- Hardcover: 600 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Perseus Books; 3rd edition edition (July 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0201550377
- ISBN-13: 978-0201550375
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.8 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 476 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,250,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Mastering the fundamentals of financial management is a must for those with a stake in their company's and their own professional future. Packed with step-by-step examples and illustrative case studies, and fully updated to reflect the latest changes in tax laws and accounting requirements, Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers is one-stop shopping for managers, entrepreneurs, seasoned executives, teachers, and students alike. Featuring a new chapter on accountability and ethics, and complete with Excel templates, study questions, and a teaching guide on the Web (www.droms-strauss.com), Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers covers all major aspects of financial management including:Reading a balance sheetMastering the accounting cycleMaking long-term investment decisionsConducting breakeven analysis for profit planningCalculating cost of capitalEvaluating closely held companies
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About the Author
William G. Droms is the John Powers, Jr., Professor of Finance at Georgetown University School of Business. An internationally recognized corporate finance and investment management consultant, he has designed and delivered executive development programs to thousands of managers in a wide variety of trade and professional associations, corporations, and financial institutions. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A Bit Too Theoretical,
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This review is from: Finance And Accounting For Nonfinancial Managers: Fourth Edition (Paperback)
This is not a bad book. It covers a lot of ground. But at times it gets a bit too theoretical, rather than being down to earth. I saw the reviews that liked it, but several of them were by financial managers. For those of us who are not financial managers, there is quite of a bit of mathematics and theory. For example, for capital budgeting there is a whole chapter of mathematical formulas with a small paragraph saying no one really uses the formulas - they use calculators or computers. But there was no discussion about what calculator or computer program to buy or how to do the calculations with a calculator or computer. The book is also pretty much out of date, espeically in areas like the tax chapter.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to read and understand for the non-technical person,
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This review is from: Finance And Accounting For Nonfinancial Managers: Fourth Edition (Paperback)
This book does a great job of helping managers understand the financial world. It takes the basics of finance and accounting and describes them in a very non-technical and easy to understand manner. I am a degreed accountant with a strong finance and economics background and find it difficult to explain things to business owners and managers in a way that makes sense to them. This book resolves that problem. By the time they read through it once we can at least talk together and I don't feel like I am using a foreign language.A very valuable book that should be required reading for anyone who goes into business for theirself or moves up the corporate ladder to a position where understanding these things is beneficial for their career. While it is not a treatise on the details of accounting and finance it will give you a broad enough scope to understand what you should be doing and why things work the way that they do. A recommended read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book when paired with another one.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Finance And Accounting For Nonfinancial Managers: Fourth Edition (Paperback)
This is a very readable book about business finance and accounting. I have used it, along with a study guide I prepared for it, to help train people who were becoming instructors for business training classes. It certainly helps to be able to discuss the material in the book with someone who knows more about what's in it than you do. Even so, Droms does a good job with his material and you can use the book for later reference -- I do. You'll get even more out of this book if you order another book to go with it. That book is "Business Basics Bestseller #1." [...]
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