Business : Budgeting

Practical Financial Management is intended to help those who find business finance confusing. Now in its seventh edition, it continues to provide advice on proper financial planning and control, and reinforces essential points through the use of questions within each section. Beginning with an introduction to the key financial statements, it moves on to look at the tools of financial analysis – the keys to controlling a business successfully. The final part of the book deals with business planning and budgeting, a vital area of business finance as most new ventures cannot get off the ground without a business plan, and existing businesses cannot expand more...

Price: $32.00

Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level. All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate heirarchy, can use a little ''brushing up'' now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. Managers in all types of organizations and environments must be able to prepare, or at least understand, a realistic and results-oriented budget. Budgeting for Managers ­­rich in practical techniques and examples­­walks the reader through the entire budgeting process, from basic financial concepts and their use in creating a budget to methods for tracking actual spending. more...

Price: $14.95

Risk management is no longer confined solely to risk management specialists. Stakeholders ranging from employees to investors must understand how to quantify the tradeoffs of risk against the potential return. The failure to understand the essential nature of risk can have devastating consequences. more...

Price: $39.95

Praise for How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business. "I love this book. Douglas Hubbard helps us create a path to know the answer to almost any question in business, in science, or in life . . . Hubbard helps us by showing us that when we seek metrics to solve problems, we are really trying to know something better than we know it now. How to Measure Anything provides just the tools most of us need to measure anything better, to gain that insight, to make progress, and to succeed.". —Peter Tippett, PhD, M.D. Chief Technology Officer at CyberTrust. and inventor of the first antivirus software. "Doug Hubbard has provided an easy-to-read, demystifying explanation of how managers can inform themselves to make less risky, more profitable business decisions. We encourage our clients to try his powerful, practical techniques.". —Peter Schay. EVP and COO of. The Advisory Council. "As a reader you soon realize that actually everything can be measured while learning how to measure only what matters. This book cuts through conventional clichés and business rhetoric and offers practical steps to using measurements as a tool for better decision making. Hubbard bridges the gaps to make college statistics relevant and valuable for business decisions.". —Ray Gilbert. EVP Lucent. "This book is remarkable in its range of measurement applications and its clarity of style. A must-read for every professional who has ever exclaimed, 'Sure, that concept is important, but can we measure it?'". —Dr. Jack Stenner. Cofounder and CEO of MetraMetrics, Inc. more...

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* Guides small and mid-sized businesses, as well as nonaccelerated SOX companies, how to implement effective internal controls. * Provides practical ideas that controllers can implement into their programs to cut costs and reduce time with their internal controls program. * It includes discussion of PCAOB stands, SEC and COSO guidance in nontechnical language. * Provides proven, cost-effective methods to implement a strong internal control program preventing fraud. more...

Price: $50.00