Understanding finance just got easier
You are just seven steps away from being fluent in finance. Imagine being familiar with financial terms and understanding the financial consequences of the decisions you make. Now you can.
Finance For Non-Financial Managers In A Week is a simple and straightforward training course in finance, giving you everything you really need to know in just seven short chapters. From the profit statement and the balance sheet through to costing and budgets, it will help you deal confidently with questions such as 'What is the return on investment?', 'Do we have the resources?' and 'What are the cash implications?' You'll also find exercises to help you put it all into action.
The fastest way to master the essentials of finance
Whether you choose to read it in a week or in a single sitting, Finance For Non-Financial Managers In A Week is your fastest route to success:
- Sunday: An introduction to the profit statement
- Monday: An introduction to the balance sheet
- Tuesday: Understanding published accounts
- Wednesday: Accounting ratios and investment decisions
- Thursday: Cash and the management of working capital
- Friday: Costing
- Saturday: Budgets
Learn in a week, remember for a lifetime

Roger Mason is a Chartered Certified Accountant and has many years practical experience as Financial Director of various British companies. He now lectures on financial and business topics. In addition he has edited a financial publication and written many books.

• : Sunday:            Learn how profit statements are constructed in order to understand exactly why there has been a profit or loss.
• : Monday:           Understand the concept of a balance sheet so that you know the net worth of the business and how assets and liabilities are summarised.
• : Tuesday:           Study what must be disclosed in published accounts so that you can obtain key information about almost any company.
• : Wednesday:     Explore the fascinating field of accounting ratios and investment decisions so that you can use them effectively.
• : Thursday:         Find out just why cash and the management of working capital is so important so that you can manage it and not run out of it.
• : Friday:              Master key principles of the often misunderstood tool of costing so that you are more able to price goods and services realistically.
• : Saturday:          Understand how budgets are constructed so that you can prepare them and use them.