This volume enables executives to master the commercially vital essentials of financial management, and to learn techniques which should be of immediate use. The key ingredients are covered giving readers a mastery of financial accounting, management accounting and financial management. It should help busy executives to understand and to use financial techniques for individual and organizational advantage. There are a range of practical features throughout, such as: key questions; action checklists; activities; guides to best practice; key learning points; and key management concepts. The book can be used as a workbook, with notes and comments written in the margin as they occur. The "Masters in Management" series titles are aimed at change makers, general managers, team leaders and implementers, and to senior-level managers involved in one or more of the following: strategic decision-making; deciding and implementing decisions; providing internal or external consultancy; and a management development programme (for example, diploma, MBA or vocational qualification).