Prentice Hall's One-Day MBA in Finance & Accounting

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ISBN: 9780130284594 | 0130284599
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/1/2000

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Muckian demystifies high-level financial subjects and delivers quick how-to answers to tough on-the-job questions about the company's money. He gives managers a variety of sound lessons, from creating a savvy business plan to forecasting growth, direction and long-term profitability. Charts, tables and real-world examples are included as well as an extensive Glossary of financial and accounting terms. Index.

Introduction: You Are What You Count

xii

Identifying Your Accounting Profile

(14)

Testing Your Accounting Mettle

(1)

Calling on Your Internal Accountant

(2)

Understanding the Accounting Process

(2)

It's an Accounting World, After All

(2)

Mastering the Fundamental Principles

(5)

Double Entry Accounting: A Primer

(8)

Origins and Concept

(7)

Assets, Equities, and Liabilities

(1)

Debits and Credits

(5)

Your Accounting Toolkit

(18)

Understanding the General Ledger

(3)

Chart of Accounts

(6)

Accounts Receivable

(4)

Accounts Payable

(5)

From Transaction Flow to Cash Management Strategies

(14)

Defining Cash Management

(2)

Playing the Float

(8)

Creating the Savvy Business Plan

(18)

The Key to a Successful Strategy

(10)

Identifying Your Strategy

(4)

Units of Measure

(1)

Purpose and Objectives

(1)

Perils and Pitfalls

(1)

Writing Your Plan

(7)

Establishing an Accounting System

(14)

Installing Your Accounting System

(2)

Assigning Staff

(4)

Types of Accounting

(6)

Cost Accounting

(4)

Building A Better Budget

(18)

The Budget: Defining the Concept

(6)

Budgeting: What's My Type?

(2)

Setting the Stage for Budgeting

(2)

Basic Budget Components

(4)

Top-Down Budgeting

(2)

A Word About Expenses

(2)

Developing Your Budget

100

(5)

Factoring the Human Equation

102

(3)

From Balance Sheets to Income Statements

105

(14)

Building a Balance Sheet

106

(8)

How Transactions Affect the Balance Sheet

108

(2)

A Smattering of Balance Sheet Sample Transactions

110

(4)

Income Statements

114

(2)

Statement of Owners' Equity

116

(3)

Accounting for Merchandising Operations

119

(10)

Keeping Track of Purchases

120

(1)

Utilizing Discounts

120

(2)

Accounting for Sales Activity

122

(3)

Showing Sales Discouts

123

(1)

Posting Sales Returns or Allowances

123

(1)

Sales Tax

124

(1)

Financial Reporting

125

(4)

Managing Your Interanl Controls

129

(14)

Your Top Concern: Deterring Dishonesty

130

(1)

Managing Accounting Controls

131

(2)

The Cost of Security

132

(1)

Avenues to Embezzlement

133

(5)

When Security is Breached

138

(3)

More Preventive Measures

141

(2)

Deferrals and Accruals

143

(8)

Accounting for Prepaid Expenses

146

(1)

Handling Unearned Revenues

147

(1)

Managing Accrued Liabilities

148

(1)

Mastering Accrued Assets

149

(2)

Tracking Inventory

151

(14)

Creating an Inventroy Control System

153

(3)

Choosing Your Inventory System

155

(1)

Counting the Stuff

156

(1)

Costing the Stuff

157

(4)

Accounting for the Stuff

161

(1)

Life in the Perpetual Inventory Lane

162

(1)

The Secret to Effective Inventory Management

163

(2)

The Fiscal Side of Physical Assets

165

(14)

Costing Your Fixed Assets

166

(1)

Defining Depreciation

167

(6)

Determining Depreciation Value

168

(5)

Recording Depreciation

173

(1)

Discarding Fixed Assets

173

(3)

Leasing

176

(3)

Payroll and Other Liabilities

179

(14)

Developing a Payroll System

180

(2)

What Employees Earn

182

(4)

