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Quantitative Methods for Business

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Quantitative Methods for Business
Fifth Edition
Donald Waters
Managers in every organisation use quantitative methods.  One of their essential skills is the ability to understand numerical information and use it for decision making.  Not surprisingly, management students do a course in quantitative methods, typically with names like quantitative analysis, decision analysis, business modelling or financial methods.  This book gives an introduction to methods that are widely used in business, which every student of management will meet somewhere in their course.  Whether you are studying for an HND, a first degree, an MBA or postgraduate degree, or a professional qualification, the book covers key topics in an easy to follow and practical way.
Quantitative Methods for Business, fifth edition, is divided into five parts which develop the subject in a logical sequence.

-Part One introduces the subject, asks why managers use quantitative methods and reviews essential quantitative tools.
-Part Two describes data collection and description, showing how to select and present information reliably.
-Part Three looks at specific types of management problem that are invariably tackled using quantitative methods, such as financial analyses and forecasting.
-Part Four introduces the ideas of uncertainty, focusing on probabilities, the elements of statistics and sampling.
-Part Five shows how statistical ideas are used in decision making, quality management, inventory management and other areas.

Key features

-A comprehensive view of quantitative methods actually used by managers.
-No previous knowledge or experience assumed, enabling you to study at your own pace.
-The subject is developed in a logical order with a clear and easy to follow style.
-Worked examples illustrate key principles needed to grasp the subject.
-‘Ideas in practice’ and case studies show how methods are actually used.
-Self-assessment problems, chapter outlines and summaries, review questions, research projects and sources of information help to reinforce learning.
-Extensive companion website with a range of additional material at www.pearsoned.co.uk/waters.

Donald Waters is the author of many successful textbooks and is well known for his clarity of style.  He was a professor of finance and operations management and now works in management analysis, research and education.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780273739470
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:624
Druk:5
Verschijningsdatum:17-3-2011
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Preface                                                                                                                            
Part One – Background                                                                                                  
1    Managers and numbers                                                                                                
2    Calculations and equations                                                                                            
3    Drawing graphs                                                                                                           
Part Two – Collecting and summarising data                                                                 
4    Collecting data                                                                                                             
5    Diagrams for presenting data                                                                                        
6    Using numbers to describe data                                                                                    
7    Describing changes with index numbers                                                                        
Part Three – Solving management problems                                                                 
8    Finance and performance                                                                                             
9    Regression and curve fitting                                                                                          
10   Forecasting                                                                                                                  
11   Linear programming                                                                                                     
Part Four – Introducing statistics                                                                                   
12   Uncertainty and probabilities                                                                                         
13   Probability distributions                                                                                                 
14   Using samples                                                                                                             
15   Testing hypotheses                                                                                                       
Part Five – Management problems with uncertainty                                                     
16   Making decisions                                                                                                         
17   Quality management                                                                                                    
18   Inventory management                                                                                                 
19   Project networks                                                                                                          
20   Queues and simulation                                                                                                  
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