Bank Management: Text and Cases

by George H. Hempel

Book Overview

This text is intended for use in a junior/senior/graduate level course in Commercial Bank Management or Financial Institution Management taught at most four-year schools out of the finance department. The authors aim to present the institutional setting of banking in a framework that recognizes the vast bridge to financial markets and theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471169609
• ISBN13: 9780471169604
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 704 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.4" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

GOOD INITIAL TEXTBOOK ON BANK MANAGEMENT

This book is a good example of what a textbook should be like. It explains the topic of bank management with competence, pointing out all the major issues without going too deep (and boring the beginner). After reading the first few chapters, the interested reader feels knowledgeable enough to intelligently discuss the topic. The book is well segmented, with an initial explanation of bank financial statements and the main risks and opportunities associated with bank management. These chapters empower the beginner with confidence of understanding exactly how a bank makes money. Bank management seems like a very complex topic, something outside the reach of normal people; it is not true, anyone with a decent volume of training could perform the basic management activities of a bank. I highly recommend this book for anyone working at a bank in order to understand the business, its risks and the main drivers of performance. If you are considering bank entrepreneurship, this is a must. There is a chapter that demonstrates the initial processes of bank management in a very simple way, which is interesting and encouraging to someone following down that pathway.

Very useful book...

It is a very useful book with a clear style and it presents an in-depth analysis of commercial banks. But it lacks one thing that could have made it much better: it doesnt have a solutions manual and a guide for the cases..It presents difficulties for the self learners like me...

Want to know about banking ?

The essentials of banking are clearly explained in this book.Topics such as the management of bank capital, asset/liability management,international banking and bank mergers and acquisitions are explained with detail and clarity. Though this book doesn't deal with internet banking it helps you understand the underlying nature of every bank. I specially like the chapter where the authors explain the profitability of banks and how the banking business measures it.

Excellent Book - A must read for all aspiring Bankers

This is an excellent book which has dealt with the subject of Banking in depth. It is scientific in its approach and made the subject understandable to even morons like me (as quoted by my wife).. Do not miss this..