Budgeting for Managers

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 Managers­­rich 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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Budgeting: Why and How
Chapter 2. The Parts of a Budget
Chapter 3. Gathering Production Figures
Chapter 4. Creating a Production Budget
Chapter 5. Planning and Budgeting a Project
Chapter 6. Checking It Twice
Chapter 7. Preparing for Presentation
Chapter 8. Budgetary Spending
Chapter 9. Tracking Your Budget
Chapter 10. Budgeting and Human Resources
Chapter 11. Small Business Money Management
Chapter 12. Mastering the Budget Process