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AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL REPORTS--WITH NEW TACTICS FOR BUDGETING AND PINPOINTING KEY FINANCIAL AREAS Financial decisions impact virtually every area of your company. As a manager, its up to you to understand how and why. Finance for Nonfinancial Managers helps you understand the information in essential financial reports and then shows you how to use that understanding to make informed, intelligent decisions. It provides a solid working knowledge of Basic Financial Reports--All about balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and more Cost Accounting--Methods to assess which products or services are most profitable to your firm Operational Planning and Budgeting--Ways to use financial knowledge to strengthen your company Briefcase Books, written specifically for todays busy manager, feature eye-catching icons, checklists, and sidebars to guide managers step-by-step through everyday workplace situations.
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Gene Siciliano is an author, consultant, speaker and executive coach. He uses his Fortune 500 background in finance to help business managers master the financial tools to turn their companies around from the bottom line up.A former CPA, Gene has over 30 years of financial and operations management experience, having held top financial management positions with Computer Sciences Corporation, Epson America and several smaller companies. As a business consultant, he has acted as Chief Financial Officer for nearly a hundred publicly traded and privately owned companies - earning him the title of Your CFO for Rent!(R)And when it comes to relating complex financial ideas in plain English, Gene literally wrote the book on it. (Several actually.) Published in 2003, Finance for Non-Financial Managers (McGraw-Hill), has become a best selling industry standard. It shows managers, CEOs, and business owners how to: create more cash flow, generate more profits, and generally feel more comfortable using financial data. It has been used in classroom instruction all the way from California to Curacao.Gene's straightforward approach to finance is also translated to non managerial lifestyles as evidenced by the newly released Financial Mastery for the Career Teacher (Corwin Press), a guide for teaching professionals wanting to learn how to create a full life and a satisfying retirement on a moderate salary.
