Understanding Accounts 2e (Express Exec) - Softcover

Ken Langdon; Alan Bonham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841127094 ISBN 13: 9781841127095

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2006

Synopsis

Understanding Accounts is the fast-track route to interpreting and using financial reports.

It covers the key areas of accounts, from understanding a company's strategy and financial statements to making valid comparisons between organisations.

It gives examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Professor Sir David Tweddie, Warren Buffet, Jim Slater and Terry Smith.

It includes a glossary of the key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Understanding Accounts lays bare the essential techniques you need to interpret financial data and measure company performance...fast.

About this title

About the Author

Ken Langd0n has worked for many major computer companies world-wide, including Hewlett Packard and DEC, and is presently the non-executive chairman for SofTools, a supplier of electronic Integrated Support Systems, and Glenhurst Ltd, an air conditioning supplier and contractor. Ken is a prolific writer whose books include Key Accounts are Different and a contribution to the The FT Handbook of Management, as well as several books in Capstone's Smart and Express Exec and 100 Greatest Ideas series.

Alan Bonham is a Chartered Accountant, consultant and trainer.  he is the co-author of a book on private investment.

From the Back Cover

Understanding Accounts is the fast-track route to interpreting and using financial reports.

It covers the key areas of accounts, from understanding a company's strategy and financial statements to making valid comparisons between organisations.

It gives examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Professor Sir David Tweddie, Warren Buffet, Jim Slater and Terry Smith.

It includes a glossary of the key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Understanding Accounts lays bare the essential techniques you need to interpret financial data and measure company performance...fast.

It covers the key areas of accounts, from understanding a company's strategy and financial statements to making valid comparisons between organisations.

It gives examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Professor Sir David Tweddie, Warren Buffet, Jim Slater and Terry Smith.

It includes a glossary of the key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide.

Understanding Accounts lays bare the essential techniques you need to interpret financial data and measure company performance...fast.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841127094
• ISBN 13: 9781841127095
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128