Mike Bolton and Chris Singer
Gower
Looseleaf
402
2002
A collection of activities and exercises for learning about finance and practising financial skills. The collection uses a developed case study on which all of the subsequent activities are based. It covers all of the following: Session 1 What's This Business All About? Using a SWOT Analysis To Find Out: Creative Kitchens - their strengths and weaknesses opportunities and threats. Session 2 Finding Out Where The Money's Gone To: How the money flows in and out Last year's profit What does the P&L show about our performance? Session 3 So You've Made a Profit? What Else Does The Profit and Loss Account Tell You? Which profit is the real profit? More sales make more money don't they? What does the P&L show about out costs? What do we do now? Session 4 Have You Been Increasing Your Worth? What the Balance Sheet Tells You: What do we own and who paid for it? What the last four years should have told them How secure is the business? Session 5 What's Happened To The Flow of Money? Using Ratios To Find Out: Where has all the money gone? Measuring the flow of money How well are we using the money? Using the pyramid of ratios. Session 6 Ratios Can Save Money and Make You More Profit: Where's all the profit gone? Where have all the extra costs come from? Where's the work in progress hiding? Why so many finished goods? Accounting policies need to be understood Presentation of progress to the managing director. Session 7 Are Your Costs Behaving Themselves?: But surely a cost is just a cost? The way costs behave Labour costs should add value Deviation isn't always a crime. Session 8 How The Figures Can Help You Make Better Marketing Decisions: How debtors dam up the cash flow What should we do with the overheads? Prices profits and breaking even Sensitivity or how break-even analysis can take away the pain.
Gower
Looseleaf
402
2002
A collection of activities and exercises for learning about finance and practising financial skills. The collection uses a developed case study on which all of the subsequent activities are based. It covers all of the following: Session 1 What's This Business All About? Using a SWOT Analysis To Find Out: Creative Kitchens - their strengths and weaknesses opportunities and threats. Session 2 Finding Out Where The Money's Gone To: How the money flows in and out Last year's profit What does the P&L show about our performance? Session 3 So You've Made a Profit? What Else Does The Profit and Loss Account Tell You? Which profit is the real profit? More sales make more money don't they? What does the P&L show about out costs? What do we do now? Session 4 Have You Been Increasing Your Worth? What the Balance Sheet Tells You: What do we own and who paid for it? What the last four years should have told them How secure is the business? Session 5 What's Happened To The Flow of Money? Using Ratios To Find Out: Where has all the money gone? Measuring the flow of money How well are we using the money? Using the pyramid of ratios. Session 6 Ratios Can Save Money and Make You More Profit: Where's all the profit gone? Where have all the extra costs come from? Where's the work in progress hiding? Why so many finished goods? Accounting policies need to be understood Presentation of progress to the managing director. Session 7 Are Your Costs Behaving Themselves?: But surely a cost is just a cost? The way costs behave Labour costs should add value Deviation isn't always a crime. Session 8 How The Figures Can Help You Make Better Marketing Decisions: How debtors dam up the cash flow What should we do with the overheads? Prices profits and breaking even Sensitivity or how break-even analysis can take away the pain.