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The Economist Numbers Guide (6th Ed)

The Essentials of Business Numeracy

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By The Economist

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$18.99

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$22.00 CAD

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Trade Paperback

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Trade Paperback $18.99 $22.00 CAD

The Economist: Numbers Guide is invaluable for everyone who has to work with numbers, which in today’s commercially focused world means most managers. In addition to general advice on basic numeracy, the guide points out common errors and explains the recognized techniques for solving financial problems, analyzing information of any kind, forecasting and effective decision making. Over 100 charts, graphs, tables and feature boxes highlight key points, and great emphasis is put on the all-important aspect of how you present and communicate numerical information effectively and honestly. At the back of the book is an extensive A-Z dictionary of terms covering everything from amortization to zero-sum game. Whatever your business, whatever your management role, for anyone who needs a good head for figures The Economist Numbers Guide will help you achieve your goals.

Series:

On Sale
Jan 28, 2014
Page Count
272 pages
Publisher
The Economist
ISBN-13
9781610393959

The Economist

About the Author

John Tennent is a coauthor of The Economist Guide to Business Modelling and The Economist Guide to Cash Management. He is an accountant, who for the past twenty years has been involved in training and consultancy with firms such as Unilever, BOC, BAE, Kraft, Thomson Corp, Cable & Wireless, BT, St Gobain, and EMI.

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