Description
This landmark guide is a comprehensive and important source of ideas as well as an authoritative work of reference for all key management and financial terms from 'absorption costing' to 'Zeus'. It is lucid, fun to read and an ideal introduction to modern management concepts and techniques, with the emphasis on what is practical and useful for managers.
The Financial Times Guide to Management and Finance:
- outlines all modern management techniques and their uses
- contains succinct and critical reviews of ideas like competitive advantages, management styles, segmentation, TQM and BPR
- explains core techniques such as DCF, decision trees, EVA, IRR, JIT, S-curve and RMS analysis
- summarises the ideas and importance of management gurus from Taylor to Deming, Handy, Mintzberg, Peter, Porter and many unsung heroes
- provides a full review of 1990s terms
- elucidates misunderstood financial terms including chartism, futures, greenmail, grey knights, poison pill, strategic hedging, Tobin's Q and white knight
- has a global perspective and explains reasons for the success and vulnerability of Germany, Japan, the US and emerging markets
ISBN: 9780273608516
ISBN:9780273608516 
