Commercial Awareness and Business Decision Making Skills

This book is designed to act as a financial statement phrase book and dictionary rolled into one. It will enable those new to the financial world to draw meaning from the wealth of information contained within financial documents that were previously considered out of bounds. Furthermore, although the pages within this book will be an invaluable springboard to those starting out in the world of accountancy, its primary aim is to enable commercial managers working within every facet of a business to meet clearly defined objectives.It will enable these professionals to take commercial documents and visualise how they interact with the work of an accountant, explaining why every board of management appears to focus on financial data. This book explains the impact of choices in accounting treatment upon the financial data an entity produces. It uses tools to complement the financial data, encourages asking perceptive questions that elicit answer that would not otherwise be made available. It adds value within a commercial business environment.

ISBN 0750683848   Pages 272 ISBN13 9780750683845 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology   Weight (grammes) 744 Imprint CIMA Publishing   Published in Oxford Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 01 Jul 2007   Width (mm) 165 Library of Congress HG   Spine width (mm) 17 DEWEY 658.1512   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Why do Financial Statements Exist?		1
2		How are Commercial Transactions Captured?		13
3		The Balance Sheet: A Freeze Frame & The Concept of Articulation Using the Profit and Loss Account		25
4		A Brief Look at the Accountants' Phrase Book		39
5		Cash and Corporate Survival		49
6		The Impact of International Harmonization		61
7		The Managers' Analytical Toolkit		73
8		The Application of Knowledge		89
9		Investor Analysis		107
10		Cash Ratios		117
11		Getting to Grips with Accounting Choice		123
12		Tangible Fixed Assets		133
13		Hidden Value - Intangible Assets		161
14		An Introduction to Investments		175
15		Leasing and the Concept of Commercial Substance Prevailing over Legal form		181
16		Current Assets		193
17		Current Liabilities		205
18		Company Financing		217
19		Further Clues about the Future of the Business		229
20		Things You Always Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask		247
21		Group Financial Statements - The Basics		257
22		Putting your Skills to Use		265

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