Visualizing Your Business: Let Graphics Tell the Story (With CD-ROM) [Hardcover]

Keith R. Herrmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2001

This guide provides managers and consultants with the necessary tools to manage information, set goals, measure progress, and make fast decisions by quickly evaluating financial information and communicating it to their companies. Managers should learn how to make memorable presentations that demystify complex issues and artfully integrate both financial and non-financial information. Managers are taken through the step-by-step process of creating visually effective exhibits that will enhance presentations and improve the understanding of key financial information necessary for management decisions. It provides the tools that effective management needs in order to present sound analysis with clarity and insight. It also includes real-world examples and a CD with 25 key examples of graphical displays prepared in PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

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"Herrmann's book is like a Swiss army knife; with it, you will be prepared for just about any contingency." -- Mark Baric President and CEO, Virtus Corporation

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"All too often great analysis is lost in a fog of spreadsheets. The ability to present sound analysis with clarity and insight distinguishes great analysts from good number crunchers. Keith Herrmann's ideas provide invaluable wisdom on the practical realities of combining insight and communication to enhance decision making." --David A. J. Axson Managing Director Answerthink Consulting Group

"This book is an excellent guide and reference book for using tools which will enable your company's managers to deal with and understand the high volume of data presented to them. They will learn how to weed out irrelevant data and turn it into more meaningful information." --J. Thomas Barranger Corporate Headquarters Manager Financial Systems & Budget Lockheed Martin Corporation

"Herrmann's book is an essential handbook for business executives who are seeking a clearer understanding of the nature and performance of their business. The reader is presented with a compendium of 101 charts and graphs, which visually characterize business operations and strategy. Herrmann gives meaning and structure to many of the charts and graphs that most of us have used over the years."--Bill RaddiChief Technology Officer Powerware Electronics

"My passion has always been to make large quantities of investment data accessible to everyone. Keith Herrmann's new book provides 101 ways to better communicate business information. It's fun and easy to read."--Roger G. Ibbotson Professor, Yale School of Management Chairman, Ibbotson Associates

"Keith Hermann has provided business executives with an indispensable guide for exhibiting data with clarity and effectiveness to ensure successful business presentations"-Burton Malkiel Professor, Princeton University Author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (April 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471371998
• ISBN-13: 978-0471371991
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,571,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable collection of business tools, September 5, 2001

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This review is from: Visualizing Your Business: Let Graphics Tell the Story (With CD-ROM) (Hardcover)

This book is an encyclopedia of business graphics. It provides 101 different types of charts and graphs, and is organized based on how and when the chart and graph types are appropriate. The organization is Tracking, Variances And Comparisons, Presentation, Schematics And Maps, Organizing Data/Information, Probability, Prediction And What-If, Strategy, Financial, and Marketing.

I frequently use charts to display data and considered myself an expert; however, I discovered new chart and graph types, such as web maps and Marimekko graphs, that I had never before encountered. It would be an understatement to say that this book has significantly expanded my graphics vocabulary.

What I especially liked, in addition to the wide array of charts, is the advice on effectively using them. Although the writing is terse, each chart is discussed in a consistent format. The accompanying CD ROM adds even more value to this book because 26 of the tools are provided in either PowerPoint, Excel or Acrobat format. This allows you to tailor and use preformatted charts and graphs instead of having to create them from scratch.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference guide, May 25, 2001

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This review is from: Visualizing Your Business: Let Graphics Tell the Story (With CD-ROM) (Hardcover)

Offers a comprehensive array of information on different ways to present business data. I have not seen such a thorough compilation before, and find that I regularly refer to this when tackling various projects.