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Financial Times

3 total works

Cover of The Definitive Business Plan
Accessible to both the newcomer and the experienced planner, The Definitive Business Plan explains how to orient a plan to specific readerships and to meet specific objectives. The book also provides a concise guide to the business planning process itself. It helps focus attention on strategic planning and on strategic and operational controls. *Develop your business plan into an active management tool. *Knowing what you want is what business planning is all about. *It is fundamental to business success. *A plan sets out where you are and shows where you are going. *It makes effective use of opportunities and resources. *Use The Definitive Business Plan to develop a vision for the future.

Cover of The Definitive Guide to Managing the Numbers
"The Definitive Guide to Managing the Numbers "takes you step-by-step through the whole process of "doing the numbers," assuming no specialised prior knowledge. It explains how to use standard PC software to simplify the process and cross-check your results. It reveals shortcuts and tricks that will help make you a financial wizard. You will not only be able to produce an outstanding set of financials, you will also have a much clearer understanding of what they mean and how to use them to be a more effective manager. Moreover, you won't fear dealing with people who make numbers their business: instead talk their language, win the arguments, and never be intimidated by a finance meeting ever again. Daunted by financials? This is the book for you.

Cover of The Definitive Guide to Business Forecasting

Forecasting is an essential part of business life, yet for most it can seem complex and unmanageable. This book demystifies the entire process.

The Definitive Guide to Business Forecasting provides a step-by-step guide to building and presenting forecasts with speed and accuracy, with a user-friendly "checklist and rule-of-thumb" approach. The book also shows how to judge the likely accuracy of forecasts, work with them, and revise them in the light of events.

The Definitive Guide to Business Forecasting will help you predict future developments, so you will be better able to allocate appropriate resources to maximize potential revenues and profits. You will get better at anticipating future events and managing them.

This book will quickly become another Stutely perennial, enabling managers to assess demand, determine and measure potential market variants and produce robust forecasts that will drive their company's growth.