Download or read book The Essentials of Finance and Budgeting written by and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HR (human resources) finance and budgeting concepts (interpreting financial statements, reporting human capital, time value of money, business valuation concepts, etc.) are featured.

Download or read book Essentials of Strategy written by and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Business Literacy for HR Professionals series, developed in cooperation with the Society for Human Resource Management, helps HR professionals do exactly that. Covering essential areas such as negotiation, decision making, change management, finance, and more, these highly practical books help HR professionals in their goal to be true strategic partners who bring additional bottom line value to their organizations. In an age of stiffening competition, everyone in an organization must develop a strategic mind-set by understanding the company's competitive strategy and helping the firm execute it. This essential resource offers guidelines for creating the HR initiatives, policies, and departmental structures that ensure success."--Publisher's website.

Download or read book The Essentials of Project Management written by Lauren Keller Johnson and published by Business Literacy for HR Profe. This book was released on 2006 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to accelerating change and intensifying competition, more and more organizational work takes the form of projectslarge and small, complex and straightforward. This hands-on book provides the guidelines and tools you need to enhance this core competencyincluding assembling a project team, keeping projects on schedule and within budget, and mitigating project risk.

Download or read book Financial Intelligence for HR Professionals written by Karen Berman and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an HR manager, you're expected to use financial data to make decisions, allocate resources, and budget expenses. But if you're like many human resource practitioners, you may feel uncertain or uncomfortable incorporating financial numbers into your day-to-day work. In Financial Intelligence for HR Professionals, Karen Berman and Joe Knight tailor the groundbreaking work they introduced in their book Financial Intelligence: A Manager's Guide to Knowing What the Numbers Really Mean to present the essentials of finance specifically for HR experts. Drawing on their work training tens of thousands of managers and employees at leading organizations worldwide, Berman and Knight provide you with a deep understanding of the basics of financial management and measurement, along with hands-on activities to practice what you are reading. You'll discover: · Why the assumptions behind financial data matter · What your company's income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement really reveal · How to use ratios to assess your company's financial health · How to calculate return on investment · Ways to use financial information to support your business units and do your own job better · How to instill financial intelligence throughout your team Authoritative and accessible, this book empowers you to "talk numbers" confidently with your boss, colleagues, and direct reports--and with the finance department. About the Author Karen Berman and Joe Knight founded the Business Literacy Institute. They train managers at some of America's biggest and best-known companies. John Case has written or collaborated on several successful books. He has also written for Inc., Harvard Business Review, and other business publications.

Download or read book Finance for Managers written by Harvard Business School and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing the fundamentals of financial literacy, this guide gives business managers the smart advice they need to increase their impact on financial planning, budgeting, and forcasting.

Download or read book Financial Planning Budgeting and Forecasting Financial Intelligence Collection 7 Books written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 1601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t let your fear of finance get in the way of your success. This digital collection, curated by Harvard Business Review, brings together everything a manager needs to know about financial intelligence. It includes Financial Intelligence, called a “must-read” for decision makers without expertise in finance; A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, which covers the essentials of macroeconomics and examines the core ideas of output, money, and expectations; Essentials of Finance and Budgeting, which explains everything HR professionals need to know to make wise financial decisions; Ahead of the Curve, Joseph H. Ellis’s forecasting method to help managers and investors understand and predict the economic cycles that control their businesses and financial fates; Beyond Budgeting; which offers a coherent management model that overcomes the limitations of traditional budgeting; Preparing a Budget, packed with handy tools, self-tests, and real life examples to help you hone critical skills; and HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers, which will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals of finance.

Download or read book Business Literacy Survival Guide for HR Professionals written by Regan W. Garey and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that business literacy is relevant to the HR professional, this reference addresses concerns that individuals in HR positions are being overlooked in terms of corporate decision making and explains corporate accounting and finance through the lens of well-accepted HR competencies. Including data on financial ratios, budgeting, and fraud, this straightforward guide contains critical information for all business leaders, but especially HR generalists and managers who are not regularly exposed to such material.

