Management Research News: Volume 13 Issue 3/4
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Financial management: What should a firm's (educational organisation's) objectives be?
Jean WhittakerThe 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA) heralds a brave new world for organisations in the maintained sector of education. In schools, as part of the “Local Management of Schools”…
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Preparing Financial Forecasts and Planning for Profit
Peter V. Copleston, Graham Scorthorne, Jean WhittakerHow do managers prepare financial forecasts?
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Using and Benefiting from Ratio and Variance Analysis
Jean Whittaker“Planning is the key to the financial manager's success… any good plan must be related to the firm's existing strengths and weaknesses. The strengths must be understood if they…
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Evaluating Capital Investments
Jean Whittaker, Humphrey Maine, Caroline Wilkinson“Let it be said, right at the outset, that there is no magic formula which guarantees making the right decision in each investment case. Moreover, the fact that the answer has…
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Borrowing and Dividends — An Educational Context
Jean Whittaker, Rod KirmanThis final chapter focuses on borrowing
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