absence of formal training, few people are prepared for the responsibilities of dealing with management reports, budgets, and capital proposals, and find themselves embarrassed by their lack of understanding. This book is a practical guide to understanding and managing financial responsibilities. Each chapter examines actual tasks managers have to do, from "how to assemble a budget," "how to read variances on a report," to "how to construct a proposal to invest in new equipment," exploring the principles that can be applied to each task, illustrating practical ways these principles are used, and providing guidance for implementation. Guide to Financial Management will help readers understand financial jargon, financial statements, management accounts, performance measures, budgeting, costing, pricing, decision-making, and investment appraisal. This third edition has been fully revised and expanded with detailed examples from 100 leading businesses around the world.

HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)
HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers (HBR Guide Series)

Author: Harvard Business Review

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Published: 2012-09-18

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1422187322

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DON’T LET YOUR FEAR OF FINANCE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career? Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals, as all good managers must. The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you: Learn the language of finance Compare your firm’s financials with rivals’ Shift your team’s focus from revenues to profits Assess your vulnerability to industry downturns Use financial data to defend budget requests Invest smartly through cost/benefit analysis

Money Management Skills
Money Management Skills

Author: Hannah Blevins Harvey

Publisher:

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781598039078

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"So how do you tell stories that stick-- in your own mind and in the minds of your family, friends, colleagues, and clients? That's precisely what you'll learn in The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals, an enthralling course that reveals the tried-and-true methods experienced storytellers use to develop and tell engaging, entertaining, and memorable tales. In 24 lectures, Professor Hannah B. Harvey of East Tennessee State University demonstrates how to master the art form's basic principles with the same witty, dynamic energy that has made her an internationally recognized professional storyteller and award-winning educator. Even if you never plan to set foot on a stage, knowing what a professional storyteller does in the process of crafting and delivering a tale allows you to enhance the stories you tell everyday-- to your children at bedtime, in your conversational anecdotes, and in your presentations at work. Teachers, lawyers, clergy, coaches, parents, and anyone who wants to understand the power of stories to capture hearts and minds will benefit from the lessons presented in this course"--Publisher's web site.

Financial Management for Nonprofits: The Complete Guide to Maximizing Resources and Managing Assets
Financial Management for Nonprofits: The Complete Guide to Maximizing Resources and Managing Assets

Author: Jae Shim

Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Published: 1997-02-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780786308507

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AS a financial manager of a nonprofit organization, are you so preoccupied with its social and welfare objectives that you lose sight of operations efficiency and operating cost controls? In a time when you risk potential government cutbacks at any moment, informed resource management is more critical than ever. Financial Management for Nonprofits is a practical guide for financial managers in a variety of nonprofit organizations including charities, educational and medical institutions and religious organizations. Distinctive in its generous use of case stuides, examples and illustrations, this book also distinguishes itself through its emphasis on software. Its free software disk will help you to perform break-even, Cost-Value-Profit (CVP), financial ratio analysis, and "what if" analysis, and an appendix reviews and rates other available sofware programs. Financial Management for Nonprofits covers: Operational differences between nonprofit and for-profit corporations. Accounting practices broken down by specific nonprofit organizations. Ways to spot and avoid financial problems. Sort and long-term financing. Improving managerial and department performance.

Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management
Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management

Author: Steven Berger

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-16

Total Pages: 674

ISBN-13: 0470314001

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In this thoroughly revised and updated third edition of Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management, consultant and educator Steven Berger offers a practical step-by-step approach to understanding the fundamental theories and relationships guiding financial decisions in health care organization. Set in a fictional mid-sized hospital, the book is written in diary form, taking the reader into the inner workings of the finance executive's office. This introduction to the most-used tools and techniques of health care financial management includes health care accounting and financial statements; managing cash, billings and collections; making major capital investments; determining cost and using cost information in decision-making; budgeting and performance measurement; and pricing. As in the previous editions, this book introduces key practical concepts in fundamental areas of financial management.

Budgets and Financial Management in Higher Education
Budgets and Financial Management in Higher Education

Author: Margaret J. Barr

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1119287731

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This book will help new administrators (department chairs, directors, deans) understand and become more proficient in their financial management role within the institution. Highly accessible, practitioners will be able to put the book's guidance to immediate use in their work. It is also grounded in the latest knowledge base and filled with examples from across all types of institutions, so that it makes an ideal text for a courses in graduate programs in higher education leadership and administration. Specifically, the book: • provides an understanding of the basics of budgeting and fiscal management in higher education • defines the elements of a budget, the budget cycle, and the steps for creating a budget • suggests ways of avoiding common pitfalls and problems of managing budgets • contains effective strategies for dealing with loss of resources • includes end-of-chapter reflection questions and an expanded glossary of terms Written in plain language this volume provides practical approaches to many complex problems in fiscal management. This new edition of the book contains new information in every chapter reflecting both the most recent developments in higher education and feedback from readers of the earlier edition. The information on the current higher education financial environment has been updated, and the case studies have been revised. Readers will be introduced to Bowen's theory of resources and expenses as an important way to understand budgetary decision making in colleges and universities. Special attention is paid to the use of restricted funds, the budget implications of faculty appointments and the challenges caused by personnel policies for staff. In addition, greater attention is given to development and implementation of repair and replacement programs in auxiliary enterprises. The challenges that arise when budget problems are postponed are also discussed. The volume contains a number of suggestions for practitioners with new budgeting and fiscal responsibilities.

Financial Peace
Financial Peace

Author: Dave Ramsey

Publisher: Lampo

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780963571236

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Dave Ramsey explains those scriptural guidelines for handling money.

Superintendent's Handbook of Financial Management
Superintendent's Handbook of Financial Management

Author: Raymond S. Schmidgall

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2003-10-16

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780471463191

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The key to any successful business is the effective management of revenue, costs and of course profitability. This book provides golf course superintendents with the necessary tools to manage their daily financial operations by explaining basic accounting principles such as pricing, budgeting, cost control, payroll and cash flow. With chapters on financial statements, golf course operation schedules, breakeven analysis and operating budgets this is an invaluable tool for all owners, operators and managers of golf courses. * The first edition has become the standard industry tool for understanding and making sound financial decisions (1575040395, Ann Arbour Publishing, 1996) * Schmidgall is the industry's leading authority of financial practices for golf-course superintendents

The Truth About Money 4th Edition
The Truth About Money 4th Edition

Author: Ric Edelman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 739

ISBN-13: 0062075721

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“A single source for what you need to know to put your financial house in order, an impressive piece of work, and very useful.” —Bob Clark, Editor-in-Chief, Dow Jones Investment Advisor Ric Edelman, America’s most successful financial advisor, has revised and updated his classic personal finance bestseller to reflect the new global economic outlook. In his 4th edition of The Truth About Money, Edelman tells you everything you need to know about money—an essential, yet delightfully breezy and accessible, must-read manual for anyone who may have previously sought the financial wisdom of Suze Orman and Jean Chatzky. The Truth About Money is an indispensible guide to money matters from the man whom Barrons named the #1 independent financial advisor in the country.

The Truth about Money
The Truth about Money

Author: Ric Edelman

Publisher: Rodale

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 684

ISBN-13: 9781594861642

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Explaining difficult concepts in plain English with a breezy style, this third edition has new material covering new tax laws, retirement savings strategies, a chapter on identity theft, and question-and-answer sidebars.