Financial Decision Making : A CPA/Attorney's Perspective (Psi Successful Business Library)

Book Description

To understand the fiscal decisions companies make, and to successfully prepare to make choices for your own company, you must know how to read financial statements. Financial Decisionmaking: A CPA/Attorney Perspective, begins with the basics, explained in a non-technical manner that anyone who knows how to add, subtract, multiply and divide will be able to understand.

You will learn how to analyze balance sheets, income statements, cash flow analyses and other documents. Once you understand these fundamental elements to analyzing and managing finances, you will be able to assess the impact those statements will have on your business and how it will affect your future. Once you have gained the confidence to make wise, informed business decisions, you can focus on making more money than your competition.

Financial Decisionmaking is written for the business owner, the employee who wants to understand or contribute to the financial state of his or her company, and the entrepreneur who wants to be well-informed before making an investment. If you have ever had problems understanding your banker or doubts about investing in a startup venture, Financial Decisionmaking is for you.

Customer Reviews:

Look intelligent when speaking with financial types..........2004-04-22

The book is an easy read. Once you get past the author's editorial comments and feeble attempts at humor, the book provides a great overview of financial concepts and how they apply to business decisions. This book enabled me to put my engineering and marketing bias aside and develop a much better understanding of the financial impact of business decisions. However, I still doubt I will ever be friendly with the CFO. One of the author's comments confused me a bit. He suggests leaving the book in the pocket of an airplane seat for someone else to read when I'm done with the book. Wouldn't this be bad for the author financially?

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This book examines and provides solutions to some of the perennial problems of performance-related pay. Brown and Armstrong review the evidence for the spread, relevance and effectiveness of PeRP on both sides of the Atlantic. They demonstrate conclusively that, while performance pay is not in retreat and is, indeed, continuing to expand, difficulties have resulted in the past from the rigid uniform, top-down approach often adopted in its implementation. The authors demonstrate that organizations today are taking a much more strategic and holistic approach to the issue, an approach which the authors term paying for contribution.

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a latest evolution.......2002-05-11

this book could be theoritically regarded as an evolution of reward system in HRM to develop the conception of Performance related pay to Pay for Contribution. It could make the reward system more fair,equitable, and legitimate. This is contemporary approach to appraise and rewward work labour in terms of its feasibility and acceptability.

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Handbook of Sampling Methods for Arthropods in Agriculture offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practicality of developing accurate sampling programs for arthropod pests and their arthropod enemies. The book examines developments in sampling populations and reviews sampling plans that produce accurate and affordable population estimates. The text stresses practicality, as well as the theoretical background of sampling. This book will be an indispensable reference for researchers, students, and practitioners in entomology and agriculture.

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Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the framework of the well-known EADN summer schools. It addresses primarily graduate students and young researchers but will be equally useful for scientists in search of a comprehensive tutorial account that goes beyond the material found in standard textbooks.

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Revolutionary

Good book, but there is a better.

DVD is better

Good resource

The anatomy of a 2 second manuever....

Swimming Made Easy: The Total Immersion Way for Any Swimmer to Achieve Fluency, Ease, and Speed in Any Stroke
Terry Laughlin
Manufacturer: Total Immersion Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1931009015

Book Description

Swimming Made Easy is guaranteed to help you swim better than ever in all four strokes. Refine your form and increase your pleasure with 10 lessons, illustrated with 150 surface and underwater photos. Ten chapters on self-coaching show you how to be your own best coach. A proven way to gain the knowledge to enjoy every stroke you ever take!

Customer Reviews:

Revolutionary.......2006-12-19

I used to hate lap swimming but now I love it, and it's because of this book. Laughlin has reinvented swim instruction. He's made it fun. He's made it easy. And the resulting stroke is heaven.

The exercises do take some effort and dilligence to master. But if you go slow don't move on until you have mastered each exercise, as instructed, you'll open up a whole new world of swimming enjoyment. I often feel like I'm flying in the water. This former water buffalo now swims like a fish.

Note: there's a brand new Total Immersion book being touted on the TI website, which I haven't read. You may want to look into that, instead. Also, some reviews and TI suggest the DVD as the best method, but that wasn't the case for me. In my case, it was the clear, detailed instructions in the book that made it happen.

Good book, but there is a better........2006-11-26

This is a good book for the beginning swimmer, but I would recommend "Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way To Swim Better, Faster, and Easier" over this book. It is by the same author, Terry Laughlin.

DVD is better.......2006-10-25

This has probably been said earlier but instead of purchasing the book, try out the DVD. Words and static pictures go only so far. I found it hard to visualize what you were supposed to do until I saw the DVD.

