Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business [Hardcover]

Rob Reider (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2008

Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business

"Rob Reider is the ultimate 'on-target' consultant to the small business. Whether you are just starting out or have been in a small business for years, this book is a must-read. It is concise, clear, organized and addresses the management, financial, and personnel issues that confront and often destroy small business--eighty percent of all the businesses in America."
--Tom Torgerson, CPA, President, Torgerson AssociatesManagement and Financial Consultants

"Dr. Reider's emphasis on first understanding the small business environment and then identifying and integrating individual business goals addresses a critical entry point for new business owners. His detailed advice around realistic issues emphasizes a solutions-based orientation that provides even the novice with keys to successful business practices."
--Linda Lippitt, PhD, Director, Learning Legacies

"Rob Reider is an experienced consultant, seminar facilitator, and author who has written an important book for small business owners and managers. The topics included are relevant to privately owned business managers who consider their organizations to be 'small businesses' regardless of their actual sales volume. This is a book that should be on the bookshelf of every businessperson with responsibility for the management of a small privately owned business."
--Peter B. Heyler, PBH Executive Services

"(This book) is an excellent resource not just for the small business owner, but also for colleges and universities. Any higher education institution that has a business program entrepreneurial component will find this book invaluable."
--Steve C. Martinez, PhD, Director, New Mexico Highlands University, Santa Fe and Espanola Centers

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Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business

Sarbanes-Oxley combats the practices that created financial abuses in a number of major corporations. But the public or small privately held business—due to its unregulated nature—may be even more susceptible to such financial and operational abuses. Without effective accounting and operating practices and controls, many of these abuses go undetected. Comprehensive in presentation without an overwhelming amount of information, Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business helps you navigate through all of the key accounting and financial information required to operate a small business.

This how-to book helps you to know which questions to ask, how to avoid mistakes and pitfalls in your privately held small business, and how to evaluate your own personal assets and skills objectively. Its clear presentation of concepts makes it a valuable reference source you can easily consult for any issue or concern.

Author Rob Reider provides you with tips to maximize your efforts, including:

• How to overcome the barriers you may encounter in implementing effective operating systems and procedures

• The value-added operating procedures to help your small business become more successful in its operations

• The best practices and techniques you can employ to decrease your business's costs and increase revenues

• How to use sound small business management to transform functional costs to a real profit contribution

• How you can strengthen operational performance in the business through a strategic focus perspective

• How you can identify necessary operating procedures for each and every function and activity

A unique and much-needed resource, Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business prepares you to "read-and-do" with detailed, step-by-step guidance, as well as proven strategies and techniques to improve, implement, and benefit from your decisions toward a financially healthy, privately held small business.

From the Back Cover

Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business

"Rob Reider is the ultimate 'on-target' consultant to the small business. Whether you are just starting out or have been in a small business for years, this book is a must-read. It is concise, clear, organized and addresses the management, financial, and personnel issues that confront and often destroy small business—eighty percent of all the businesses in America."
—Tom Torgerson, CPA, President, Torgerson AssociatesManagement and Financial Consultants

"Dr. Reider's emphasis on first understanding the small business environment and then identifying and integrating individual business goals addresses a critical entry point for new business owners. His detailed advice around realistic issues emphasizes a solutions-based orientation that provides even the novice with keys to successful business practices."
—Linda Lippitt, PhD, Director, Learning Legacies

"Rob Reider is an experienced consultant, seminar facilitator, and author who has written an important book for small business owners and managers. The topics included are relevant to privately owned business managers who consider their organizations to be 'small businesses' regardless of their actual sales volume. This is a book that should be on the bookshelf of every businessperson with responsibility for the management of a small privately owned business."
—Peter B. Heyler, PBH Executive Services

"(This book) is an excellent resource not just for the small business owner, but also for colleges and universities. Any higher education institution that has a business program entrepreneurial component will find this book invaluable."
—Steve C. Martinez, PhD, Director, New Mexico Highlands University, Santa Fe and Espanola Centers

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 396 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 2, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047022276X
• ISBN-13: 978-0470222768
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.3 x 9.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #901,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars After reading this book you should be able to have your company run like a well-oiled machine and be free of fraud & theft., September 10, 2008

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Jeff Lippincott "JLIPPIN" (Princeton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business (Hardcover)

I thought this was a wonderful small business book. It is well organized, clearly written, and packed full of content. I loved the "Checklist for Starting, Developing, Maintaining, & Improving Your Small Business" included at pages xiv and xv that was comprised of the following 7 parts:

1. The Grand Idea

2. Type of Organizaton

3. Financing

4. Planning

5. Facilities & Equipment

6. Operating Systems

7. Organizational Concerns

These seven topics are what an entrepreneur must consider when investigating and researching a business idea that possibly will be converted into a business plan at some point. And I highly recommend anyone writing a business plan get a copy of this book to help remind them of important things to cover in that plan - either directly or indirectly. However, this book does not specifically talk about business plans. It is a business operations book.

This book was written by a CPA, MBA, PhD who is President of his own management consulting firm: Reider Associates. It is probably fair to assume this book is a marketing piece for the author's firm. The book is without question written for entrepreneurs who may lack training in accounting and management. I say this because during college as an accounting major I covered everything in this book. And this book will help its readers navigate through all the financial data and reports required to operate a small business.

My favorite part of the book was where it explained how one can implement effective operating systems and procedures so a company can run like a well-oiled machine and be free of fraud, theft, and other irregularities. There are many checklists, bullet lists, diagrams, and exhibits throughout the book. There is just so much covered in this book that will help an entrepreneur better run her existing company, and better plan her next ventures. I cannot praise it enough. 5 stars!

PS. Examine the Search Inside feature available for this book. The Table of Contents is included there and will inform you with specificity what the book covers.

4.0 out of 5 stars many tips for running a business, February 19, 2008

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W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Effective Operations and Controls for the Small Privately Held Business (Hardcover)

Reider offers plentiful advice for someone contemplating starting up her own business, or who perhaps is already running such an operation. Such tips include not believing that "all customers are created equal". The reality is that some customers are more profitable than others, and thus should be given more attention. These customers are the bread and butter of a successful business, and you need to identify them amongst your existing customer base.

Related to this is another good suggestion. You should not keep some customers. These are the ones that yield low profit and are often usually also high maintenance.

The book also has chapters on doing elementary but vital financial analysis of your business. Giving various metrics that can indicate your performance.

The text is also bereft of much technical jargon. Quite readable.