Just-in-Time Accounting - How to Decrease Costs and Increase Efficiency

"For a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read guide to fixing those all-too-common shortcomings in your accounting department, look no further than this excellent book. Steve Bragg provides hundreds of fixes, many of them requiring surprisingly little time or cost while providing a handy guide to common implementation pitfalls . . . I would recommend this invaluable book to anyone who is looking to enhance their existing processes, whether due to growth in their business, compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, or just as part of their ongoing improvement process."
—Martyn Webster, CPA, Director of FinanceXenoPort, Inc.

"This book is critical to running an efficient and accurate accounting department. The use of RFID technology to track documents is one of many valuable tools in this latest edition. A required read for the demanding accounting manager's role."
—Jason Charet, CPA

"I've used Steve Bragg's Accounting Best Practices books for years as a source of ideas for improvement. Like the previous editions, the Fifth Edition has a number of new, actionable best practices as well as refinements of those ideas reported in previous editions. The books are broad enough in their perspective so that nearly any organization could find ideas that could pay back the cost of the book many times over."
—John Temmerman, Controller, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

From flex budgeting to detailing the more sophisticated skills like throughput analysis for capital investments and the fast close for public companies, The Controller's Function, Fourth Edition offers numerous real-world examples, expertly balancing both the technical and managerial sides of the job.

• Provides an overview of the functions and responsibilities of the controller/management accountant in a corporation
• Explores how controllers can better perform their jobs
• Offers a solid foundation for those who are new to this area

Handbook of the New Thought is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the law of attraction, affirmations, meditation, mental healing of the body, and mind treatment.  It is perfect for anyone who wants to change their life in any way.  In clear language this book explains how the power of thought can be used to change your life and heal the body, mind and spirit, and thus eliminate fear, anxiety, worry, nervousness, pessimism and unbelief.  The author explains what New Thought is and how it arose in the 1800s, and gives practical tips for using the ideas in daily life.  The power of the mind is the most important asset each of us has.  It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, male or female, or where you live or anything else, each person has this great asset -- the power to change their thinking and thus change their life.  Yes, we all find ourselves in particular circumstances that may appear to be holding us back for whatever reason, but we still have the awesome power to decide how to respond to those circumstances with our thoughts and actions.  We can always affect the outcome.  We always have choices.  Often we forget just how much power that fact truly gives us.  Dresser reminds us eloquently in this book, over and over again, just how important it is to remember this truth.  Handbook of the New Thought has been unavailable in either print or digital form for many years.  This new edition of Handbook of the New Thought is edited into gender neutral language to make it even more accessible to a 21st century audience.

Horatio W. Dresser (1866–1954) was a major leader in the New Thought movement, and the author of many important books on the movement.  He grew up steeped in New Thought.  His parents, Julius and Annetta Seabury Dresser, studied in New England with Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866), the man to whom the origin of the New Thought movement is generally traced.  Dresser was admitted to Harvard in 1891, dropped out in 1893 when his father died, returned in 1903 and completed his Ph.D. in 1907.  In 1921, Dresser compiled Quimby's manuscripts and made them available to readers in full for the first time.  Dresser died on March 30, 1954 in Boston, Massachusetts.

William F. Shannon is the Publisher and Editor of Hudson Mohawk Press.  He holds a Master of Arts in Integrated Studies/Cultural Studies from Athabasca University in Canada.

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

This Element is an excerpt from The Truth About Being a Leader (9780131873384) by Dr. Karen Otazo. Available in print and digital formats.

Hiring the best possible administrative assistant: why it’s so crucial and how to do it.

Many people you’ll deal with as a leader start forming their opinions of you long before you meet them--when they first call or visit your office and encounter your assistant. This person advertises who you are in your organization. Hiring the right assistant should be a top priority as you enter your leadership role, and the process needs your personal attention.

A Collection of God?s Word and Motivation is a book about encouragement and practical situations that people can relate to. It is not just any ordinary book, but an antidote for curing worries, depression, stress, and struggles.

God?s word is powerful and encouraging. It was written to help others who need encouragement. We can?t go through life without encouragement, and we definitely can?t go through life without self-encouragement. There are times when we don?t have the energy to complete our daily tasks, so we look for some type of humor from our friends, family, or even co-workers. We choose to be happy or sad, mad or neutral. A dose of encouraging words can help release that ticking bomb that?s in your head, ready to explode. Tension and stress aren?t healthy. That?s why God said to give all of our worries, troubles, and burdens to Him. Let the nourishment of His encouraging words shine upon your heart.