The Basics of Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Connecting budgetary theory with practical tools, Charles E. Menifield carefully examines the key areas that every budgeting and financial management student needs to know in order to be a successful budgeteer in a local government, nonprofit, or state-level budget office. From the perspective of a bureaucrat, students examine various concepts and then work through in-class and out-of-class exercises and problems to reinforce those concepts and ideas through practical applications. Menifield provides an overview of the basic budgeting concepts, types, and techniques to orient students, along with discussion of budget cycles and the actors involved in the process. Chapters unfold to present personal services, operating, and capital budgets, as well as the various ways to fund public budgets. Students will gain an understanding of budgeting techniques and analytical models, but also how these methods are useful in answering important policy questions. Other topics include cash management, risk management, procurement, debt management, incentivizing economic development, and cutback management strategies. Menifield concludes with an examination of different data sources, data quality and appropriateness, and the different ways to communicate budget data effectively using charts, graphs, and slides. Each chapter provides the student with a list of important terms, phrases, and exercises that require the students to apply what they have learned in each chapter using only basic office applications. The Fifth Edition of the book provides in-class exercises for each chapter, allowing students not only to compare their responses to their peers in small groups, but also to present those responses to the entire class with the goal of improving their presentation skills. This book blends budgetary theory and practice in a volume that is easy to understand by both undergraduate and graduate students alike.
Cost Accounting
Analyzing and managing costs is crucial for business success. Industrial, service, and non-profit companies will not be successful in the long-term if they do not understand their costs.This textbook introduces the basic concepts and current developments in cost accounting. The book features numerous anecdotal examples from a wide range of industries, case studies, Microsoft Excel examples, and exercises to ensure a sustainable learning success.
Auditing Transformation
The book identifies drivers of transformation of auditing, including regulation, digitalisation, sustainability, and individual auditor characteristics, and discusses how the drivers affect auditing.
Managerial Accounting for Dummies
An easy-to-understand guide to making informed and effective business decisions With clear explanations and real-life examples, Managerial Accounting For Dummies gives you the basic concepts, terminology, and methods you need to fully grasp this important area of business, anywhere. You'll know how to identify, measure, analyze, interpret, and communicate the data that drives decision making in every industry. Understand and manage costs, plan, budget, and use these accounting skills for business evaluation and control. This approachable guide covers all the content in a typical managerial accounting course, making it perfect for students preparing for accounting careers. Professionals looking for a refresher will also benefit from this straightforward resource. Inside: Get clear descriptions of managerial accounting techniques and processes Learn how to collect, report, and analyze financial data to drive effective business decisions Discover how managerial accounting can improve sustainability and reduce risk Managerial Accounting For Dummies, 2nd Edition provides comprehensive information on global strategic management, basic data analysis techniques, and beyond--you'll understand all parts of the managerial accounting process and why it matters with this accessible resource.
Winning through Innovation
WINNING THROUGH INNOVATION is a practical guide written by award-winning author Stephen W. Hinch. He has led major innovation projects that have delivered billions of dollars of new value to organizations including Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, and TeamLogic IT. WINNING THROUGH INNOVATION uses detailed, real-life examples to show what managers can do to achieve innovation success: how to inspire teams, influence senior leaders, optimize organization structures, set innovation priorities, deal with competition, and more
The Impact of Organizations
This book contributes to the growing debate on the importance of measuring, managing, and reporting organizations' impact in the interest of companies, stakeholders, and policymakers.
Accounting for Feminism
The book addresses contemporary global feminisms and their potential emancipatory implications for accounting, as a profession and as a tool or technology. It takes an overtly feminist position, informed by feminist theory, feminist methodology and feminist activism, to challenge constructions of gender and the resulting inequalities.
Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
Sustainability Reporting: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and applying the latest global framework for disclosing sustainability-related risks and opportunities by public-sector business entities, irrespective of whether the entity follows IFRS or GAAP.
Integrating Change Management and Management Accounting Change
