ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR MANAGERS

2009 Tuition: $1,390*
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
*Tuition includes all course materials, continental breakfast, and lunch.

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Program Overview
This program will help you to understand the latest financial management and accounting practices by using class discussions and case studies to illustrate how companies attempt to create shareholder value. You will also be encouraged to think about and question your current financial decision making approaches and will be introduced to new perspectives and techniques.

The main goal of a manager is to create value and this requires an understanding of financial management. It is important to know where value is created in your organization and to understand the factors that build value or destroy value in your business. Finance is a topic you must understand, especially during challenging economic times.

Who Should Attend
Mid-level managers through executives who have little or no experience with finance and accounting principles. The course is designed to help participants understand financial statements and the role they play within their organizations.

Key Benefits
•Learn basic financial and accounting terms and concepts
•Understand how to interpret and use the information provided in balance sheets, income statements, and cash-flow statements
•Perform fundamental economic, financial and accounting analyses Understand the process of valuation in all aspects of an organization
•Use financial information to make effective decisions within your organization
•Develop the skills needed to communicate more effectively with your financial managers

Topics
•Keeping Score: An Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Financial Statements
•Measuring Performance
•Valuation, Investment Decisions and Capital Budgeting
•Financing Decisions and Creating Value in the Firm
•Financial Decision-Making Applications

Faculty
Karen Hallows
Academic Director of Executive MBA and Associate Professor of Finance
School of Management, George Mason University

Sarah Nutter
Associate Professor of Accounting
School of Management, George Mason University

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