Managing financial information / David Davies, foreworded by David Allen.

Previous edition: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part. 1. Financial accounting, financial management and human resources practitioners -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The finance function and the human resources manager -- 3. The human resources manager and management information systems -- 4.The balance sheet and the human resources manager -- 5. The trading and profit and loss account and the human resources manager -- 6. The manufacturing account and the human resources department -- 7.The interpretation and use of financial information for human resources -- 8. Financial implication of human resource decisions -- Pt. 2. Management accounting and human resources practitioners -- 9. Introduction to management accounting -- 10. Costing and human resources -- 11. Absorption costing -- 12. Standard costing -- 13. Marginal costing and human resource decisions -- 14. Budgets and human behaviour -- 15. The human resources manager and the planning system -- 16. The master budget -- 17. Capital budgeting and its application to human resources.

"This newly revised text is designed to cover the financial element of the new CIPD Managing Information for Competitive Advantage module as part of the new Leadership and Management standards. The text is also suitable for any student taking a finance-for-non-specialists module on an HR degree programme. It offers clear, accessible coverage of all issues relating to the management of financial information, from the very basics, to ensure an understanding of all key elements of financial management."