Abstract
Viable financial planning requires financial managers' understanding of the consequences of impending decisions on their company's financial performance and position. Understanding the impact of prior decisions on their financial statements also enables future decisions aimed at improving their shareholders' wealth. This note intends to contribute to developing this capacity in finance students. We provide a presentation format directly connecting financial decisions to financial statement impacts. Bridging material covered in accounting courses and a finance student's needs as a possible future manager or analyst, this classroom pedagogy supplements and reinforces the objectives of the financial planning component of a finance course.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2004
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2004 Financial Education Association. This article first appeared in Advances in Financial Education 2 (Spring 2004): 10-21.
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Recommended Citation
Arnold, Tom, LeRoy D. Brooks, and Terry D. Nixon. "Understanding The Impact Of Financial Decisions On Financial Statements: A Pedagogical Note." Advances in Financial Education 2 (Spring 2004): 10-21.
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