Finance and accounting are the backbone of any organization. Yet plenty of executives and businesspeople are befuddled and intimidated by number crunching. Now there's a complete, concise, non-technical guide to grasping all the essentials of accounting -- and directly applying financial data. Readers will learn how to: * pinpoint the most profitable products or sales regions* figure the rate of return from a capital investment* make internal management reports more useful* understand and prepare a statement of cash flowsIts straightforward approach will appeal to all managers and executives who need a practical, comprehensible lesson in using financial analysis to set key business goals, measure results, and make smart decisions.

The Encyclopedia, with its accompanying CD-ROM, is a tailor-made reference for professionals in the building industry who need immediately the most reliable and current sources of information in the field. In an industry already flooded with an enormous amount of resources, the explosion of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular has added yet another dimension to the flood of information available to the practicing professional.

The Encyclopedia
-- provides the "intelligence" to find, evaluate, and contact the resources that can save time and money;
-- enables the user to cull through the vast number of information sources and quickly target specific areas of interest and the "best" sources within those areas;
-- offers the ability to make custom searches, using the full-text search capability or performing "Boolean" searches;
-- gives the user the ability to further personalize the searches with notes and reports that can be printed and used for presentations.