This course is a one-stop problem-solver for today’s busy executive. It is a sequel to Secrets of the MBA: Concepts and Strategies. The course is a working guide to help you quickly pinpoint in the complex world of business.

1. • What to look for
2. • What to do
3. • What to watch out for
4. • How to do it

You’ll find ratios, formulas, guidelines, and rules of thumb to help analyze and evaluate any business-related problem. Throughout, you’ll find this course practical, quick, and useful. Part I takes you through accounting principles and guidelines for evaluating a company’s financial health. You will have an increased understanding of various financial statements and their implications. You will be exposed to Corporate Responsibility Law, better known as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. Part II takes a look at financial analysis tools, financial metrics, and financing methods for decision making. Part III takes you through the seem-ingly complex world of quantitative analysis. You’ll use statistics for forecasting and validity testing. Decision theories include linear programming, learning curve theory, and queuing models; these are presented concisely and comprehensively to help you use such sophisticated techniques with relative ease. And, you’ll learn how computer applications facilitate the many complex procedures. This course has been designed in question-and-answer format in order to address the pertinent issues that come up during the course of business.