Budgeting for Managers

Informationen zum Autor Sid Kemp (San Antonio, TX), is a leading expert in project management for information technology and telecommunications implementations. His company, Quality Technology and Instruction, provides a custom project management methodology to businesses, government agencies, and educational organizations. He has assisted Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in the deployment of new technology, and developing custom project management methodologies. Mr. Kemp has more than 15 years of experience in IT and telecommunications, and has authored 5 textbooks for use in courses and corporations. He has been teaching a seminar on Project Management for Information Technology for three years. Klappentext Now translated into 11 languages! This reader-friendly, icon-rich series is must reading for all managers at every level All managers, whether brand new to their positions or well established in the corporate heirarchy, can use a little "brushing up" now and then. The skills-based Briefcase Books series is filled with ideas and strategies to help managers become more capable, efficient, effective, and valuable to their corporations. Managers in all types of organizations and environments must be able to prepare, or at least understand, a realistic and results-oriented budget. Budgeting for Managers ­­rich in practical techniques and examples­­walks the reader through the entire budgeting process, from basic financial concepts and their use in creating a budget to methods for tracking actual spending. Zusammenfassung Provides the basics of a expense budget and includes information to create! present! and track a budget with a spreadsheet or accounting package. This book defines the fundamental accounting terms and techniques for working within your budget and managing money with your team. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Budgeting: Why and How Why Make a Budget? Who Reads Budgets? Eight Steps to Creating a Budget Success Review Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1 2. The Parts of a Budget Time Periods of Your Budget Budget and Vision Forecasting Income Expense Categories vs. Account Codes Key Accounting Concepts Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2 3. Gathering Production Figures Gathering Past Figures Working with Multiple Periods Working with Account Categories and Line Item Names Evaluating the Quality of Your Information Working with Multiple Periods and Trends Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3 4. Creating a Production Budget Estimation Methods Planning the Future in Detail A Sample Manufacturing Budget Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4 5. Planning and Budgeting a Project Define the Project Create the Work Plan Calculate the Cost Tracking a Project Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5 6. Checking It Twice Using a Partner for Proofreading Errors Created by Spreadsheet Programs Automatic Cross-Checking in Spreadsheets Document Version Control Verifying Budgetary Assumptions The Final Proofreading Steps Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6 7. Preparing for Presentation Combining Parts of Your Budget Revising Budgetary Assumptions Creating Templates and Formatting a Budget Adding Account Codes Preparing a Budget Presentation Presentation Formats Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7 8. Budgetary Spending Getting the Budget Authorized Adjusting to the Authorized Amount Setting up Your Budget with Accounting Spending at the Beginning and the End of the Year Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8 9. Tracking Your Budget Authorizing and Tracking Expenses Closing a Budget Period Comparing Estimated Versus Actual Budgets Overspending and Underspending Adjusting the Budget Reviewing Financial Statements Manager's Checkli...

Table des matières

Preface
1. Budgeting: Why and How
Why Make a Budget? Who Reads Budgets?
Eight Steps to Creating a Budget
Success Review
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1
2. The Parts of a Budget
Time Periods of Your Budget
Budget and Vision
Forecasting Income
Expense Categories vs. Account Codes
Key Accounting Concepts
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2
3. Gathering Production Figures
Gathering Past Figures
Working with Multiple Periods
Working with Account Categories and Line Item Names
Evaluating the Quality of Your Information
Working with Multiple Periods and Trends
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3
4. Creating a Production Budget
Estimation Methods
Planning the Future in Detail
A Sample Manufacturing Budget
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4
5. Planning and Budgeting a Project
Define the Project
Create the Work Plan
Calculate the Cost
Tracking a Project
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5
6. Checking It Twice
Using a Partner for Proofreading
Errors Created by Spreadsheet Programs
Automatic Cross-Checking in Spreadsheets
Document Version Control
Verifying Budgetary Assumptions
The Final Proofreading Steps
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6
7. Preparing for Presentation
Combining Parts of Your Budget
Revising Budgetary Assumptions
Creating Templates and Formatting a Budget
Adding Account Codes
Preparing a Budget Presentation
Presentation Formats
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7
8. Budgetary Spending
Getting the Budget Authorized
Adjusting to the Authorized Amount
Setting up Your Budget with Accounting
Spending at the Beginning and the End of the Year
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8
9. Tracking Your Budget
Authorizing and Tracking Expenses
Closing a Budget Period
Comparing Estimated Versus Actual Budgets
Overspending and Underspending
Adjusting the Budget
Reviewing Financial Statements
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 9
10. Budgeting and Human Resources
HR Management and HR Services
Use of Consulting Services and Outsourcing
Departmental Control
Putting It All Together
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 10
11. Small Business Money Management
Estimating Business Income
Small Business Payroll
General Financial Management
Seasonal Fluctuation and Available Cash
Setting Prices
Budgets for Customer Proposals
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 11
12. Mastering the Budget Process
Negotiating for Your Budget
Improving Your Estimation Skills
Timing Your Budget Preparation
The 15-Month Budget
Manager's Checklist for Chapter 12
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Sid Kemp (San Antonio, TX), is a leading expert in project management for information technology and telecommunications implementations. His company, Quality Technology and Instruction, provides a custom project management methodology to businesses, government agencies, and educational organizations. He has assisted Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in the deployment of new technology, and developing custom project management methodologies. Mr. Kemp has more than 15 years of experience in IT and telecommunications, and has authored 5 textbooks for use in courses and corporations. He has been teaching a seminar on Project Management for Information Technology for three years.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Eric Dunbar, Kemp, Sid Kemp, Kemp Sid
• Edition: McGraw Hill Trade
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 15.12.2002
• EAN: 9780071391337
• ISBN: 978-0-07-139133-7
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Thèmes: BriefcaseBooks; Briefcase books; Briefcase Books Series; Briefcase Books (Paperback); Briefcase Books Series; Briefcase Books (Paperback); Briefcase books
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Gestion; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Budgeting, Budgeting & financial management, Budgeting and financial management