TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooke,Robert A.
TI  - The McGraw-Hill 36-hour course in finance for nonfinancial managers
SN  - 0071425462 (pbk. : alk. paper):
AV  - HG4028.B8 C663 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - McGraw-Hill
KW  - Budget in business
KW  - Financial statements
KW  - Business enterprises
KW  - Finance
KW  - Corporations
N1  - Includes index; Numbers, numbers, numbers: the why and the how -- Keeping score: sales -- Keeping score: cost of sales -- Keeping score: expenses -- Equipment and other things that will be around for years -- Buying, leasing, or doing without -- The balanace sheet -- Ownership and equity -- Budgeting/ planning -- Budget reporting and more budgets -- Manufacturing and construction -- Analysis of an enterprise -- Special topic: what do auditors do or should they do? -- Appendix A. Flexible budget computations -- Appendix B. Sources of industry averages -- Appendix C. Sources of information on publicly held corporations -- Appendix D. Dates pertinent to dividends on publicly held stock -- Appendix E. Classes of common stock and preferred stock -- Appendix F. Goodwill -- Appendix G. Nonprofit organizations
N2  - In the wake of recent accounting scandals, most managers now realize they need to know more about the inner workings of finance. Many, however, don't know where they will find the time. The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers is designed to give readers a working mastery of all finance essentials in just 36 hours and has now been updated to help readers understand the substantial regulatory and practical changes that have taken place in the new world of business accounting. This hands-on workbook delivers its information in accessible and reader-friendly style, including self-study questions and case studies for each chapter.Information new to this edition includes:Key updates to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Sections detailing what auditing is and what auditors do, Entirely new sections on pro forma financial statements, stock options as an expense, and more
ER  -