Financial Analysis and Control

Financial Analysis and Control: Financial Awareness for Students and Managers discusses the analytical aspects of accounting. The book is comprised of 19 chapters that discuss the various concerns in analyzing accounting variables. The coverage of the text includes classwork examples and course-work case studies for topics, such as ration analysis, cash forecasting, and break-even analysis. The book also discusses pricing related topics including pricing policies, transfer pricing, and marginal cost approach to pricing. The text will be of great use to students and practitioners of accounting and financial managers. Entrepreneurs will also benefit from the book.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Financial Data

2 Ratio Analysis

3 Creative Accounting

4 Analysis and Planning

5 Budgeting and Cost Behavior

6 Forecasting Cash

7 Budgetary Control Theory

8 Is Practice Different to Theory?

9 Integrating Budgets

10 Capital Investment Appraisal

11 Introduction to Pricing Policy

12 Selling a Service

13 Apportionment of Overheads

14 Marginal Cost Approach to Pricing

15 Creative Accounting

16 Transfer Pricing

17 Break-Even Analysis

18 Principal Budgeting Factor

19 Summary

Index