| Description |
xx, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The what and why of budgeting : an introduction -- 2. Strategic planning and budgeting : process, preparation and control -- 3. Administering the budget : reports, analyses, and evaluations -- 4. Break-even and contribution margin analysis : profit, cost, and volume changes -- 5. Profit planning : targeting and reaching achievable goals -- 6. Master budget : genesis of forecasting and profit planning -- 7. Cost behavior : emphasis on flexible budgets -- 8. Evaluating performance : the use of variance analysis -- 9. Manufacturing costs : sales forecasts and realistic budgets -- 10. Marketing : budgeting for sales, advertising, and distribution -- 11. Research and development : budgets for a long-term plan -- 12. General and administrative costs : budgets for maximum productivity -- 13. Capital expenditures : assets to be bought, sold, and discarded -- 14. Forecasting and planning : reducing risk in decision making -- 15. Moving averages and smoothing techniques : quantitative forecasting -- 16. Regression analysis : popular sales forecast system -- 17. Cash budgeting and forecasting cash flow : two pragmatic methods -- 18. Financial modeling : tools for budgeting and profit planning -- 19. Software packages : computer-based models and spreadsheet software -- 20. Capital budgeting : selecting the optimum long-term investment -- 21. Zero-base budgeting : priority budgeting for best resource allocation -- 22. Managers' performance : evaluation on the division level -- 23. Budgeting for service organizations : special features |
| Summary |
"Packed with case studies, illustrations, exhibits, forms, checklists, graphs, samples, and worked-out solutions to a wide variety of budgeting, planning, and control problems, this Second Edition is both a handy desk reference and problem-solver for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Insurance. Law. Australia |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Insurance law -- Australia.
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Insurance law -- New Zealand.
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| LC no. |
77378372 |
| ISBN |
0409308706 |
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