Managing the numbers

Assuming that you have not skipped straight to the end to see whodunnit, I congratulate you on making it this far. We have taken a fairly hectic journey through the issues surrounding managing the numbers and we have covered a significant amount of ground. Thank you for staying with me. I guess that now is a good moment to pause and look back over the topics covered.

We have discussed forecasting, estimating, reviewing, analysing and interpreting numbers. Moreover, we have considered these tasks in relation to topics as diverse as evaluating production, sales and overheads; preparing budgets; appraising projects, producing financial statements and reports; measuring individual or corporate performance; raising and investing ...

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