Training for Financial Awareness: Developing Essential Skills

At the Creative Kitchens management meeting Sharon Bentley, the company's management accountant, drops a bombshell. The bank has asked for a thorough review of the company's trading activities before they can sanction any further increase in the overdraft facility. This is an example of a scenario which should be familiar to many managers and in this book the situation is presented as a resource for teaching managers the basics of financial processes. As the story unfolds, so the exercises enable the participants to discover more and more of the financial jigsaw. The activities in the book include exercises both on compiling and using financial data and instructions for using the exercises, model questions and answers are provided to help build on the learning. There is also an overview of the key learning points to help the facilitator structure the exercise and ensure everything is covered.