Jae K. Shim, Joel G. Siegel, Allison I. Shim

Budgeting Basics and Beyond (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A convenient and up-to-date reference tool for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry If the very thought of budgets pushes your sanity over the limit, then this practical, easy-to-use guide is just what you need. Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Fourth Edition equips you with an all-in-one resource guaranteed to make the budgeting process easier, less stressful, and more effective. The new edition covers rolling budgets (forecasts), activity-based budgeting, life-cycle budgeting. Cloud computing, Balanced Scorecard, budgeting for nonprofit organizations, business simulations for executive and management training, and much more! Includes several new software packages, computer-based models and spreadsheet applications, including Value Chain Management software, Financial Planning and Performance software, Web 2.0, Cloud computing, and capital budgeting software Features case studies, illustrations, exhibits, forms, checklists, graphs, samples, and worked-out solutions to a wide variety of budgeting, planning, and control problems Offers financial planning and new types of financial modeling, variance analysis, Web-based budgeting, active budgeting illuminating "e;what-if"e; analyses throughout, spreadsheet applications, break-even analysis, project analysis, and capital budgeting Budgeting Basics and Beyond, Fourth Edition is a practical, easy-to-use problem-solver and up-to-date reference tool for today's financial and nonfinancial managers in public practice and private industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118127971
• Artikelnr.: 37354017

Autorenporträt

JAE K. SHIM, PHD, has authored or coauthored more than fifty professional and college finance and accounting books. Thirty of his publications have been translated into various languages such as Chinese, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Croatian, Italian, Japanese, and Korean. He is CEO of Delta Consulting Co., a consulting and training firm, and accounting and finance professor at California State University, Long Beach. JOEL G. SIEGEL, PHD, CPA, is the author of over fifty books and has written hundreds of articles for accounting and financial journals. He was a member of the audit staff at Coopers & Lybrand. Dr. Siegel has acted as consultant in accounting issues to many organizations, including IT&T, Citicorp, and Person/Wolinsky CPA Review. ALLISON I. SHIM, MS, is CFO of Delta Consulting Co. She is a finance expert and a PhD candidate at the University of California at Irvine.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors xi Preface xiii Chapter 1: The What and Why of Budgeting:
An Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Strategic Planning and Budgeting: Process,
Preparation, and Control 29 Chapter 3: Administering the Budget: Reports,
Analyses, and Evaluations 45 Chapter 4: Break-Even and Contribution Margin
Analysis: Profit, Cost, and Volume Changes 57 Chapter 5: Profit Planning:
Targeting and Reaching Achievable Goals 79 Chapter 6: Master Budget:
Genesis of Financial Forecasting and Profit Planning 95 Chapter 7: Cost
Behavior: Emphasis on Flexible Budgets 119 Chapter 8: Evaluating
Performance: The Use of Variance Analysis 131 Chapter 9: Manufacturing
Costs: Sales Forecasts and Realistic Budgets 191 Chapter 10: Marketing:
Budgeting for Sales, Advertising, and Distribution 203 Chapter 11: Research
and Development: Budgets for a Long-Term Plan 223 Chapter 12: General and
Administrative Costs: Budgets for Maximum Productivity 237 Chapter 13:
Capital Expenditures: Assets to Be Bought, Sold, and Discarded 243 Chapter
14: Forecasting and Planning: Reducing Risk in Decision Making 267 Chapter
15: Moving Averages and Smoothing Techniques: Quantitative Forecasting 277
Chapter 16: Regression Analysis: Popular Sales Forecast System 289 Chapter
17: Cash Budgeting and Forecasting Cash Flow: Two Pragmatic Methods 301
Chapter 18: Financial Modeling: Tools for Budgeting and Profit Planning 315
Chapter 19: Using Software Packages and E-Budgeting: Computer-Based Models,
Spreadsheets, and Web-Based Systems 329 Chapter 20: Capital Budgeting:
Selecting the Optimum Long-Term Investment and Real Options 351 Chapter 21:
Budgeting for Cost Management: Activity-Based Budgeting and Life-Cycle
Budgeting 393 Chapter 22: Zero-Base Budgeting: Priority Budgeting for Best
Resource Allocation 411 Chapter 23: Managers' Performance and Balanced
Scorecard: Evaluation at the Division Level 419 Chapter 24: Budgeting for
Service Organizations: Special Features 453 Chapter 25: Budgeting for
Nonprofit Organizations: Diverse Types 463 Chapter 26: Using Management
Games for Executive Training 487 Appendix I: Future and Present Value
Tables 505 Appendix II: Statistical Table 511 Glossary of Budgeting and
Planning Terms 513 Index 531