Overview
The course targets the engineer and engineer-owner/manager in outlining key accounting and financial concepts. Basic accounting concepts are introduced to aid the professional practitioner in dealing with non-engineering professions such as commercial bankers, investment bankers and accountants.
The course participant will learn the differences between: cash flows versus profits, return of investment versus return on investment, accrual versus cash accounting, and book versus market.
This is the second of a series of four Continuing Education Courses by this author targeting the licensed engineer to become a better informed professional and business owner/manager.
To receive continuing education credits, the student must successfully pass a 20-question multiple-choice quiz where the use of financial functions must be successfully demonstrated.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Basic Financial Statements and Reporting
- Differing view of the finance professional and the accounting professional
- Some insights into governmental control involving tax issues
- Language of the finance arena and why some common phrases like cash and profits are not identical
Course
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Accounting Issues and the Professional Engineer
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