Killing me softly

Seeing that my new job requires me to understand financial report of the company, my dear boss had signed me up for this:

WORKSHOP ON FINANCE FOR NON-FINANCE EXECUTIVES
22 & 23 February 2010, Melia Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

INTRODUCTION
The course provides a broad-based foundation to financial and management accounting, for those

who need to acquire an understanding of the main concepts
and the practical application in decision-making, but who do not require
in-depth theoretical or technical knowledge and details with regards to
measurement, recognition, preparation, presentation of financial statements (for
internal and external users and decision makers).

The course is aimed primarily at non-accounting and
non-finance managers, executives and specialists, who have business, economics,
human resources, marketing or engineering background, but need an understanding
of internally generated financial statements for various stakeholders.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:• explain the role and nature of accounting,• explain the nature and purpose of financial statements,• interpret the quantitative information in the financial statements,• identify and calculate the major categories of ratios used for analysis purposes,• discuss and critically examine the limitations of ratios,• distinguish between internal and external information and reporting functions• distinguish between financial and management accounting, financial management• be aware of contents and elements of financial statements• be aware of management accounting reports

I forsee lots of coffee during and lots of beer post-training. If you are around the area, or kawasan-kawasan yang sewaktu dengannya, do call.