Brilliant Accounting

Discover everything you need to know to take control of your accounts and manage the success of your business or personal finances. Brilliant Accounting is the practical, step-by-step guide that will help you get to grips with accounting basics. Written by an accounting expert with years of experience, Brilliant Accounting is free from technical jargon and theory and is packed with practical examples and expert tips and tricks. This book covers everything you need to know, from understanding reports to using accounting information to manage and develop your business.

Successful financial management starts with effective book-keeping. Whether you run a business, are self-employed, or simply want to get to grips with your personal finances, Brilliant Book-keeping will ensure your accounts are as efficient and profitable as they should be. Thisbook will show you how to keep accurate and complete financial records. You'll never fear a tax audit again! Packed with practical, step-by-step advice to guarantee your accounts will always be in great shape.

Who says lawyers have all the fun? Robert Scroyle C.A., is the senior partner at Scroyle, Caitiff, Rudisbe and Spavin. He is married, has a girlfriend or two and is no stranger to a shady tax strategy that's just this side of legal. Now life is about to get a lot more complicated. One of his oldest and most demanding clients has a big problem: not enough cash coming in. Soon Rob finds himself walking a tightrope between a short-fused businessman, an infamous gangster and the promise of extraordinary riches. "Accounting for Crime hooks the reader with deal-making, danger, and man's tendency to stretch and exchange morality for his desires." - Robert Leitman, C.A.

Help your business stand out and grow its potential with this two-book collection of essential guides to creating a sticky brand and keeping the human touch in business. Includes: Sticky Branding: 12.5 Principles to Stand Out, Attract Customers, and Grow an Incredible Brand Stand out, attract customers and grow your company into a sticky brand. Sticky Branding provides practical, tactical ideas of how mid-market companies — companies with a marketing budget, but not a vast one — are challenging the status quo and growing sticky brands. Touch: Five Factors to Growing and Leading a Human Organization For better or worse, digital business has fundamentally changed how organizations hire, market their services, and connect with stakeholders. The problem is, in an effort to use technology to connect more effectively, we have lost the humanity — that critical person-to-person connection. This book will show you how to restore that connection.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Given the current economic climate, businesses are looking to make cutbacks and reduce costs wherever possible. Taking book-keeping in-house is one simple yet obvious way small businesses and the self employed can cut costs and take control of their own books. Core area which people struggle with, the step-by-step approach taken by this book will appeal to a wide audience.

Your comprehensive guide to using Xero Keeping your business running smoothly has never been easier with Xero. You’re in good hands with Xero For Dummies, the only book endorsed by Xero. With the tips and tricks included in this helpful guide, you can easily tackle tasks like accounts payable, invoices, and estimates. It’s packed with easy to follow explanations and instructions on how to use this popular accounting software. It’s like having a personal accountant at your fingertips! The latest update to this useful reference shows how you can use Xero for more than a simple spreadsheet. It includes how to set up your account from scratch, convert your business from another accounting software to Xero, and use Xero to its full potential. It includes these essential topics: Customize the Xero set-up for your business Manage your daily activities with contacts, accounts, sales, and payables Organize suppliers and customers Automate your weekly and monthly reporting routines Track inventory and monitor your business Sync seamlessly across other business platforms Filled with real-world scenarios that shows how you can use Xero every day in your business, Xero For Dummies can help you get your paperwork done quickly, so you can spend your valuable time running your business. Pick up your copy of Xero For Dummies to make that your reality.

Organizational strategies are important in today's highly competitive environments. Businesses, as well as public sector organizations, need a unifying logic, which emerges out of dialogue among its members and also guides their actions. An organization's 'control system' has potential to become a key to this. Controlling for Competitiveness describes how management control is crucial in mobilizing, using, and communicating the knowledge and skills of managers and employees. Controllers should design situation-specific control systems, assuring that actions will be based on appropriate information and incentives. Enterprise systems facilitate coordination and information exchange, thus enabling the development of a consistent and congruent strategy throughout the organization. The involvement of all levels of management - as well as most employees - in this process creates motivation and commitment to the organization's strategy. It also prepares for executing strategy through a creative use of metrics, decision tools, and clarified responsibilities. The book underlines the need to understand management control as part of the organization's control mix (control package). It provides numerous examples of how systems and people interact in shaping a strategic focus in private as well as publicly-owned organizations. In addition to the authors' research experiences, the book is based on recent interviews with 16 leading complex organizations in the private and public sector.