Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

by Robert Rachlin (Author) "A budget represents a company's formal expression of the plans and objectives of management, stated in terms of management's ideas about expectations for all the..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Rave Reviews for the First Edition...
"Total Business Budgeting is aptly titled. Everyone concerned about budgeting and how to implement or improve the process should have this volume on hand. Rachlins liberal use of helpful forms is particularly clever." —Michael W. Curran President and CEO Decision Sciences Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri

"Total Business Budgeting is well thought out and comprehensive. It simplifies the budgeting process by providing the content in an easy-to-read format. This is the only budgeting book I will ever need." —Thomas Farrell Director of Business Development, Ernst & Young LLP

"Total Business Budgeting goes beyond presenting a set of basic budgeting guidelines and applications—along with helpful exhibits and forms—for all segments of business operations. A valuable compendium of underlying techniques associated with each business segment is also included in brief, easy-to-read format. Rachlins book provides a guide for budgeting and a take-off point for more specialization and more complex situations." —Serge L. Wind Portfolio Analysis and Special Projects Finance Director Lucent Technologies, Inc.

From the Inside Flap
Ask any financial analyst and they’ll tell you the same thing: successful budgeting of a company is crucial in today’s volatile business markets. The right development and evaluation of every aspect involved in the budgeting process can mean higher profits, company stability, and, ultimately, a well-managed, efficient, and extremely successful corporation. Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms, Second Edition can start your company on this path. This updated edition gives you the vital budgeting techniques and applications your company needs—from planning and control to implementation. You’ll learn how to analyze outside influences, develop performance targets and budgeting segments, and organize and administer the right budgeting process that can often make the difference between corporate success and failure. Guiding you step by step and using clear, nontechnical language, author Robert Rachlin provides detailed instructions, as well as forms, exhibits, schedules, and formats to help you navigate through the complex details involved when preparing a successful budget. This essential reference can help nearly every business to readily identify opportunities, define problems, and allocate resources—saving you time and, most importantly, money. In addition to establishing guidelines, assessing economic input, and understanding capital investments, this informative manual shows you how to:

• Select a budgeting system that suits your corporation’s specific needs
• Construct a budget to reflect your long-term objectives and performance targets
• Utilize pricing and leasing in budget decisions and pinpoint budget variances
• Add credibility to your budget proposal
• Develop budgets for all activities of your company
• Reflect your personal input through appropriate performance reports

Comprehensive and instructive, Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms, Second Edition is a must-have guide for any CEO, senior member of management, controller, or financial director who wants to fully understand and prepare a highly successful budget.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 321 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (August 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471351032
• ISBN-13: 978-0471351030
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #339,357 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars budgets for beginers, July 28, 2007

By	Boaz Shapira - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this book provides a thinking basis and initial insight into the budget process.
It will take people on a beginers level and upgrade their thinking to a medium level.

The book does not provide advanced techniques and methods and does not take into account the advances of new technology.

Overall I do not recommend this book - their are better ones out their.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Small book, high price, manufacturing focus, no CD, July 19, 2007

By	J. Godwin "codswallop" (Netherlands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is good but for the price I expected more. Most issues are only given a couple of paragraphs, examples and topics are geared towards manufacturing and there is no CD with the forms in excel - you have to recreate them yourself. I wouldn't call this "total" business budgeting. If I saw this in a bookstore I probably wouldn't buy it unless the price was more like $40.