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San Jose State Professional Development
Business Management Certificate Program

Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers (BUMA 404, CEUs: 1.4)

Did you ever sit in a meeting and wonder what all the numbers people talked about really meant? Worse, did you know what they meant at the time only to find out later that you were horribly confused? This course provides an overview of accounting and financial management issues as they affect non-financial managers in the organization.

This is a fast-paced but easy-to-understand look at how management decisions affect the company's finances.

Topics include:

• Economics, business and management 101 - how the business works
  
• Risk and uncertainty
  
• Role of the financial manager - what the accountants are doing
  
• Accounting - the language of business and its vocabulary
  
• Financial statements - what they are and the story they tell
  
• Growing a business
  
• How cash flows through the business
  
• Return on investment
  
• How to improve business performance
  
• Costs and expenses
  
• Business planning and budgeting
  
• Capital expenditure analysis
  
• How to measure performance
  
• Being a good customer of the finance department

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