Download or read book HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers HBR Guide Series written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DON’T LET YOUR FEAR OF FINANCE GET IN THE WAY OF YOUR SUCCESS Can you prepare a breakeven analysis? Do you know the difference between an income statement and a balance sheet? Or understand why a business that’s profitable can still go belly-up? Has your grasp of your company’s numbers helped—or hurt—your career? Whether you’re new to finance or you just need a refresher, this go-to guide will give you the tools and confidence you need to master the fundamentals, as all good managers must. The HBR Guide to Finance Basics for Managers will help you: Learn the language of finance Compare your firm’s financials with rivals’ Shift your team’s focus from revenues to profits Assess your vulnerability to industry downturns Use financial data to defend budget requests Invest smartly through cost/benefit analysis

Download or read book Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know Color written by Vibrant Publishers and published by VIBRANT PUBLISHERS USA. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - UPDATED 2020 EDITION - New: Includes Chapter Summaries and Solutions to Practice Exercises - Financial Management concepts simplified - Fundamentals explained for business professionals and non-finance graduates - Important standard principles covered - Solved exercises and practice questions Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: Color Edition provides new managers and leaders with the foundational concepts of financial management. Having deep knowledge of law, engineering, and other professional disciplines doesn't prepare someone for the key role finance plays in business. This book provides an overview of core financial concepts such as: - Analysis of financial statements - Cost of Capital - Creating a capital budget - Managing working capital - Stocks and dividends - Forecasting Each chapter provides clear examples of financial management practice and includes practice exercises to help train the reader in the usage of these critical tools. This edition also includes Chapter Summaries and Solutions to Practice Exercises. About the Series Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: Color Edition is part of the Self-Learning Management Series that helps working professionals moving into management roles. This Self Learning Management Series intends to give a jump start to working professionals, whose job roles demand to have the knowledge imparted in a B-school but haven't got a chance to visit one. This series is designed to address every aspect of business from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations, be it any industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter. The distinctiveness of the series lies in that all the relevant information is bundled in a compact form that is very easy to interpret. About the Author Kalpesh Ashar is a management consultant and corporate trainer holding an MBA (Dean's Award Winner) from SPJIMR, one of Asia's top business schools, and an Engineering degree with honours in Electronics. He has over 21 years of experience in large organizations and start-ups in Asia, USA, and Europe. Kalpesh has worked in several project management roles, like Senior Project Manager, Delivery Manager, and Program Manager. He is passionate about writing on management subjects. His techno-business background gives him a unique position to write on management topics that are easy to understand for non-MBA graduates. His books are authored in a simple to understand manner without unnecessary use of management jargons.

Download or read book Financial Analysis for HR Managers written by Steven Director and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HR managers are under intense pressure to become strategic business partners. Many, unfortunately, lack the technical skills in financial analysis to succeed in this role. Now, respected HR management educator Dr. Steven Director addresses this skill gap head-on. Writing from HR's viewpoint, Director covers everything mid-level and senior-level HR professionals need to know to formulate, model, and evaluate their HR initiatives from a financial and business perspective. Drawing on his unsurpassed expertise working with HR executives, he walks through each crucial financial issue associated with strategic talent management, including the quantifiable links between workforces and business value, the cost-benefit analysis of HR and strategic financial initiatives, and specific issues related to total rewards programs. Unlike finance books for non-financial managers, Financial Analysis for HR Managers focuses entirely on core HR issues, including: How do you model HR's financial role in corporate strategic initiatives such as the introduction of a new product line? How do you select bonus drivers to send the right signals to managers? How do you design compensation packages that are fully consistent with your goals? How do you identify and manage pension-finance costs and risks that can dramatically impact the long-term financial health of the business?

Download or read book Understanding Finance written by and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2007-08-20 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the essential concepts of finance—budgeting, forecasting, and planning—to managers who are not financial managers. Understanding Finance contains relevant information on how to: understand what the three basic financial statements and ratio analysis tell about a company's financial health; develop and track a budget; and assess an investment opportunity.