Deductions from Payroll

183

(1)

A Sample Pay Sheet

184

(2)

Employer Payroll Liabilities

186

(1)

Components of Your Payroll Accounting System

186

(4)

The Payroll Register

187

(1)

Records of Employee Earnings

188

(1)

Payroll Checks/Direct Deposit Vouchers

188

(2)

Other Employer Liabilities

190

(3)

From Proprietorship to Partnership

193

(12)

Basic Business Building Blocks

194

(3)

Flying Solo

195

(1)

Pursuing a Partnership

196

(1)

The Nature of Partners and Partnerships

197

(4)

Partnership Advantages and Disadvantages

198

(1)

Investments in the Partnership

199

(1)

Sharing the Wealth---Or Lack Thereof

200

(1)

Reporting the Finances

201

(1)

Dissolving the Relationship

201

(4)

Liquidating the Partnership

202

(3)

Understanding the Corporation

205

(12)

Corporate Nature and Characteristics

206

(3)

Filing for Incorporation

209

(2)

Recognizing Stockholder Equity

211

(4)

Know Your Shares

212

(1)

Issuing Shares

213

(1)

Where There are Stocks, There Also May Be Bonds

214

(1)

The Cost of Incorporating

215

(2)

Sources of Business Finacne

217

(18)

Types of Loans

218

(6)

Choosing the Right Lender

220

(2)

Preparing for the Loan Request

222

(1)

Final Steps

223

(1)

Enter the Venture Capitalist

224

(8)

Types of Venture Capitalist

226

(2)

Finding the Right Angel

228

(1)

Setting the Stage

229

(2)

Making the Pitch

231

(1)

The Bottom Line

232

(3)

The Taxman Cometh

235

(12)

Business Income Accounting

236

(3)

Forming a Limited Liability Partnership

239

(1)

Other Partnership Structure Obligations

239

(1)

Other Tax Areas of Interest

240

(7)

Employment Tax Accounting

243

(1)

The Rest of Your Tax Burden

244

(3)

Protecting the Bottom Line

247

(12)

Enter the Cash Manager

248

(4)

Cash Manager Qualifications

249

(3)

Counting on Cash Forecasting

252

(3)

Tracking the Market

255

(4)

Learning the Language

256

(3)

Understanding Growth Cycles

259

(14)

Defining Product Life Cycles

260

(3)

Product Introduction

260

(1)

Product Growth

261

(1)

Product Maturity

261

(1)

Product Decline

262

(1)

Business Life Cycles

263

(2)

Good Growth/Bad Growth

264

(1)

A Sustainable Growth Strategy

265

(8)

Turning the Tide of Growth

267

(2)

Falling Behind

269

(4)

Forecasting the Future

273

(12)

Developing a Pro Forma Statement

274

(1)

Methods of Forecasting

275

(6)

Impacts on Your Projections

279

(1)

Other Types of Forecasts

280

(1)

Your Company's Planning Cycle

281

(4)

Troubleshooting Your Financial System

285

(8)

First Steps

286

(1)

Managing Accountability

287

(2)

Conducting a Business Audit

288

(1)

Seven Keys to Creative Resolution

289

(4)

Appendix Quarter-Hour Classroom

293

(29)

1. Putting Your Business Plan into Action

293

(5)

2. Probing for a Security Leak

298

(1)

3. How Much is Enough to Operate?

299

(1)

4. Knowing Which Costs to Manage

300

(3)

5. Aging Gracefully

303

(2)

6. Living Large Inventory-wise

305

(1)

7. Planning by the Numbers

306

(2)

8. A Cash Stream Flows Through It

308

(3)

9. Growing Broke

311

(2)

10. Brewing Up Good Acquisition Candidates

313

(9)

Future Value of $1

318

(1)

Future Value of an Annuity of $1

319

(1)

Present Value of $1

320

(1)

Present Value of an Annuity of $1

321

(1)

Glossary

322

(15)

Index

337

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