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ASIC INANCIAL2nd edition
BASIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
WM CONRADIE & CMW FOURIE (GENERAL EDITORS)
As finance is the life-blood of business, sound financial management is critical not only for making a profit but to maintain the ongoing health and vitality of an enterprise. Even well-established and prominent companies have gone out of business because of poor financial foresight.
In Basic Financial Management 2e, the authors explain the major elements and principles of sound financial management in an accessible and practical way, making basic accounting, financial statements and business statistics easy to understand even for new entrepreneurs.
NEW EDITIONS ONLY: MAIN UPDATES IN THE NEW EDITION
In this second edition of Basic Financial Management, the layout has been simplified to enhance the reader’s focus on the content. Explanations have been clarified, additional examples of financial statements have been included, and several exercises and questions with answers have been added. The chapter on business statistics has been brought up to date with the latest statistical analysis methods.
This book gives students of Commerce and Financial Management the tools to grasp basic business functionality, ranging from everyday record-keeping to annual financial analysis. It will also be appreciated by anyone involved in the management of a business enterprise, from managers of SMMEs to CEOs of large corporations.
ANAGEMENT
nance is the life-blood of business, sound financial management is critical not only for making a profit but aintain the ongoing health and vitality of an enterprise. Even well-established and prominent companies gone out of business because of poor financial foresight.
sic Financial Management 2e, the authors explain the major elements and principles of sound financial agement in an accessible and practical way, making basic accounting, financial statements and business tics easy to understand even for new entrepreneurs.
you will find in this book:
overview of the basic concepts of finance and what financial management means
ogical introduction to the use of the accounting double entry principle
planations of accounting formulas and statements demonstrated using practical examples
ercises that clarify how everything fits together
investigation into the capital requirements of an enterprise and various ways of financing these quirements
agrams and graphs that illustrate the concept of financial break-even analysis
planations of different types of business budgets
ow to manage credit and stock/inventory
detailed discussion on the increasingly important subject of business statistics
portant concepts and definitions are highlighted
any practical examples and self-evaluation exercises.
s second edition of Basic Financial Management, the layout has been simplified to enhance the reader’s s on the content. Explanations have been clarified, additional examples of financial statements have included, and several exercises and questions with answers have been added. The chapter on business tics has been brought up to date with the latest statistical analysis methods.
book gives students of Commerce and Financial Management the tools to grasp basic business functionality, ng from everyday record-keeping to annual financial analysis. It will also be appreciated by anyone involved e management of a business enterprise, from managers of SMMEs to CEOs of large corporations.
t the authors
e Conradie is Emeritus Professor of Business Management at the University of Johannesburg and is the der, owner and CEO of two companies.
a Fourie is currently Financial Manager at Fundi Capital (Pty) Ltd. She was formerly a Senior Lecturer at nikon SA in the Accounting Department.
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BASIC
WM CONRADIE • CMW FOURIE
FINANCIAL
2nd edition
MANAGEMENT
22/12/2017 10:21
978 1 48512 541 9 978 1 48512 594 5 2e 2017
232 PAGES
ZAR R340.00 ZAR R340.00
CONTENTS
• An introduction to financial management for marketing managers
• Basic accounting and financial statements
• Analysing the annual financial statements
• The capital requirements of any enterprise or organisation
ABOUT AUTHORS
• Financing the capital requirements of an enterprise
• The financial break-even analysis • Budgets
• Managing credit
• Managing stock/inventory
• It is all about the data
Willie Conradie is Emeritus Professor of Business Management at the University of Johannesburg and is the founder, owner and CEO of two companies.
Welma Fourie is currently Financial Manager at Fundi Capital (Pty) Ltd. She was formerly a Senior Lecturer at Technikon SA in the Accounting Department.
KEY FEATURES
• An overview of the basic concepts of finance and what financial management means
• A logical introduction to the use of the accounting double entry principle
• Explanations of accounting formulas and statements demonstrated using
practical examples
• Exercises that clarify how everything fits together
• An investigation into the capital requirements of an enterprise and various
ways of financing these requirements
• Diagrams and graphs that illustrate the concept of financial break-even
analysis
• Explanations of different types of business budgets
• How to manage credit and stock/inventory
• Adetaileddiscussionontheincreasinglyimportantsubjectofbusinessstatistics
• Important concepts and definitions are highlighted
• Many practical examples and self-evaluation exercises.
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