Budgeting la Carte: Essential Tools for Harried Business Managers (Finance Fundamentals for Nonfinancial Managers Series) [Paperback]

John A. Tracy CPA (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0471109282 | ISBN-13: 978-0471109280 | Edition: 1

As a busy business manager, would you like to spend less time budgeting, and learn more from the budgeting you do? If you answer yes, then Budgeting ? la Carte is the book for you.

Most books on budgeting advocate a comprehensive, "seven course dinner" budgeting system. But unless you're the CEO of a major corporation, this is too much information—maybe way too much. What you need instead is Budgeting ? la Carte: a menu of budgeting options that allows you to pick and choose only those items that suit your taste, appetite, and business situation.

Explained in detail by bestselling financial author John A. Tracy, this comprehensive resource covers the full range of budgeting procedures, including:

• Income Statements
• Balance Sheets
• Operating Ratios
• Profitability
• Cash Flow
• Price and Volume Tradeoffs
• Cost Allocations
• Capital Investments
• And more . . .

Budgeting, Tracy shows, is not an end in itself. It's a set of tools you can use to maximize financial performance and position. With Budgeting ? la Carte, you'll control the tools, and you can decide just how much and what kind of budgeting is right for your business.

Also by John A. Tracy

HOW TO READ A FINANCIAL REPORT For MANAGERS, ENTREPRENEURS, LENDERS, LAWYERS, AND INVESTORS

"[If] you would like to have a minimal understanding of the numbers that make up a balance sheet, income, and cash flow statement . . . then How to Read a Financial Report might be just what you are looking for. Mr. Tracy's book explains in plain English the meaning of the major terms used in financial statements . . ."—The Wall Street Journal

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Bestselling author Tracy has written a straightforward guide to budgeting which makes it easier than ever for anyone to learn how to make sense of all those numbers. The book provides step-by-step guidelines on how to execute accurate, professional budgets including details on all major aspects of the budgeting process--costs, sales and administration as well as the different parts of a budget, and much more.

From the Back Cover

As a busy business manager, would you like to spend less time budgeting, and learn more from the budgeting you do? If you answer yes, then Budgeting la Carte is the book for you.

Most books on budgeting advocate a comprehensive, "seven course dinner" budgeting system. But unless you're the CEO of a major corporation, this is too much information--maybe way too much. What you need instead is Budgeting la Carte: a menu of budgeting options that allows you to pick and choose only those items that suit your taste, appetite, and business situation.

Explained in detail by bestselling financial author John A. Tracy, this comprehensive resource covers the full range of budgeting procedures, including: Income Statements Balance Sheets Operating Ratios Profitability Cash Flow Price and Volume Tradeoffs Cost Allocations Capital Investments And more . . .

Budgeting, Tracy shows, is not an end in itself. It's a set of tools you can use to maximize financial performance and position. With Budgeting la Carte, you'll control the tools, and you can decide just how much and what kind of budgeting is right for your business.

Also by John A. Tracy

HOW TO READ A FINANCIAL REPORT For MANAGERS, ENTREPRENEURS, LENDERS, LAWYERS, AND INVESTORS

"[If] you would like to have a minimal understanding of the numbers that make up a balance sheet, income, and cash flow statement . . . then How to Read a Financial Report might be just what you are looking for. Mr. Tracy's book explains in plain English the meaning of the major terms used in financial statements . . ."--The Wall Street Journal

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Product Details

• Paperback: 225 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 26, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471109282
• ISBN-13: 978-0471109280
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,437,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John A. Tracy is an award-winning Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. His other books include The Fast Forward MBA in Finance, Second Edition, Accounting For Dummies, Fourth Edition, and Accounting Workbook For Dummies, all published by Wiley.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A useful book on management accounting, May 8, 2002

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This review is from: Budgeting la Carte: Essential Tools for Harried Business Managers (Finance Fundamentals for Nonfinancial Managers Series) (Paperback)

A concise yet very informative book for managers interested in running a business 'by the numbers'. It is written in a very practical and easy-to-understand manner. I utilize many of Tracy's ideas in my own job. The book deals not only with budgeting but with management reporting, break-even analysis, project anlysis, and accounting issues in both service and manufacturing enviroments.