Smart things to know about business finance - Ken Langdon

Solid financial management is at the heart of every successful business but even the smartest managers can find financial measurements difficult to understand. The world of accountants and the jargon of financial control can be baffling to the most experienced managers. But if you?re smart you can get the Finance Director working on your side. Then watch your career take off!

• Do you want to know enough about finance to be able to get the most from your finance people?
• Is it high time you were able to make sense of the financial pages?
• Do you need to understand company reports, whether your own or those of your suppliers or customers?
• Would it help you to shine if your understood the financial side of investment appraisal?
• Will you need to understand how external finance is attracted into a project or business?

If the answer to any of these questions is ?yes? then you need Smart Things to Know About Business Finance. Ken Langdon and Alan Bonham demystify the finance function and give you the key questions to ask and the confidence to discuss numbers with accountants and Finance Directors. Financial people can be useful allies if you can speak their language. Smart Things to Know About Business Finance shows you how. (First tip: if you read Smart Things to Know About business Finance in the office the finance people might let you claim it on expenses.) Smart Voices: "We?re in the business of making money, not cars." General Motors Executive