Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

A. Other titles in the briefcase books series include: -- B. Preface -- Special features -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- 1. Budgeting: why and how -- Why make a budget? Who reads budgets? -- Eight steps to creating a budget -- Success review -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 1 -- 2. The parts of a budget -- Time periods of your budget -- Budget and vision -- Forecasting income -- Expense categories vs. Account codes -- Key accounting concepts -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 2 -- 3. Gathering production figures -- Gathering past figures -- Working with multiple periods -- Working with account categories and line item names -- Evaluating the quality of your information -- Working with multiple periods and trends -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 3 -- 4. Creating a production budget -- Estimation methods -- Planning the future in detail -- A sample manufacturing budget -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 4 -- 5. Planning and budgeting a project -- Define the project -- Create the work plan -- Calculate the cost -- Tracking a project -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 5 -- 6. Checking it twice -- Using a partner for proofreading -- Errors created by spreadsheet programs -- Automatic cross-checking in spreadsheets -- Document version control -- Verifying budgetary assumptions -- The final proofreading steps -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 6 -- 7. Preparing for presentation -- Combining parts of your budget -- Revising budgetary assumptions -- Creating templates and formatting a budget -- Adding account codes -- Preparing a budget presentation -- Presentation formats -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 7 -- 8. Budgetary spending -- Getting the budget authorized -- Adjusting to the authorized amount -- Setting up your budget with accounting -- Spending at the beginning and the end of the year -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 8 -- 9. Tracking your budget -- Authorizing and tracking expenses -- Closing a budget period -- Comparing estimated versus actual budgets -- Overspending and underspending -- Adjusting the budget -- Reviewing financial statements -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 9 -- 10. Budgeting and human resources -- Hr management and hr services -- Use of consulting services and outsourcing -- Departmental control -- Putting it all together -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 10 -- 11. Small business money management -- Estimating business income -- Small business payroll -- General financial management -- Seasonal fluctuation and available cash -- Setting prices -- Budgets for customer proposals -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 11 -- 12. Mastering the budget process -- Negotiating for your budget -- Improving your estimation skills -- Timing your budget preparation -- The 15-month budget -- Manager’s checklist for chapter 12.

Also issued in online version.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on May 21, 2015.