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Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis (with CD-ROM and Microsoft Project 2003 120 day version)
Cliff Ragsdale Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0324312563 |
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Valuable software, realistic examples, and fascinating topics . . . everything you need to master the most widely used management science techniques using Microsoft® Excel is right here! Learning to make decisions in today's business world takes training and experience. Cliff Ragsdale--the respected innovator in the field of management science--is an outstanding guide to help you learn the skills you need, use Microsoft Excel for Windows to implement those skills, and gain the confidence to apply what you learn to real business situations. SPREADSHEET MODELING AND DECISION ANALYSIS gives you step-by-step instructions and annotated screen shots to make examples easy to follow. Plus, interesting sections called The World of Management Science show you how each topic has been applied in a real company.Customer Reviews:
A Good Book for Finance/IT majors.......2007-09-17
Great book, and includes @RISK.......2007-08-06
Good practical text.......2006-11-12
Decision analysis.......2006-11-02
Good book , worth to read.......2006-02-17
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Quantitative Analysis for Management with CD (9th Edition)
Barry Render , Ralph M. Stair , and Michael E. Hanna Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0131857029 |
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Easy to understand-even for learners with limited math backgrounds, this book uses a modeling approach to provide thorough coverage of the basic techniques in quantitative methods and focuses on the managerial applications of these techniques. An interesting and reader friendly writing style makes for a clear presentation, complete with all the necessary assumptions and mathematical details. Chapter topics include probability concepts and applications, decision models and decision trees, regression models, forecasting, inventory control models, linear programming modeling applications and computer analyses, network models, project management, simulation modeling, and more. For an introduction toquantitative analysis, quantitative management, operations research, or management science-especially for those individuals preparing for work in agricultural economics and health care fields.
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Introduction.......2006-12-17
So Much Better Than The University Bookstore.......2006-11-10
Excellent introduction to the subject.......2006-02-28
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Sales Management: Analysis and Decision Making
Thomas N. Ingram , Raymond W. LaForge , Ramon A. Avila , Jr., Charles H. Schwepker , and Michael R. Williams Manufacturer: South-Western College Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0324321058 |
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Make effective sales decisions with SALES MANAGEMENT! With a focus on the importance of employing different sales strategies for different consumer groups, this management text blends the most recent sales management research with real-life best practices of leading sales organizations. Role plays, cases, technology, and applications are just a few of the tools that will help you succeed in your sales career.
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Strategic and Competitive Analysis: Methods and Techniques for Analyzing Business Competition
Craig S. Fleisher , and Babette Bensoussan Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0130888524 |
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Extremely good reference guide.......2005-08-04
a must have for all business students.......2005-07-18
Selected as "the" text for government all-source analysts.......2004-01-14
Rather than outline the wonderful aspects of this book, which other reviewers have done so ably, I will just say that I rank the authors up there with Ben Gilad (Israel), Mats Bjore (Sweden), and Jan Herring, Dick Klavens/Brad Ashton, and Leonard Fuld (USA), and we have made this book "the" text for the annual government all-source analysis training that centers on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT).
This book, in combination with Ben Gilad's "Early Warning", the Leonard Fuld's "New Competitor Intelligence", Dick Klavens and Brad Ashton's "Keeping Abreast of Science & Technology", and Mats Bjore forthcoming book, are the essential five books for any business intelligence professional or anyone seeking to understand best in class business intelligence.
Excellent coverage of management analysis tools.......2003-07-23
Outstanding one stop source for techniques and "how to".......2003-03-25
The authors have addressed their personal needs as much as the needs of those who will use the benefits of their labours. Now, when asked about a technique or asked for a recommendation as to how to attack an issue, one can turn to this one text and extract the most appropriate tool(s) and make sensible assessments of which of the various analytical tools is most appropriate.
The authors have gone one better - and I suspect that more than one MBA student will appreciate their efforts - they have included a very useful and quite comprehensive outline of financial analytical tools that add to the more "marketing" oriented techniques detailed in the core of the text. The various financial ratios are now at your fingertips. The financial analysis can be woven into the market and environmental competitive analysis.
Oh to have had access to this at an earlier stage of my career.
One of those indispensable tools. A "must have" in the office.