Good resource.......2006-07-27

If I had a partner or a teacher and enough time, I think I could get swimming down much better. I am trying to learn too fast and cannot get the breathing down for the freestyle; going from novice swimmer to doing a 400 meter pool swim in four weeks wasn't enough time for me. The book is great, and I also bought the DVDs, which I found helpful. This is something I have learned that I can't cram, but given enough time I think the book could give me what I need to swim well.

The anatomy of a 2 second manuever...........2006-07-27

Common sense stuff really. Break down a 2 second golf swing and see if you can make it better: although it may make perfect sense, translating the logic into a 2-second manuever probably takes years to make it effortless....

Book Description

Packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the information you really need to get the most from your visit! In this compact guide, our writers help you plan itineraries for short and longer stays. Complete with must-see sights on and off the beaten track as well as current hotel and restaurant recommendations. And the convenient size of the guide allows you to take it along in your pocket or handbag. Take the world in your pocket next time and travel with this handy Berlitz guide.

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Berlitz Pocket Guide To Paris...5 Stars
The Spanish version is a different book!

Berlitz Paris Pocket Guide
Berlitz Publishing Company , and Martin Gostelow
Manufacturer: Berlitz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 2831563151

Book Description

This guide is packed with stunning photographs, easy-to-use maps, and all the information you really need to get the most from your trip. Visit famous monuments like the Arc de Triomphe, Tour Eiffel, Notre-Dame or Sacre-Coeur. Tour The Louvre, Musee d'Orsay, Musee Picasso and Centre Georges Pompidou. There is abundant shopping at Galeries Layfayette department store, Right Bank couture houses and Left Bank antique shops. Take in chestnut and lime trees in the Jardin des Tuileries, or the woods and lakes of the Bois de Boulogne or the glorious flowers in the Jardin du Luxembourg. If it's nightlife you're looking for try the Hot Brass, opera at the Opera-Bastille or the floor shows at the Lido. You'll find all this in the Paris Pocket Guide as well as dining and lodging recommendations along with unique Berlitz culture and language notes.

Customer Reviews:

Berlitz Pocket Guide To Paris...5 Stars.......2005-02-24

This neat little paperback book gives you enough of Paris to fit in your pocket. It has lots of full color pictures and lots of information packed into its 144 pages. I have never been there, but I definitely would like to go visit Paris after reading this book. Buy a copy and maybe you will too!

The Spanish version is a different book!.......1999-12-06

I just want to correct the previous review from a reader in Georgia (USA). The Spanish version is a different book with different cover and ISBN number. The ISBN for the English version is 2831563151 (pub. date May 1998) while the one for the Spanish version is 2831665634 (pub. date Oct. 1998). This is a great little book...I shall be able to provide my true review when I come back from my trip to Paris in a month. See you soon.

Berlitz Paris Pocket Guide (Berlitz Pocket Guide)

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Berlitz Paris Pocket Guide (Berlitz Pocket Guide)

Manufacturer: Berlitz Publishing
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ASIN: 9812460012

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Paris Berlitz Pocket Guide

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ASIN: 9812465197

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Paris Berlitz Pocket Guide

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ASIN: 9812467483

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Paris Berlitz Pocket Guide

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Berlitz Paris Pocket Guide

Manufacturer: BERLITZ
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GM2FLO

Book Description

Starlight Comes Home, the sixth and final book in the exciting saga of a young girl coming of age in Montana, invites you to review it's pages! Heartache, triumphs, joy and pain blend together in edge-of-your-seat excitement as you ride with Miranda in this final whirlwind adventure. Now a teen, Miranda finds there is more to life than her horse, but nothing as important as knowing Starlight, her black stallion, is safe and at home. Although set in the world of horse lore, Miranda and Starlight, the first of the series, was touted by Writer's Notes Awards panelists as "more than a mere horse story. It is a journey of courage and consequences. My own children will read this story." The series tackles many issues that face today's youth. An independent feature film is currently in development.

Customer Reviews:

Lessons for all ages.......2006-05-23

Reviewed by April Sullivan for Reader Views (5/06)
"Starlight Comes Home" is the sixth and final book in the Starlight Series. The ending to this saga is bittersweet. Cute new foals are born, but there is also death to come to terms with.

Miranda turns thirteen in this book and as she becomes a teenager, her mom hopes that she will become interested in more than just horses and not be such a tomboy. But Miranda likes things just the way they are. As she says to her dad when he suggests she expand her horizons, ""I like my horizons just fine."

As Miranda has matured over the course of this series, the issues she and her friends and family face grow as well. This book brings up current issues of dating, drug use, and lying to protect friends.

