Financial Analysis For Management Decisions

Intended for undergraduate (B.Com. BBA) and postgraduate (M.Com. MBA) students of Commerce and Management the book presents an in-depth analysis of various tools and techniques that help interpret the financial statements.

At the outset the book deals with the basic concepts of all the three branches of accounting financial accounting cost accounting and management accounting and explains the meaning of various financial statements such as profit and loss account balance sheet statement of retained earnings and statement of changes in financial position. Apart from discussing the tools used for the analysis of financial statements this text includes discussions on accounting ratios including ratios for measuring liquidity solvency activity and profitability. Besides the techniques of identifying flow of funds from a transaction and the preparation and uses of fund flow statement comparison of fund flow statement with income statement and balance sheet as well as the limitations of fund flow analysis are also described. Finally this book discusses preparation and uses of cash flow statement based on traditional approach and on Accounting Standard (AS-3).