How to Build Effective Financial Reporting Systems shows you how to transform all types of financial information into reports that are read and command action. You'll also get practical checklists to help you develop reports for a wide range of business situations.

Learn how to:

• Apply the 10 principles that are essential to any effective reporting system
• Provide decision makers with the right information at the right time
• Incorporate new procedures into your everyday operations
• Prepare reports that communicate data clearly and effectively

Major Subjects Covered:

1. Improving Management Effectiveness Through Reporting
2. Determining Information Requirements
3. Designing the Reporting System
4. Implementing and Operating a Reporting System
5. Evaluating and Increasing Report System Effectiveness
6. Examining Some Types of Reports

Course Objective:

Produce well-written, effective reports. Set up a reporting system that meets specific needs and enhances management effectiveness.

About This Course:

As one course among many offered in the American Management Association's curriculum, How to Build Effective Financial Reporting Systems has been designed specifically for the practicing manager and the future manager. It provides private, self-paced, individualized study; learning and self-evaluation through in-text exercises; and communication between the student and AMA's Educational Services instructors through assignments and a final examination based on the case study as pioneered by Harvard University. Paralleling a business school course of study, AMA's curriculum provides practical information to working professionals who, on their own time and at their own pace, want to continue their education.

James J. Jurinski, JD, CPA, is Associate Professor in the School of Business at the University of Portland (Oregon), where he teaches tax and business law courses to both graduate and undergraduate students. He also maintains a law practice in Portland and is a frequent speaker before professional groups. He formerly worked for one of the "Big 6" accounting firms. Professor Jurinski, a graduate of Hamilton College and the Northwestern University School of Law, is a member of both the American Bar Association and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also the author of numerous articles and books on business, tax, and legal topics.

The publisher wishes to thank the following people for their help in reviewing the manuscript of this course: David Filipek~ CPA, MBA, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance, Rhode Island College; Michael P Griffin, MBA, Professor of Accounting and Finance, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; and Emery A. Trahan, CPA, PhD, Joseph G. Riesman Research Professor, Northeastern University.

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