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Act of 1933 (20) — Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (21) — Other Federal Legislation (21) — Insider Trading (21) —
Protecting Investors from Dealer or Broker Insolvency (22) — Protecting Investors from Illegal Insider Trading (22) —
Summary of Learning Goals (22) — Questions for Review and Discussion (23)

Chapter 10 Managing Finances

Chapter Overview (2) — Finance defined and who is responsible (2) — Budget, Cash Flow Budget (The Financial
Plan) (3) — Managing Cash flow (4) — Credit Sales to Customers (5) — Inventory (6) — Purchasing major assets—
Land, Buildings, and Equipment (7) — Paying Debt (8) — Profit Distribution (8) — Generating Revenue from Excess
Funds (8) — Expansion (8) — High-Liquidity Investments (9) —Treasury bills (9) — Commercial paper (9) —
Certificates of Deposit (CDs) (9) — Sources of Funds (10) — Short-Term Financing: Debt Capital (10) — Trade
Credit (11) — Commercial Loans (11) — Secured loans (12) — Factoring (12) — Floor-Planning (13) — Long-Term
Financing Sources (13) — Debt Capital (13) — SBA Loans (13) — Bonds (13) — Leverage (16) — Increasing Equity
Capital (16) — Public Stock Sales (16) — Venture capital (17) — MANAGING THE FIRM’S FINANCES (17) —
Managing Working Capital (17) — Capital Growth Budgets (18) — Financial Controls (18) — Summary of Learning
Goals (18) — Questions for Discussion and Review (20)

Chapter 11 Risk Management and Insurance

Chapter Overview (2) — Defining Risk (2) — Dealing with Risk (2) — Avoiding Risk (2) — Reducing Risk (3) —
Self-Insuring against Risk (3) — Shifting Risk to an Insurance Company (4) — Basic Insurance Concepts (4) —
Catastrophic loss (4) — Insurable Interest (5) — Insurable Risks (5) — The Law of Large Numbers (6) — Matching
Premiums to Different Degrees of Risk (7) — The Law of Adverse Selection (7) — Sources of Insurance (8) — Public
Insurance Companies (8) — Unemployment Insurance (8) — Workers' Compensation (8) — Social Security (8) —
Other Types of Public Insurance (9) — Private Insurance Companies (9) — Stock Companies (9) — Mutual Companies
(10) — Types of Insurance (10) — Property and Liability Insurance (10) — Fire Insurance (10) — Business
Interruption Insurance (11) — Automobile Insurance (11) — Burglary, Robbery, and Theft Insurance (12) — Marine
Insurance (12) — Crop Insurance (13) — Risk management (14) — Fidelity, Surety, Title, and Credit Insurance (14)
— surety bond (14) — Title insurance (14) — Credit insurance (14) — Liability Insurance (15) — Product liability
insurance (15) — Health Insurance (16) — Sources of Health Insurance (16) — Private Insurance Companies and Blue
Cross/Blue Shield (17) — Health Maintenance Organization (17) — Preferred Provider Organization (17) — Types of
Health Insurance (17) — Hospitalization Insurance (17) — Surgical and Medical Payments Insurance (17) — Major
Medical Insurance (18) — Dental Insurance (18) — Disability Income Insurance (18) — Life Insurance (18) — What Is
a Life Worth? (19) — Group or Individual Insurance (19) — Key Executive Insurance (19) — The Mortality Table (19)
— Types of Life Insurance (20) — Whole life insurance (20) — Hybrid Forms of Life Insurance (21) — Variable life
insurance (21) — Universal life insurance (21)— Summary of Learning Goals (22) — Questions for Review and
Discussion (23)

Chapter 12 Management and Organization

Chapter Overview (2) — Organizational Structure (2) — What Is Management? (4) — The Functions of Management
(4) — Planning (4) — Strategic, Tactical, and Operational Plans (5) — Strategic planning (5) — Tactical planning (5)
— Contingency Planning (6) — Organizing (6) — Directing (7) — Controlling (8) — Management Principles Are
Universal (8) — The Management Hierarchy (8) — Top Management (9) — Middle management (9) — Supervisory
management (10) — Leadership Styles (10) — Which Leadership Style Is Best? (10) — Delegation (11) — Managerial
Decision Making (11) — Types of Decisions (12) — Time Management (12) — Time Value (13) — Allocating
Management Time by Function (13) — Time Management Guidelines (13) — Establish Your Goals and Set Priorities
(13) — Learn to Delegate Work (14) — Spend Your Time on Activities that Will Yield the Most Results (14) — Do Your
Most Important Work when You Are at Your Best (14) — Learn How to Handle Interruptions (15) — First-Line
Management (15) — Skills Required for Managerial Success (15) — Technical Skills (15) — Human Relations Skills

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