FINANCIAL PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING
You know what the numbers are; you already understand what a balance
sheet and P&L are. But how do you make use of all this information? How do
you make effective financial decisions? How do you make the most of your
working capital and your budgets? What are the key factors involved in
costing, pricing and managing margins? This course is for middle and
senior managers faced with decisions that impact on the financial position
of their company. It will help you to:
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set and manage budgets effectively
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make effective costing and pricing decisions
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create financially viable forward plans
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predict and analyse the impact of your decisions.
The packed single day focuses on the key financial indicators -
and what they mean to you and your company.
Programme
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Introduction
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The key control documents
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Analysing financial information
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Identifying key information
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Using ratios
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Trend analysis and forecasting
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Managing money
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Control of working capital
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Stock, creditors, debtors
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Budgeting
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Controlling risk
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Making money
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Managing margins
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Gross and net: key factors in each
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Short and long term action
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Costing
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Cost drift
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Pricing
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Evaluating investment option
Who will benefit from this course?Managing Editors,
Publishers, Division and Department Heads, Marketing Managers, Sales
Managers, Production Managers
You'll need a prior grounding in
basic financial terms and principles to get the most from this course.
Publishing Finance: An Introduction can provide this. To help you decide
which course would be best for you, we've devised a brief self-assessment
questionnaire. Download this as a Word file or call 020 8874 2718 for a
copy.
Your tutorDavid Inglis has wide
experience at executive level in the publishing and library sectors,
including five years as Director of the British Library's Digital Library
Programme, procuring infrastructure, drafting digitisation policy and
licensing major digital heritage content projects. As a publisher, David
managed STM and educational subsidiaries of News International and Thomson
International Publishing. The output of the latter included the first wave
of online scholarly journals and innovative database products. He is now a
consultant offering broad managerial experience in the information world
with a focus on digital asset management.
