Carol McGee served as a panelist for this course offered by the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business. Financial Statements are the scorecard for decisions taken by a firm and a critical building block for corporate valuation. Understanding the impact of managerial choices on financial outcomes, and vice versa, is a critical skill. However, for the novice, financial statements feel like reading in a foreign language. This course used case studies, spreadsheets, and scenarios to improve familiarity with key financial terms, ratios, and statement analysis techniques. The course also highlighted accounting tricks and shenanigans that have been used in recent years (e.g., WorldCom, Enron, Tyco, etc.) to teach executives to read financial statements with a critical eye.
December 10, 2010
University of Maryland / Robert H. Smith School of Business / College Park, MD