Harvard ManageMentor

Finance Essentials

Leading The Business

49.95 USD

Learning Objectives

Learn why it's important to understand financial statements.
Use financial ratios to interpret financial statement numbers and gauge your company's financial health.
Create a budget that aligns with your company's strategy.
Determine whether the benefits of a new investment outweigh the costs.
Track the financial performance of your operations, projects, or investments.
Develop your team's financial literacy so they understand the big picture, improve their performance, and make better decisions.

Estimated Seat Time: 2 hours, 35 minutes

Modality: Self-Paced

Assessment: Muliple-choice questions with scenario-based comprehension assessments

Languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese

Included Materials: Polls, Examples, Videos, Tools, Handouts, Articles from Harvard Business School

Product Description

Anybody in a leadership position should be familiar with finance essentials, at least on a foundational level. This course provides a basic understanding of financial documents and tools for planning and reporting purposes. Participants will learn how to compute important financial management indicators and get familiar with the most common financial terms. Additionally, they will be introduced to evaluating the financial health of their business by analyzing the balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. Finally, accounting and finance tools can be used to make well-informed management decisions.

Lessons

Understand Financial Statements

Assess Financial Health

Develop a Budget

Perform Cost/Benefit analysis

Track Financial Performance

Build Your Team's Financial Intelligence

Experts contributing to this course

Mihir Desai
Heide Abelli
Joe Knight
Blythe McGarvie
Jean Cappizzi
Cristina Camarero
V.G. Narayanan
Ashutosh Tyagi

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