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    Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector
    Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector
    Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector
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    Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector

    By Jennifer Bean and Lascelles Hussey

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    Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector is one of a series of books entitled “Essential Skills for the Public Sector”. It aims to assist the reader to understand a variety of basic financial techniques ranging from fractions and percentages, using statistics and spreadsheets, to project appraisal techniques. All the areas covere

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHB Publications
    Release dateOct 1, 2011
    ISBN9781899448647
    Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector
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    Jennifer Bean

    Jennifer Bean is a highly experienced consultant with an excellent track record of working with non-profit and public sector organisations. She is a UK Chartered Accountants and holds a Masters in Business Administration. Her expertise is in taking business principles and best practice and applying them to public sector organisations in a practical way.

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      Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector - Jennifer Bean

      Chapter 1

      Introduction

      Public sector managers will increasingly find finance to be an important part of their role, and a basic understanding of finance is now essential to the delivery of value for money services.

      This book seeks to provide the public sector manager with basic skills often overlooked in other finance texts. It is usually assumed that managers know how to use a calculator, and that they are familiar with certain basic calculations such as percentages. There is also an assumption that a manager is able to present information in a numerical format, and can undertake data analysis in order to make management decisions which may have financial implications. This book does not make these assumptions. It gives a quick overview of the underpinning knowledge needed to use and manipulate figures effectively. The key areas covered show the reader how to undertake basic calculations; use statistics; make use of spreadsheets; appraise projects; and present financial information.

      Basic Financial Skills for the Public Sector provides useful reference material which can be used as part of a manager’s own personal development. The book contains exercises that encourage the reader to focus on the issues covered therein. Suggested solutions for the exercises are provided in the final section of the text.

      This book is one of a series of Essential Skills for the Public Sector titles. The series aims to assist public sector managers become more efficient and effective in carrying out their important management responsibilities. We consider this book to be an important part of the tool kit for public sector management development.

      Chapter 2

      Basic Calculations

      Using Your Calculator

      In order to undertake simple financial calculations, it is necessary to understand how to use a calculator. Shown below is a diagram of the most common and basic calculator functions:

      The function keys shown above are described as follows:

      These function keys are common to all calculators. An understanding of the above is all that is required for the majority of financial exercises likely to be encountered by the public sector manager.

      Fractions and Percentages

      Fractions and percentages are amongst the most common calculations needed for the presentation and analysis of numerical data. The public sector manager needs to be very conversant in how to calculate, and then present fractions and percentages.

      Fractions show the number of parts of a whole number. For example, 10 people out of 50 is represented as a fraction of 10 over 50, where 10 represents the numerator and 50 the denominator.

      It is normal to show fractions in the following way:

      10

      50

      This fraction is ten fiftieths. Fractions are usually shown at their lowest possible level, which is to have the numerator and

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