A convenient and up-to-date reference tool for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry If the very thought of budgets pushes your sanity over the limit, then this practical, easy-to-use guide is just what you need. Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Fourth Edition equips you with an all-in-one resource guaranteed to make the budgeting process easier, less stressful, and more effective. The new edition covers rolling budgets (forecasts), activity-based budgeting, life-cycle budgeting. Cloud computing, Balanced Scorecard, budgeting for nonprofit organizations, business simulationsfor executive and management training, and much more! Includes several new software packages, computer-based models and spreadsheet applications, includingValue Chain Management software, Financial Planning and Performance software,Web 2.0, Cloud computing, and capital budgeting software Features case studies, illustrations, exhibits, forms, checklists, graphs, samples, and worked-outsolutions to a wide variety of budgeting, planning, and control problems Offers financial planning and new types of financial modeling, variance analysis, Web-based budgeting, active budgeting illuminating 'what-if' analyses throughout, spreadsheet applications, break-even analysis, project analysis, and capital budgeting Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Fourth Edition is a practical, easy-to-use problem-solver and up-to-date reference tool for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry. ÍNDICE: About the Authors. Preface. Chapter 1: The What and Why of Budgeting: An Introduction. Chapter 2: Strategic Planning and Budgeting: Process, Preparation and Control. Chapter 3: Administering the Budget: Reports, Analyses, and Evaluations. Chapter 4: Break-even and Contribution Margin Analysis: Profit, Cost, and Volume Changes. Chapter 5: Profit Planning: Targeting and Reaching Achievable Goals. Chapter 6: Master Budget: Genesis of Financial Forecastingand Profit Planning. Chapter 7: Cost Behavior: Emphasis on Flexible Budgets. Chapter 8: Evaluating Performance: The Use of Variance Analysis. Chapter 9: Manufacturing Costs: Sales Forecasts and Realistic Budgets. Chapter 10: Marketing: Budgeting for Sales, Advertising, and Distribution. Chapter 11: Research and Development: Budgets for a Long-term Plan. Chapter 12: General and Administrative Costs: Budgets for Maximum Productivity. Chapter 13: Capital Expenditures: Assets to Be Bought, Sold, and Discarded. Chapter 14: Forecasting and Planning: Reducing Risk in Decision Making. Chapter 15: Moving Averages and Smoothing Techniques: Quantitative Forecasting. Chapter 16: Regression Analysis: Popular Sales Forecast System. Chapter 17: Cash Budgeting and Forecasting Cash Flow: Two Pragmatic Methods. Chapter 18: Financial Modeling: Tools for Budgeting and Profit Planning. Chapter 19: Using Software Packages and E-Budgeting: Computer-based Models, Spreadsheets, and Web-based System. Chapter 20: Capital Budgeting: Selecting the Optimum Long-term Investment and Real Options. Chapter 21: Budgeting for Cost Management: Activity-based Budgeting and Life-cycle Budgeting. Chapter 22: Zero-base Budgeting: Priority Budgeting for Best Resource Allocation. Chapter 23: Managers' Performance and Balanced Scorecard: Evaluation on the Division Level. Chapter 24: Budgeting for Service Organizations: Special Features. Chapter 25: Budgeting for Nonprofit Organizations: Diverse Types. Chapter 26: Using Management Games for Executive Training. Appendix I: Present and Future Value Tables. Appendix II: Statistical Table. Glossary of Budgeting and Planning Terms. Index.
- ISBN: 978-1-118-09627-7
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 560
- Fecha Publicación: 12/10/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés