Articles for category: BUSINESS & FINANCE

How to Create a Household Budget with Microsoft Excel

A household budget includes your income and expenses for your household. Whether you have a small, medium or large household it is very important for you to create a household budget to track your family’s income and expenses. The best way to do this is with a spreadsheet. Microsoft Excel is the most popular spreadsheet ...

Elements of the Strategic Management Process

This paper is to define some of the major elements in the strategic management process. Some of these elements include identifying who Able Corporation is and how to define the identity of the organization and create a mission statement from this information. Another element to strategic management that will be discussed is Able’s value proposition ...

Office Organization – Tips to Being More Productive

If you find yourself working longer hours just to keep your head above water, it may be due to a lack of office organization. With the ever increasing workloads that companies are putting on employees, staying organized is vital. Here are some tips on how you can have better office organization, more productivity and a ...

Life After Chex Systems: How to Open a New Checking Account

If you’ve had the misfortune of having a checking account closed due to being overdrawn for an extended period of time, then you probably know how difficult it can be to open future accounts at other financial institutions. Banks and credit unions use a special consumer reporting agency, Chex Systems, in order to protect themselves ...

The Benefits of an Usborne Book Fair

Have you heard of Usborne Books? If so, you know they are high-quality children’s books that are fun and educational. Usborne Books are a great resource for home schooling families or just for your home library. Although the company is primarily known for its direct selling through home shows, Usborne Book independent consultants can also ...

An Overview of Management Accounting

Management accounting uses both financial and non-financial information and is generally intended for the use of internal users, such as managers and executives, who use the information to make decisions that help achieve the goals and objectives of the organization. The only limitations placed on managerial accounting are those imposed by the value-added principle, which ...

Hiring Independent Sales Reps

Independent sales reps are a very cost-effective way of generating sales and revenues without incurring all the employment costs and risks involved in hiring full time sales reps. Contracting out to independent sales reps can also be a great way to expand an already existing sales force. You can opt to give this as an ...