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A solid understanding of basic accounting and finance is essential to an organization's success, yet many nonprofit managers do not have training in these areas. This practical guide to nonprofit financial management introduces and explains complex accounting and finance topics in an informal style. It includes a 3.5" IBM-compatible disk containing spreadsheet templates for financial reports, word-processing checklists and sample documents. ... Read more

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Informative
The book is short, sweet and to the point.Sums things up in a basic manner and gives you the information from more of a point of experience rather than the same old textbook standard jargon.

Excellent intro to accounting/finance for the novice.
As a new manager of a small/medium-sized nonprofit organization (20 staff), I needed to get up to speed quickly on accounting and finance principles, but didn't have time to take a course.This book was a greathelp.It's written in a conversation style, not in dry"accountant-speak," and gives the reader a good overview, withexamples of all major accounting and finance concepts you are likely to runacross.It even had a floppy disk with a variety of simple spreadsheetsfor you to learn from as you walked through each chapter.My onlycomplaint was the spreadsheets on the disk are in an early form of Lotus1-2-3, so those of us with Microsoft Excel have a hard time printing outthese older documents cleanly (some of the formatting doesn't translatewell). ... Read more

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This guide provides step-by-step advice on how to create and maintain a comprehensive emergency management program. It can be used by manufacturers, corporate offices, retailers, utilities or any organization where a sizable number of people work or gather.

Whether you operate from a high-rise building or an industrial complex; whether you own, rent or lease your property; whether you are a large or small company; the concepts in this guide will apply.

To begin, you need not have in-depth knowledge of emergency management. What you need is the authority to create a plan and a commitment from the chief executive officer to make emergency management part of your corporate culture.

If you already have a plan, use this guide as a resource to assess and update your plan. ... Read more

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The rules applying to international transfer pricing are changing radically. Failure to comply could lead to severe tax penalties, whilst planning now will save you time and money. What are the implications of the new legislation and how can you comply?International Transfer Pricing offers you the essential guidance you need on planning an effective Transfer Pricing strategy. This report explains the implications of the changes in legislation for multinational companies and details what you can do now to prepare. If your company operates in a multinational environment, then this report will be of practical relevance to you. ... Read more

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This book shows you how to prepare budgets and accurate cash flow forecasts, with practical examples throughout. Everything from working out costs and margins, monitoring performance, budget and stock levels to viewing different ways to account for sales tax or VAT. Capital expenditure is covered too, as are the benefits of spreadsheets. ... Read more

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Shows HRD professionals how to use a range of marketing tools, including client research, cost/benefit analyses, and promotional techniques, to heighten the visibility of HRD, earn employee commitment to programs, and ensure that programs are cost-effective and contribute to the corporate bottom line. Step by step, explains how to develop and implement a comprehensive strategic marketing plan. ... Read more

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Optimal Control and Dynamic Games has been edited to honor the outstanding contributions of Professor Suresh Sethi in the fields of Applied Optimal Control. Professor Sethi is internationally one of the foremost experts in this field. He is, among others, co-author of the popular textbook "Sethi and Thompson: Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics". The book consists of a collection of essays by some of the best known scientists in the field, covering diverse aspects of applications of optimal control and dynamic games to problems in Finance, Management Science, Economics, and Operations Research. In doing so, it provides both a state-of-the-art overview over recent developments in the field, and a reference work covering the wide variety of contemporary questions that can be addressed with optimal control tools, and demonstrates the fruitfulness of the methodology. ... Read more

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Mathematics for Business, Finance and Economics provides a thorough and accessibleintroduction to the mathematical methods and concepts used in quantitative analysis for management,finance, business studies and economics. The second edition has been completely revised and edited to suitthe needs of students on contemporary courses. Topics covered include linear equations and inequalities,functions, derivatives and optimization of functions, and optimization under constraint. Rigorous in theconcepts, yet straightforward in its style, Mathematics for Business, Finance and Economics concentrateson building student confidence in the tools before they go on to the applications, making it the ideal text forintroductory courses. Features of this edition include: coherent and consistent organization of the chaptersoffers a graduated approach to lead students through from a basic level to more advanced applications; theadoption of a user-friendly approach, combining a detailed description of the principles and methods withnumerous examples and end-of-section exercises; comprehensive worked answers at the end of the book ... Read more

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Offers small, closely held companies a step-by-step plan for stimulating, financing, and building growth to ensure continued success. Explains how to identify such growth opportunities as new products, licensing and franchising, and outside investments that drive growth while controlling risk. ... Read more

