Finance and accounting for nonfinancial managers - Sherman, Eliot H. (American Management Association, 2011)
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 2, 2012). - Includes index
Introduction to finance -- Introduction to accounting -- Financial analysis: using ratios -- Managing operating performance -- Managing short-term assets -- Relating risk and return, valuation, and time value of money -- Capital investment decision making -- Managing long-term assets -- Managing liabilities -- The equity in the business -- Financial planning -- Corporate governance and financial integrity -- Relating departmental performance to the big picture
"Introduces the reader to financial terminology, relates financial measures to operating information, enables the student to understand and apply financial measures to operating performance, and ties all of this to the current business environment. [...] The third edition includes discussion of the continuing transition of financial reporting to an international standard as well as consideration of the effects on accounting and finance resulting from the Recession of 2007-2009. New sections on how to read an annual report and navigating the shifts in the marketplace are also included." --Publisher website