Management Finance - Table of Contents
Introduction
section 1: finance in context- The role of business in the economy 2
- The accounting function 20
section 2: financial statements
- Basics of financial statements 32
- Financial statements: limited companies 56
- Cash flow statements 72
- Published accounts of limited companies 88
section 3: monitoring financial performance
- Interpretation of financial statements 106
- The management of working capital 138
section 4: costing
- Introduction to cost and costing systems 162
- Overhead analysis and methods of costing 188
section 5: decision making
- Cost behaviour and break-even analysis 214
- Marginal costing 232
- Pricing decisions 248
- Capital investment appraisal 260
section 6: budgeting and budgetary control
- Principles of budgeting 278
- Cash budgets and master budgets 300
- Budget monitoring and variance analysis 312
section 7: business planning
- Analysing business information 334
- Presenting business information 344
- The business plan 358
Appendix A: accounting formats and worksheets 373
Appendix B: answers to activities 379
Index 439