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Introduction
almost always includes a graphical representation of how certain best practices
impact specific activities. Not all the best practices in each chapter are included in
this graphic, since some are mutually exclusive. This chapter layout is designed
to give the reader a quick overview of the best practices that are most likely to
make a significant impact on a functional area of the accounting department.
The book ends with Appendix A. It lists all of the best practices in each of the
preceding chapters. This list allows the reader to quickly find a potentially useful
best practice. It is then a simple matter to refer back to the main text to obtain
more information about each item.
This book is designed to assist anyone who needs to improve either the effi-
ciency of the accounting department, reduce its error rates, or provide better
information to other parts of a company. The best practices noted on the follow-
ing pages will greatly assist in attaining this goal, which may be part of a grand
strategic vision or simply a desire by an accounting manager to improve the
department. The layout of the book is extremely practical: to list as many best
practices as possible, to assist the reader in finding the most suitable ones, and to
describe any implementation problems that may arise. In short, this is the perfect
do-it-yourself fix-it book for the manager who likes to tinker with the accounting
department.