Miranda likes the comfort of visiting her horse as often as possible and hanging out with her friends Chris and Laurie and their horses. But her horizons get an unexpected expanding when two new students join their school. Dennis is a new boy from the city, and Rose Marie is Laurie's seventeen-year old cousin who has gotten into trouble and comes to stay with the Langley's in Montana for a while.

When Dennis asks Miranda to a party, she agrees to go with him because she wants to be polite, but she really has no interest in boys. Plus Laurie really wants her to go. At the party, drugs and alcohol are present and Miranda tries marijuana. She feels terrible about the incident and wants to talk to her parents about it, but can't without betraying Laurie and her cousin.

Miranda ends up estranged from her friends and ostracized by all of her classmates because they think she has ratted on them and caused a drug raid on the school. And, unbeknownst to Miranda, Chris is jealous of her friendship with Dennis.
As things get more complicated in her home and school life, the horses are her refuge. But when Mr. Taylor says he is taking some horses to a race, and Starlight is gone the next morning, Miranda thinks Mr. Taylor has taken the horse to be sold to pay off some gambling debts. When he returns without Starlight, it becomes clear that he has been stolen from the ranch. Now, Miranda has no friends and no horse to turn to.

As with all of the books in this series, serious issues are dealt with in a realistic manner. Miranda faces some of her toughest challenges in this book. But as readers of the series know, Starlight and Miranda are sure to save the day. And by the end, Starlight and Miranda are reunited, the Stevens family has grown by two members, plus the horses that come to live on their ranch, newly named Heavenly Acres.

The entire Starlight Series was a joy to read. Janet Muirhead Hill knows her horses and accurately portrays the trials and tribulations of a middle school girl as she grows up. Pat Lehmkuhl's illustrations also grow with the series and we see subtle physical changes in Miranda. The attention to detail that the author and illustrator provide in this book gives it and the series validity. Young readers will feel that they are taking on an important project when getting invested in this series and the characters. It is a great way to cultivate readers for life.

After reading this series, I am reminded of the love and devotion involved in caring for a horse and the trust that must be built between a horse and his rider. At Miranda's age these are important life lessons that can be carried on into adulthood. Lessons that readers of all ages can learn from.

Writers Notes 2005 Book Award Winner.......2005-04-28

Miranda grows up as the Starlight series draws to a close with its sixth and final book. It's another exciting story that aims to please and teach. The maturity of the characters, as well as the theme of understanding others, is on target for its intended audience. Hill, a skilled and talented writer, maintains the values of trust and loyalty that made earlier books in this series so memora-ble. We appreciate the simplicity of her language without talking down to younger readers. As many YA novels layer on the gore and depravity, it's a pleasure to find a straightforward and meaningful series that we could recommend to any age.

"Two thumbs up", plus a high five, for Janet Muirhead Hill.......2004-12-22

Janet Muirhead Hill, author of "Starlight Comes Home," is a wonderful writer of children's books. She shows it through her characters. She not only brings Miranda, Chris, Laurie, and especially, Starlight, to life, she also fills each chapter with action and suspense. Janet Muirhead Hill deserves a thumbs up, plus a high five, for the hard work that has been put into this heart-felt book. Not only is "Starlight Comes Home" an awesome page turner, but it is also a very enjoyable read. Excitement jumped from every page. "Starlight Comes Home" is recommended for all teenagers. --Wanda Maynard, Sime~Gen.com reviewer

Loved it!.......2004-11-18

Miranda Stevens turns thirteen, but her life does not slow down at all. If anything, it speeds up and gets more complicated. Miranda did not realize that two guys are attracted to her. Her thoughts are mainly on her horse, Starlight, and those closest to her. Miranda's mom is due to deliver another baby, Margot dreams of being adopted by the Stevens and feels unwanted, and there are two new kids at school.

Laurie's cousin, Rose Marie, comes to live with Laurie's family for awhile. Rose Marie is seventeen. She is always in trouble, wears dark make up, smokes, and hangs out with a bad crowd. Envious and jealous of Miranda, Rose Marie begins turning all the kids against Miranda, including her closest. No one seems to like Miranda anymore ... and then Starlight disappears!

***** This is an excellent ending to the series. Throughout the books, Miranda has grown up and matured, making complicated decisions as she went. She shows that no matter how bad things become, one must do the right thing and hope for the best. Eventually, events will come together.

In my opinion, this series will attract more than just the girls who love horses. Miranda is a great role model. She is so realistic that kids cannot help but relate to Miranda and her problems. At the same time, readers can follow Miranda during all her adventures. Outstanding! *****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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