title: [Book Sharing] Noriyuki Hirokane's Basic Numerical Skills for Office Workers
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date: 2024-07-20 00:00:00 UTC
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Noriyuki Hirokane's Basic Numerical Skills for Office Workers
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# Preface:
This is the 6th book I finished reading in 2024. I bought it when I saw the author, thinking I could supplement related knowledge.
# Content Summary:
Do you know the mechanisms in your salary statement?
What exactly is "cost"?
Do you earn more money if you sell more goods?
Basic numerical skills are essential for office workers; strong numerical skills lead to good work performance.
◆ As long as you have a strong understanding of numbers, you can become an office worker with excellent work ability!
Regardless of whether you are a newbie or a veteran in the workplace, no matter what kind of work you do, you will inevitably come into contact with numerical-related business content. From product cost estimation and pricing to personal salary income; industry economic cycles; corporate management analysis and debt repayment ability, these are all essential common knowledge for outstanding office workers.
For example, the "economic trend indicators" often seen in news reports are composed of several indicators that are sensitive to changes in the economy. These indicators can be divided into three types: "leading indicators," "coincident indicators," and "lagging indicators." Because multiple indicators are combined, a comprehensive judgment and prediction of the economic situation can be made, allowing you to know whether the current economy is good or bad and to determine the various strategies that the company should adopt.
In addition, management analysis is often used to investigate a company's business partners, but it also has other uses. For example, when investing in stocks, you must first know the situation of the company you are investing in. Therefore, management analysis is very useful. If you learn management analysis first, you will also be able to understand news media reports about companies more deeply.
In short, the basic numerical skills that office workers must have cover various areas of business, including individuals, products, markets, enterprises, and commerce. This book presents the origins of various numerical calculations and the methods of application, allowing you to easily grasp key numbers and solve problems without fail.
# Thoughts:
Noriyuki Hirokane has always been a manga artist I like very much. His most famous work is "Section Chief Shima Kōsaku." In addition to the experiences of Japanese office workers, the most important thing is the study and organization of various cultures of Japanese companies. This book is also the same, organizing a lot of relevant basic knowledge. However, as I have been investing in stocks, many basic concepts of financial statements have also emerged. Because of some financial statement analysis, I can understand the basic reasons inside. Listening to financial news and stock market analysis also made me make some progress in my basic knowledge. (Of course, I learned the most when I lost money.)
However, this book is relatively basic. If you have basic concepts of business or economics, you may not need to read it.
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