Chapter Meeting

WORKSHOP: Corporate Finance 101 for the HR Professional

KEYNOTE: How I Can Use Financial Tools as a Member of the Management Team

WORKSHOP: Corporate Finance 101 for the HR Professional

As a member of the management team, you share responsibility for the financial information developed, analyzed and reported.  Learn how financial proficiency will help you make better business decisions.

• Review the key financial statements with an analyst’s perspective

• Brush up on your financial terminology to help you communicate more effectively with other executives

• Find out how Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) can be used to assess whether you are building value in your organization

• Use management accounting techniques to support your decision making

• Practice techniques to relate financial information to operation

KEYNOTE: How I Can Use Financial Tools as a Member of the Management Team

Use financial tools to help make your points more effectively, understand others' finanical discussions, and use financial techniques to help you assess issues.

• Key Financial concerns and measures used by management

• Evaluate cost/benefits more effectively

• Determining profitability of products, services, customers

Registration:
GMA SHRM Member Online Registration
Printable Registration Form
Non-GMA SHRM Member Registration

Date:
Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Location:
Quality Inn & Suites
2969 Cahill Main
Madison, WI 53711
608-274-7200
One block North of County Highway PD on Fish Hatchery Road.
Click here for hotel and direction information.

Schedule: Click program title for description

Fees:

Our Presenter: Charles A. Kreuger, Chair of Executive Education, University of Wisconsin School of Business
Charles Krueger is the chairman and an associate professor of management of Executive Education, the School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He directs programs in accounting, finance business management and related fields. An enthusiastic, effective communicator, Chuck is noted for his ability to present financial concepts in a clear and practical manner. He conducts seminars as a guest speaker to numerous professional groups, public organizations and companies nationwide.

Chuck is well known for his skill directing financial and non-financial managers how to use financial information so it is useful and stimulates effective decision making. He also helps managers use financial information in directing profit centers, implementing innovative cost management techniques and relating operations to strategic objectives. 

At the university, Chuck develops, coordinates and teaches executive seminars, conferences and on-site seminars. Previously, his background included a decade in the insurance industry where he held positions in underwriting, internal auditing and reinsurance. Chuck is active in several professional associations, and currently serves on the local board of the Institute of Management Accountants. He is also an active member of the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators and the Institute of Internal Auditors.

He has authored numerous articles in financial, training and general interest publications. His articles focus on his major interest areas, which include financial analysis; monitoring, reporting and using financial information for management operations; controlling construction costs; and corporate ethics. In addition, he authored a book and an executive educational program on financial analysis, contributed chapters to two books, and authored the monograph Using Ratio Analysis by the Internal Auditor for the Institute of Internal Auditors.

The Institute of Management Accountants awarded the prestigious Lybrand Gold Medal, their highest manuscript award, to Chuck for his co-authored article, “Whistleblowing and the Professional.” Krueger also received a Certificate of Merit, Lybrand Award, for an earlier co-authored article, “Controlling Construction Costs.” 

For more information contact:

GMA SHRM Management Team
2830 Agriculture Dr.
Madison, WI 53718
(608) 204-9814
fax (608) 204-9818
chapteradmin@gmashrm.org

Program Schedule subject to change.