Finance for Managers (Harvard Business Essentials),   ISBN:9781578518760

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"Finance for Managers" is short and clearly-written. It's a good book for non-business people (like me) who want to be smarter readers of business and economic news. However, it strikes me as too elementary to be of value to real non-financial managers (the supposed audience), who studied business at college and already know the basics of discounted present value, ratio analysis, the risks and rewards of leverage, and so forth. The good thing about "Finance for Managers" is that it NEVER goes beyond the bare basics. But that's also the bad thing.

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The book contains a number of good articles, introducing some important, basic accounting and finance concepts for non-financial managers. The chapters on Financing Operations and Growth, Budgeting, Practical Tools for Management Decisions and Valuation Concepts were the most informative and relevant. Others, like Taxation and The Time Value of MOney were too simplistic. An OK book if you have limited time to devote to the subject, but it really won't do much more than introduce you to some useful vocabulary, so you won't feel completely intimidated when dealing with your finance staff.

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If your knowledge of Financial Management is limited or shallow this is your book: Clear, direct, brief, full of examples and easy to read.

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It wasn't all what I had expected - I thought it would have given a deeper insight also to the financing aspects.

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A really excellent reference book to keep handy. Gives a great overview of key finance concepts and is easy to follow. It was well worth the price and the time spent reading it.