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This book addresses the seemingly intractable problems managers face today and offers a new way of dealing with them. Mark Pastin shows that the key to solving hard problems is going beyond slogans to the foundation of organizational success - the ethics or ground rules of the firm. By looking at difficult problems in tougher, ethical ways and asking hard, often uncomfortable questions to get at their core, managers gain the ethics edge - competitive advantages in tough markets and positive, effective responses to business threats. Based upon a three year study of such high-profit and high-ethics firms as ARCO, Jaguar, Motorola, and Data General, Pastin identifies how ethical factors were responsible for their success. And he shows others how to apply these factors to deal with labor disputes, formulate strategy, meet with new threats to business and more. ... Read more

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A comprehensive sourcebook of methods for improving organizational competitiveness. Shows how to ensure that the organization's internal systems--strategic planning, information systems, manufacturing, R&D, marketing, human resources, and industrial relations--support competitiveness. Reveals ways to extend the organization's reach through cooperative relationships with outside organizations and institutions. ... Read more

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This collection of "Harvard Business Review" articles discusses the links between the financial function and the overall health of the company. There are articles on company finance and strategy, long-term investment, and finance in small companies. ... Read more

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Provides a practical, systems-based approach to developing and implementing rewarding partnering agreements that enable organizations to shift from win-lose to win-win relationships between employees and managers. Uses hands-on interactive exercises and adaptable fill-in-the-blank agreements to demonstrate how to initiate and develop a uniquely tailored partnering systemsfrom creating an accurate job description and negotiating realistic support and achievement expectations to reviewing results and exchanging feedback as a team. Nuts-and-bolts advice."Offers practical tools for building respectful, effective, and successful relationships between supervisors and associates for a better bottom line."--Janet Freer, internal employee development consultant, Prudential Insurance ... Read more

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Draws on a major study of Forbes 500 companies to show how businesses achieve greater financial success when their human resource practices are responsive to the impact that rapid technological change has on people. Presents case studies and examples illustrate progressive practices in job design, compensation programs, and corporate culture,

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Many companies do not provide their managers with adequate development programs, failing to recognize how often new managers can become overwhelmed. How can you prevent your most promising employees from being derailed? Should you schedule more coaching or training - or is it simply too soon to promote an employee to the next level? In a world of intensifying talent wars, companies that can develop high-potential leaders throughout their ranks stand the best chance of consistently trouncing rivals. As a manager, you play a crucial role in cultivating leadership skills in your own teams. This collection of HBR articles provides a range of advice on the best ways for companies to keep their next generation of leaders on the right track. ... Read more

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Almost one hundred years ago, the French industrialist Henri Fayol claimed that organizations are so much alike that they should all be managed in a similar fashion. This book describes how Fayol's notion of general management allows for a diverse management literature, even some fanciful genres. When it comes to actually managing, the notion of general management seems unrealistic. Managerial practice remains people oriented, organization specific and situation specific, and with no management science in sight. This is a disappointing situation for those who favor the notion of general management.Academics, authors of management textbooks, management consultants and management gurus keep recommending new accounting methods, or more enthusiastic managers - even leaders. Hardly anybody is unaffected by Henri Fayol's notion of general management, and many depend on it for their living. But few recognize the immense influence - or the unfeasibility - of Fayol's top-down perspective. There are many Fayolists, who disown Frederick Taylor's bottom-up approach to management from sheer habit. What if Taylor was right, after all? ... Read more

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Drawing from his experience working with such organizations as AT&T, Ford, General Electric, and Xerox, Ralph H. Kilmann provides guidelines for promoting lasting and positive change by identifying and showing how to effectively manage the five essential elements of organizational success--organizational culture, management skills, team building, strategy structure, and the reward system. Demonstrates how this approach can help organizations move beyond quick fix solutions and ensure long-term success. ... Read more

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Shows how the strategies that once virtually guaranteed success have been overturned by the advent of tough foreign competition, new technologies, and shrinking resources. Carefully lays out the new ground rules to effectively anticipate and address the challenges of the new global economy.

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This book provides a basis for understanding the interpersonal dynamics of governing boards--why and how they function the way they do--and how these processes affect the quality of their performance. Drawing on his distinguished, career-long study of group dynamics, Zander explains that by understanding and recognizing the cause of behaviors and actions in the board room, members can enhance the efficiency and rewards of their work--both within their meetings and in constituent and stakeholder relations. ... Read more