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| Preface | |
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| Budgeting: Why and How | |
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| Why Make a Budget? Who Reads Budgets? | |
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| Eight Steps to Creating a Budget | |
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| Success Review | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 1 | |
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| The Parts of a Budget | |
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| Time Periods of Your Budget | |
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| Budget and Vision | |
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| Forecasting Income | |
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| Expense Categories vs. Account Codes | |
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| Key Accounting Concepts | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 2 | |
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| Gathering Production Figures | |
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| Gathering Past Figures | |
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| Working with Multiple Periods | |
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| Working with Account Categories and Line Item Names | |
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| Evaluating the Quality of Your Information | |
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| Working with Multiple Periods and Trends | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 3 | |
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| Creating a Production Budget | |
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| Estimation Methods | |
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| Planning the Future in Detail | |
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| A Sample Manufacturing Budget | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 4 | |
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| Planning and Budgeting a Project | |
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| Define the Project | |
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| Create the Work Plan | |
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| Calculate the Cost | |
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| Tracking a Project | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 5 | |
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| Checking It Twice | |
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| Using a Partner for Proofreading | |
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| Errors Created by Spreadsheet Programs | |
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| Automatic Cross-Checking in Spreadsheets | |
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| Document Version Control | |
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| Verifying Budgetary Assumptions | |
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| The Final Proofreading Steps | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 6 | |
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| Preparing for Presentation | |
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| Combining Parts of Your Budget | |
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| Revising Budgetary Assumptions | |
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| Creating Templates and Formatting a Budget | |
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| Adding Account Codes | |
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| Preparing a Budget Presentation | |
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| Presentation Formats | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 7 | |
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| Budgetary Spending | |
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| Getting the Budget Authorized | |
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| Adjusting to the Authorized Amount | |
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| Setting up Your Budget with Accounting | |
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| Spending at the Beginning and the End of the Year | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 8 | |
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| Tracking Your Budget | |
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| Authorizing and Tracking Expenses | |
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| Closing a Budget Period | |
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| Comparing Estimated Versus Actual Budgets | |
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| Overspending and Underspending | |
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| Adjusting the Budget | |
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| Reviewing Financial Statements | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 9 | |
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| Budgeting and Human Resources | |
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| HR Management and HR Services | |
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| Use of Consulting Services and Outsourcing | |
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| Departmental Control | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 10 | |
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| Small Business Money Management | |
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| Estimating Business Income | |
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| Small Business Payroll | |
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| General Financial Management | |
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| Seasonal Fluctuation and Available Cash | |
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| Setting Prices | |
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| Budgets for Customer Proposals | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 11 | |
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| Mastering the Budget Process | |
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| Negotiating for Your Budget | |
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| Improving Your Estimation Skills | |
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| Timing Your Budget Preparation | |
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| The 15-Month Budget | |
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| Manager's Checklist for Chapter 12 | |
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| Index | |