Finance And Accounting For Non-financial Managers, 3e, All The Basics You Need To Know

It's not fair to judge a book by its content if one doesn't like the topic.That said, its written in clear language and offers a broadbrush overview of basic finance. I think it spends a bit too much time on stocks and other financial instruments for an actual businessperson -- I mean, who of us actually buys or sells these things for our company?The best part was the description of the financial ratios. These you'll use everyday and I'll keep the book after the class is done for this reason.

But my instructor was really shoddy.I read this book twice, but some things just didn't click.And he was terrible at the whole 'teaching' thing. He said "most students fail their first time and then have to retake it, and end up doing well."Right. Whatever, maybe I just suck at business, but I consider myself pretty smart.This book definitely needs to be coupled with a competent professor.

For a subject that, at it's core, requires math and formulas, I was surprised to see that this book comes in more of a novel format. While that's fine for actual novels, it makes learning equations and tables far more difficult than if it were laid out in a textbook format. It's difficult to follow the application of a described concept when it's put in to use in a table with little to no supporting equations or explanations. While the second half of the book does include more detail on the computations and formulas, the first half is essentially void of them. There is also no use whatsoever of spreadsheet tools or functions, which is how all financials are recorded today (and have been for the past several decades).

A bit too much on the accounting nuts and bolts and not enough on running the numbers for a business.

It's a textbook.

This was a required textbook for my Finance Course and the content fit in well with the course and would be a great reasource for anyone intrested in refreshing their financial account skills or to expand their current knowledge.

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The book effectively presents an introduction to financing accounting. It offers a very practical approach and includes sufficient depth to be able to converse intelligently with any accountant, or manage a small company.

Trata de manera amena y sencilla los principales aspectos de la contabilidad, de los procesos contables, del análisis financiero, y de los estados financieros de las empresas, dentro de las normas y principios contables vigentes en USa.