Finance Sense: An Easy Guide for Non-Finance --1993 publication.

Irrespective of your primary area of work, for professional or business success you always need a basic grounding in finance and accounting. This book has been specially designed to hone your finance sense.It will enable you understand the financial and accounting reports in business. It would also help you better appreciate the financial implications of your decisions. The book focuses on the 'nuts and bolts' in finance and accounting, and assumes no background in finance. In five parts, it provides you the basic concepts and techniques that have immediate practical applications. The first part will give you an overview of financial statements and their analysis. In the next two parts you will learn the intricacies of cost and management accounting, and long-term financial management. Part four exclusively discusses working capital management. The last part covers contemporary topics of special interest to you, including financial services, corporate restructuring, and production finance and marketing finance. Whether you are an executive in production, purchasing, personnel, or engineering, this is a book you cannot do without. It would also be useful to entrepreneurs who wish to sharpen their skills in finance, and as a refresher for professional accountants.