SPECIAL
WORKSHOP FEATURES
Content
of this workshop is based on the lifetime
experience of the workshop leader
Nothing
beats real life in-depth case studies
related to your own unique business experience
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1. Assumptions in Financial
Accounting
- What is accounting : understanding book-keeping
?
- Difference between financial accounting and
management accounting
- The users of the annual report
- Four fundamental concepts
- Six basic principles
- Alternative models
Q and A
2. Understanding the Balance
Sheet
- What is the balance sheet ?
- Grouping and sub-dividing the balance sheet
- Evaluation and measurements
Q and A
3. Understanding the profit
and loss account/the income statement
- What is the profit and loss account - the
most important statement
- Grouping and sub-dividing the profit and loss
account
- Evaluation and measurements
Q and A
4. How to read and understand
financial statements
- The profit and loss account
- The balance sheet
- The cash flow statement
- The directors' and auditor's report
5. Understanding consolidated
group accounts
- What is a group in accounting ?
- The objective of consolidated accounts
- An illustration of consolidation
- Minority interests
- Subsidiaries
Q and A
6. Financial analysis
- What is financial analysis ?
- Comparison is the focal point
- Profitability
) - Break even analysis
- Funds management )
- Liquidity
) - Funds flow analysis
- Solvency
)
- Ratios as predictors of funds flows and bankruptcy
- An example
Q and A
7. An Example of Financial
Statements Presentation
8. Capital Investment
Appraisal
- The investment decisions
- Methods of appraisal
- Practical applications
- Cost of capital
- Risk and uncertainty in investment decisions
Q and A
9. Economic Value Added
and Corporate Performance
- Executive and management Incentives
- Shareholder value
- Strategic issues and business strategies
- Balanced scorecard : How useful ?
- Corporate governance
10. Raising Capital and
Optimal Capital Structure
- Different types of capital
- The effect of financing that affects capital
structure
- Is there such thing as optimal capital structure
?
- Debt versus equity dilemma
Q and A
11. Mergers and Acquisitions
- Strategic issues to consider
- Which businesses and which types of companies
to consider
- How to evaluate a merger and acquisition ?
- How to make the difficult decision about merger
and acquisition ?
- How to make merger and acquisition successful
?
Q and A
12. General Discussions
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