The balance sheet barrier: The basics of business finance ► Back to Finance
Overview
The light-hearted approach of this world-famous programme helps take the fear out of financial documents and complex concepts and, although accounts might never become a manager's favourite topic, it does at least make them understandable.
Meet two contrasting people a well-educated company director, and the streetwise owner of a small factory to see how the whole process of business finance works.
Because the success or failure of her manufacturing company is down to her, the factory owner knows the importance of understanding how money goes round the business and how to track and measure it and she's happy to explain it in everyday language!
Having been previously too embarrassed to admit his lack of knowledge, the company director learns from her the difference between key documents and the significance of the balance sheet, profit and loss accounts and cash-flow forecasts.
This well-presented and structured programme assumes no prior knowledge of finance, and avoids financial jargon in favour of everyday language to convery the key points.
Objective
To enable managers to appreciate how key financial statements are calculated and what they mean.
Target Audience
Everyone who would like to better understand business finanace
Key Outcomes
Understand how key financial statements are calculated and what they mean.
Increase business acumen by expanding awareness of all financial aspects of any company
Interactive Learning
This course includes thought-provoking questions to ensure you are being challenged. The bite size modules will allow you to work at your own pace as you work though the demonstrations, tutorials and video clips. This course includes:
Pre test to establish your current knowledge, and establish which modules are most relevant to you
Test results and summary notes at the end of each module
Glossary of commonly used terms
Final knowledge test
Capability to upload your skills onto your Innovate CV
Duration
The average time to complete this course is 2 hours (as each course in completely interactive, this may vary depending on how quickly you progress through each subject)
Starring
John Cleese
Dawn French
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