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Absolutely Fantastic
WITHOUT QUESTION this book is the best practical business text I have ever read. Thank you Robert for unequivocally adding value - in a meaningful and tangible way that can be taken to the market and capitalised on. It's books like this that inspire me to invest (what would otherwise be leisure) time in learning & continuing my education. Comprehensive Integration with Strategy, Easy to Implement
I rarely get excited about textbooks, but this particular treatment of strategy, balancing leading and lagging indicators with a view of past, present and future, was enlightening.This book should be a "mustread" for any mid- or senior- level manager.It shows how to makeyour decisions more fact-based and less 'art'.With the coming of age of"management of knowledge" this is a great tool to use to improvebusiness processes.Definitely worth every single penny spent - butespecially if you are interested in learning tangible methods! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Case studies    6. Controllership    7. Cost control    8. Management Accounting    9. Managerial accounting    10. Strategic planning    11. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    12. Business strategy   

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A useful book
There isn't much around on this subject and so it was good to find a book that was reasonably comprehensive. Apart from the advertising for a large CA firm and the message as to the necessity for consultants (sharedservices is after all a product and a money spinner for them)I thought itwas useful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporate Finance    6. Decentralization in management    7. Executive Management    8. Management - General    9. Reengineering (Management)    10. Shared services (Management)    11. Budgeting & financial management    12. Business & Economics / Corporate Finance    13. Business & Economics-Accounting - Managerial   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Customer Service    6. Intellectual capital    7. Knowledge management    8. Success in business    9. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    10. Investment & securities   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Managerial accounting    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    8. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Case studies    6. Cost control    7. Industrial management    8. Management - General    9. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    10. Quality Assurance (QA) & Total Quality Management (TQM)   

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Social Entrepreneur
Very helpful, Offers valuable tools for thinking strategically about value creation, income generation and growth. This book is a must have to keep up with the new changes and challenges arising in the non-profit sector. ... Read more

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AnIndispensible Reference for theAccounting Professional
The Accountants Desk Reference provides pertinent information regarding accounting rules, best practices, and financial and managerial accounting issues commonly encountered by anaccountant. This book is clearly written and concise. Especially notable is the chapter on taxation and financial management.Mr. Bragg has provided information that would otherwise be obtained only though much research. This reference is a must for all accounting professionals. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - General    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Managerial accounting    7. Reference - General    8. Accounting    9. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    10. Reference works   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Managerial accounting    6. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    7. Management accounting   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Managerial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Controllership    6. Cost Accounting    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management   

Subjects:  1. Auditing    2. Auditing - General    3. Auditing, Internal    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Business & Economics / Auditing    8. Management accounting   

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I think this book would be great for any student
I recently took a hospitality managerial accounting class at school and found this book extremely useful. There was so much in-depth information, along with illustrative examples, case studies, and useful problems and exercises. The student workbook also came in handy and helped me to pass the class. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Food service    7. Hotels    8. Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    9. Taverns (Inns)    10. Business & Economics / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    11. Hospitality industry    12. Management accounting   

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Poorly Presented
This book is poorly written.There does not appear to be any presentational logic used.The same topic will be brushed upon on one page, dealt with in a more in depth fashion on another, and then brought up again later.Important points are often difficult to ascertain, obscured as they often are by more irrelevant text.ALso, different modes of presentation, such as list fashion displays of audit techniques, or other means such as various,"blue" sections, makes it difficult to study this text in a systematic manner.Then there are the review questions, which professors love to assign as weekly homework.THey are often made up of 10 part answers.A little thought about how students actually learn, rather than using a convenient presentational method based on how lazy tenured professors like to teach (or write) could make this book more useful.As it is, most of my knowledge of these topics will be gained through CPA exam reviews.SInce CPA reviews depend on the preferences of people who actually use them, I do not doubt they will be much better.PS:down with tenure.

Very difficult to follow for first-time auditing students
This book is very confusing for beginning auditing students. This is my first auditing course and I'm having a difficult time completing the homework because I don't understand what is being asked of me. If I had previous auditing experience it might make a little more sense, but it seems like the author is repeating a lot of stuff over and over in the first few chapters without really explaining what you're supposed to be doing. It all seems very abstract, which makes it difficult to apply what you're learning to the homework. If you're looking for an indtroductory book to auditing, I would not recommend this one.

5e might be different from past editions-reviews from others
This review is based on the 5th edition. I have used this book for ongoing reference in doing Sarbanes Oxley compliance projects. I have found it to be very solid, and includes coverage that is very much attuned to the environment we are under today in terms of complying with SOX. Highly recommended. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Accounting - General    3. Auditing    4. Auditing - General    5. Business & Economics    6. Business / Economics / Finance    7. Business/Economics    8. Business & Economics / Accounting / General    9. Management accounting   

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Management Accounting Textbook
This book is in great shape. It has a little bit of highlighting but not much at all. ... Read more

