Commercial Awareness and Business Decision Making Skills : How to understand and analyse company financial information (Paperback)

Introduction; The purpose of financial information - Getting inside the mind of an accountant - Getting inside the mind of an economist - Financial and management accounts ? Why care about the differences - The building blocks - Seeing double!; Matching the Numbers to the Buying and Selling Process; The snapshot ? Assets and liabilities; The Video ? Income and expenses; Cash is King; The tricks people play ? Provisions - Dealing with uncertainty - Commercial substance over legal form; Adding Value - Common size accounts - Ratio analysis made easy - Understanding risk; Pictures and Words ? Understanding the extras;. Yet another professional ? The Auditor!; Key point summary.