Download or read book How to Use Finance and Accounting in HR Collection written by Bashker D. Biswas and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Compensation and Benefit Design , Bashker D. Biswas shows exactly how to bring financial rigor to the crucial "people" decisions associated with compensation and benefit program development. This comprehensive book begins by introducing a valuable Human Resource Life Cycle Model for considering compensation and benefit programs. Next, Biswas thoroughly addresses the acquisition component of compensation, as well as issues related to general compensation, equity compensation, and pension accounting. He assesses the full financial impact of executive compensation programs and employee benefit plans, and discusses the unique issues associated with international HR systems and programs. This book contains a full chapter on HR key indicator reporting, and concludes with detailed coverage of trends in human resource accounting, and the deepening linkages between financial and HR planning. Replete with both full and "mini" case examples throughout, the book also contains chapter-ending exercises and problems for use by students in HR and finance programs. ¿ HR managers are under intense pressure to become strategic business partners. Many, unfortunately, lack the technical skills in financial analysis to succeed in this role. Now, respected HR management educator Dr. Steven Director addresses this skill gap head-on. Writing from HR's viewpoint, Director covers everything mid-level and senior-level HR professionals need to know to formulate, model, and evaluate their HR initiatives from a financial and business perspective. Drawing on his unsurpassed expertise working with HR executives, he walks through each crucial financial issue associated with strategic talent management, including the quantifiable links between workforces and business value, the cost-benefit analysis of HR and strategic financial initiatives, and specific issues related to total rewards programs. Unlike finance books for non-financial managers, Financial Analysis for HR Managers focuses entirely on core HR issues.

Download or read book HR Magazine Guide to Managing People written by Society for Human Resource Management (U.S.) and published by Ann M Uich. This book was released on 2006 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 50 years, human resource professionals have relied on HR Magazine's "Managing Smart" column to provide perceptive, in-depth information. Now the best columns have been collected in this treasure trove of pep talks and practical tools that helps professionals recruit, train, and motivate talented managers. The book's format includes handy sidebars called "Quick Tips" and "Did You Know?" to keep track of core topics and update facts and statistics; work sheets, checklists, and self-assessments are also provided for implementing new ideas.

Download or read book Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know written by Vibrant Publishers and published by VIBRANT PUBLISHERS USA. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know provides new managers and leaders with the foundational concepts of financial management. Having deep knowledge of law, engineering, and other professional disciplines doesn't prepare someone for the key role finance plays in business.

Download or read book Financial and Managerial Aspects in Human Resource Management written by Dennis Pepple and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Financial and Managerial Aspects in HRM: A Practical Guide breaks new ground by being the first to compile the everyday management and financial decisions of HR managers in a single book. It is an essential resource for understanding core practical HRM issues in the modern workplace.

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Download or read book Budgeting la Carte written by John A. Tracy and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1996-07-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a busy business manager, would you like to spend less time budgeting, and learn more from the budgeting you do? If you answer yes, then Budgeting à la Carte is the book for you. Most books on budgeting advocate a comprehensive, "seven course dinner" budgeting system. But unless you're the CEO of a major corporation, this is too much information—maybe way too much. What you need instead is Budgeting à la Carte: a menu of budgeting options that allows you to pick and choose only those items that suit your taste, appetite, and business situation. Explained in detail by bestselling financial author John A. Tracy, this comprehensive resource covers the full range of budgeting procedures, including: Income Statements Balance Sheets Operating Ratios Profitability Cash Flow Price and Volume Tradeoffs Cost Allocations Capital Investments And more . . . Budgeting, Tracy shows, is not an end in itself. It's a set of tools you can use to maximize financial performance and position. With Budgeting à la Carte, you'll control the tools, and you can decide just how much and what kind of budgeting is right for your business. Also by John A. Tracy HOW TO READ A FINANCIAL REPORT For MANAGERS, ENTREPRENEURS, LENDERS, LAWYERS, AND INVESTORS "[If] you would like to have a minimal understanding of the numbers that make up a balance sheet, income, and cash flow statement . . . then How to Read a Financial Report might be just what you are looking for. Mr. Tracy's book explains in plain English the meaning of the major terms used in financial statements . . ."—The Wall Street Journal