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difficult read
it seems like the writers of this text's intentions were to confuse the hell out of finance majors and intimidate them so that they would stay away from the finance 'game'.
Review of Foundations of Finance by Arthur J. Keown
This is an excellent text. I've read it thoroughly. The material , as presented, assumes a robust course in accounting at the college level. This text is for a student desiring a complete rendition in basic finance topics and techniques. The text is replete with many examples and challenging problems of various complexities. The presentation is easy to read. The book is directed to students perhaps majoring in economics or finance. It is not a purely descriptive rendition of finance. A Of all those Management books...
This was the best.A very clear and concise book for the serious student being introduced to the subject of Finance.Other books on the subject I've seen are very abstruse or just plain hard to read aside from weighing a ton. I had another book twice as thick to complement this one and my class abandoned it in short order.This book is comparatively light and chalk full of useful ideas and examples laid out in anorganized and methodical manner.The generous use of charts and tables was executed well. Probably as simple as finance can possibly be put while still retaining the rigor and teaching the processes necessary for making financial computations. Read more

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Good, to the point, technical overview - A must read for any manager
I am trying to educate myself on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and bought this, and another book by Scott Green to get started."What is Sarbanes-Oxley", is an excellent starting place.At just over 100 pages, the book gives an overview of the sections of the Act (404, 302, etc.) one needs to know in order to navigate through the terms, terminology and subtleties of the Act.
Disappointing
I needed to know more about Sarbanes-Oxley for work and ordered this book.While I was waiting for it to arrive, I went onto the Internet and downloaded some information, including the text of the legislation itself.
Finance Manager
This book provided a brief overview and was short on application which I required.Perhaps the books intent did not comply with my needs.However,"Manager's Guide to Sarbanes Oxley Act" proved valuable and aided in presentation to our managers group for the need for internal controls. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporations    6. Directors of corporations    7. Financial statements    8. Insurance - General    9. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    10. Law and legislation    11. Legal status, laws, etc.    12. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002    13. Securities    14. United States    15. Business & Economics / Insurance / General    16. Management accounting    17. USA   

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Needs more updating
Overall a good book, because it covers most topics related to planning and budgeting. Great resources for all financial professionals
As a new financial manager I was searching for a book which will show meto prepare a budget and understand a budget process.No doubtunderstanding budget is the most immportant role in this field and thisbook I found was most helpful.I strongly recommend this to all finaltialprofessionals. ... Read more

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A real mixed bag
By "manager," the authors appear to mean "someone who is not financially literate."Although this book does a good job of explaining how to analyze financial statements, I was disappointed that it didn't really contain a practical manager's perspective.Instead, this book is just like many others -- it does a credible job from an academic perspective of explaining financial statements and their use. Don't expect to learn much about applying this to your job as a manager or as a small business professional.

Chart your way to positively impact your company's value.
This is an ingenious guide to understanding not only the key concepts of financial statement analyis, but also the levers at the disposal of managers which they can and should employ to proactively improveshareholder value in their firm.The charting methodology the authors havedesigned is not difficult, but it is nonetheless quite illustrative andwell structured.I am using the book to teach a class of forty MBAstudents from many different countries, and I have found that each chapterfits into a one and a half hour lecture and discussion session verycomfortably.From the students' feedback as well as my own background as aformer Chief Financial Officer, I am certain that this book will be avaluable tool in any reader's management career.

Helped develop an excellent financial foundation for non-fin
"The Manager's Guide to Financial Statement Analysis" helped develop an excellent financial foundation for me, as a non-financial professional.Reading it wasn't about getting the math correct, it wasabout telling the story of a company through careful analysis of acompany's financial statements.Where once I glided over dollar amountsand percentages, I now read and understand where they come from and whatthey represent.Since most professionals are responsible for budgets andare likely to be stakeholders in some business or another, it is imperativeto have a broad based understanding of financial statement analysis, thisis where The Manager's Guide fits in. ... Read more

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Waste of time!
Cheap publicity for SAS software, nothing more. Intelligible, far from being practical. The author repeats himself all the time. His thoughts are incoherent, not focused at all. He offers no revelation, only the most obvious conclusions. He serves questions without real, applicable answers. Interesting subject, badly written book.

Quantifiable vs. Qualifiable Performance Management Systems
I met Gary at a SAS conference the other day and we had a discussion on various issues. One of them being the query of why so many strategies to improve performance fail. Is it in the design or the execution of strategy? Gary popped the commonly accepted view that it is failure to execute otherwise sound strategies. And I replied, being a Strategy Consultant for over 16 years, that I haven't seen a sound strategy yet. After some debat we agreed that design and execution are equaly important.
Great addition to ABC and Performance Improvement
From TQM to Balanced Score Cards - this is the book that provides a practical synthesis.Focus on cause and effect relationships and away from abstractions.Must have book. ... Read more

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A better idea!
StevenBragg is a totally insightful and unique accounting writer, and as usual, he provides a very interesting discussion with this text. For me, it both inspired me to seek to become a Controller -and at the same time, discouraged me from hoping to ever becoming one. He sets the bar very high! But if your current job title is Controller, you should probably buy this book, and get to work reading and implementing its recommendations immediately, even though you have practically no chance of incorporating even 20% of these suggestions.
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one of the best sources of corporate finance
one of the best sources of corporate finance

Average
I wasn't too impressed with this text.I found that many of the chapters were incredibly verbose, and seemed to confuse me even more in some instances.Perhaps one of the problems (obviously not Brigham's fault) was that my prof "wizzed" through some of these chapters, so reading the "wordy, never-ending" chapters was overwhelming.Further, I think that some concepts could have been more simplified, when instead Brigham seemed to ramble and "lost" me. Easy to read
easy to read and cover in every topic. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Corporate Finance    5. Economics - General    6. Finance    7. Management accounting