Finance for non-financial managers

Today’s managers need to be more commercially aware more so than ever before. Even if they do not have to manage budgets or finances themselves as part of their role they still need to understand about the financials of a company, what it all means and the impact of their actions on the bottom line.

In this textbook you’ll receive a thorough grounding that explains what all of the financial statements of a company means from a “non finance” point of view. Explained in easy to understand language, you will soon gain a great insight into the finance aspects of a company even if you have no direct input into the financials yourself.

Sean McPheat, the Founder and Managing Director of management development specialists, MTD Training is the author of this publication. Sean has been featured on CNN, BBC, ITV, on numerous radio stations and has contributed to many newspapers. He’s been featured in over 250 different publications as a thought leader within the management development and training industry.

MTD has been working with a wide variety of clients (both large and small) in the UK and internationally for several years.

MTD specialise in providing:

• In-house, tailor made management training courses (1-5 days duration)

• Open courses (Delivered throughout the UK at various locations)

• Management & leadership development programmes (From 5 days to 2 years)

• Corporate and executive coaching (With senior or middle managers)

MTD provide a wide range of management training courses and programmes that enable new and experienced managers to maximise their potential by gaining or refining their management and leadership skills.

Our team of highly skilled and experienced trainers and consultants have all had distinguished careers in senior management roles and bring with them a wealth of practical experience to each course. At MTD Training we will design and deliver a solution that suits your specific needs addressing the issues and requirements from your training brief that best fits your culture, learning style and ways of working.

Our programmes are delivered when and where you need them! We believe that training should be fun, highly interactive and provide “real world” practical techniques and methods that you can use back in the office – and that’s exactly what we provide.

1. Introduction
2. Understanding Finance Basics
3. Three Basic Finance Principles
   1. Basic Finance Terms
   2. Overview of the Ebook
4. Financial Information Every Organization Needs
   1. Introduction
   2. Bookkeping (Accounting)
   3. Chart of Accounts
   4. The General Journal (Original Book of Entry)
   5. The General Ledger
5. Balance Sheet
   1. Introduction
   2. What a Balance Sheet Tells You
   3. What the Balance Sheet Doesn’t Tell You
6. The Income Statement
   1. Introduction
   2. Elements of the Income Statement
   3. What an Income Statement Tells You
   4. What an Income Statement Does Not Tell You
7. Cash Flow Statement
   1. Introduction
   2. Cash Flow Categories
   3. Preparing the Cash Flow Statement
8. Understanding Budgets
   1. Introduction
   2. Approaches to Budgeting
   3. Reading the Budget
9. Pricing
   1. Introduction
   2. How Important is Price?
   3. Demand for the Product or Service
   4. Your Environment
   5. Pricing Strategies
10. Applying Your Knowledge
    1. Introduction
    2. Defining Your Reasons
    3. Background
    4. Objectives
    5. Scope of Operations
    6. Operational Constraints
    7. Understanding Risk
11. References