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Applied Choice Analysis: A Primer
David A. Hensher , John M. Rose , and William H. Greene Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521605776 |
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In recent years, there has been growing interest in the development and application of quantitative statistical methods to study choices made by individuals. This primer provides an introduction to the main techniques of choice analysis and also includes details on data collection and preparation, model estimation and interpretation and the design of choice experiments. A companion website offers practice data sets and software to apply modeling and data skills presented in the book.Customer Reviews:
Everything you need to learn to carry out a choice model.......2005-10-17
An ambiguous oriented book.......2005-10-05
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Data Analysis and Decision Making with Microsoft Excel (with InfoTrac and CD-ROM)
S. Christian Albright , Wayne Winston , and Christopher Zappe Manufacturer: Duxbury Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 053438367X |
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The emphasis of the text is on data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. This text contains professional Excel software add-ins. The authors maintain the elements that have made this text a market leader in its first edition: clarity of writing, a teach-by-example approach, and complete Excel integration.Customer Reviews:
Managerial Statistics Text book.......2006-11-03
Sanjay Chheda.......2006-10-06
Better Title: Intro to Statistics using Excel Add-ins.......2001-06-04
Serious Excel 2000 Problem.......2001-04-12
No trouble with Excel.......2001-01-31
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Managerial Decision Modeling with Spreadsheets and Student CD Package (2nd Edition)
Nagraj Balakrishnan , Barry Render , and Ralph M Stair Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 013226806X |
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Good for the real world too.......2007-03-02
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Strategic Planning for Information Systems
John L. Ward , and Joe Peppard Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0470841478 |
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"Accessibility and clarity of purpose maintained throughout." "Clear, practical, comprehensive."
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"A clear exposition of the impact that IS has had on business performance."
Long Range Planning
"Lucid analysis."
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Strategic Planning for Information Systems (3rd Edition) explores the impact that Information Systems (IS) have on business performance and the contribution IS makes to the strategic development of organizations. It describes IS tools, techniques and management frameworks - all of which identify opportunities for strategic thinking, and shows how IS is an indispensable component in the implementation of a strategic plan.
Since the earlier edition of Strategic Planning for Information Systems, much has changed in the way business is organized. However, the essence of the book remains the same - it is a practical and comprehensive book written in a clear and straightforward way. This new edition focuses more on strategic management of IS than on the progress made in recent years in either technology or business processes. This 3rd edition is substantially updated and illustrated with new cases material and examples. Additional material will cover the role of ecommerce, knowledge management and benefits management systems. This book will also show why Information Systems and Information Technology investment works for some organizations and not for others.
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Strategic Planning for Information Systems explores the impact that information systems (IS) and information technology (IT) have on business performance and the contribution that they make to the strategic options of organisations. It describes tools, techniques and management frameworks to both align strategies for IS and IT with business strategy, as well as seek out new opportunities through innovative deployment of technology. This book demonstrates why strategic planning for information systems is essential to organisational success, especially in times of increasingly rapid change. Over the long term any organisation will get the information systems it deserves, according to the approach adopted to the use and management of IS/IT. To obtain the whole range of benefits available from IS/IT and avoid the potential pitfalls, every organisation must establish the means to manage IS/IT as an integral part of its approach to strategic management. In the six years since the second edition of Strategic Planning for Information Systems, much has changed in the way business is organised and in the importance of IS for competitive strategies. However, the essence of the book remains the same - it is a practical and comprehensive book written in a clear and straightforward way. The new edition introduces more approaches and techniques to aid in developing and implementing strategies - to enable management and IS/IT professionals to identify what needs to be done and how best to do it.Customer Reviews:
A business led approach to Information Systems Planning.......2004-06-24
The introduction of a section on Benefits Managment is particularly useful.
Poorly written........2003-11-21
If I could, I would get my money back because it is definitely not worth $100+. At best, $20.
Apply business consulting technique to IS/IT.......2002-03-21
And you need to know where you are now and where you are going to in order to obtain a really useful strategy. The 3-era-5-stage reference model introduced here is a very powerful tool to position yourself right.
The authors also explored 4 important strategy subject areas for IS/IT: information, application, technology and resource. Which provide useful insight for us.
Rich resource for experienced strategic planners.......2001-09-13
This is not, however, a "how-to" book that describes a coherent strategic planning process. It's a collection of standalone chapters on each key element of strategic planning. The material is presented in sequential order, but no single chapter depends on another. Moreover, there is no smooth continuity between the chapters or a master chapter that ties it all together. That said, this book is valuable from two perspectives:
(1) Each chapter is highly focused and contains a wealth of information on its topic.
(2) Used as a collection of mature techniques this book could be used to support an effective strategic planning process.
The main value is the fact that each element of strategic planning is thoroughly covered. I frequently use this book as a catalog of procedures and techniques for numerous projects, including strategic planning, assessment, process improvement and IS/IT organizational improvement.
If you are seeking a book that shows step-by-step how to perform IS/IT strategic planning you may not like this book. However, if you are an experienced practitioner this book is a wonderful resource to which you'll find yourself frequently referring.
Excellent Reference.......2001-05-08
Each chapter brings a succinct set of guidelines for the strategic planning novice. A lot of work has gone into compiling this book, it is a work which I will reference again and again.
Buy it if you're into this stuff at all, you won't regret it.
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Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict
Roger B. Myerson Manufacturer: Harvard University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0674341163 |
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Eminently suited to classroom use as well as individual study, Roger Myerson's introductory text provides a clear and thorough examination of the models, solution concepts, results, and methodological principles of noncooperative and cooperative game theory. Myerson introduces, clarifies, and synthesizes the extraordinary advances made in the subject over the past fifteen years, presents an overview of decision theory, and comprehensively reviews the development of the fundamental models: games in extensive form and strategic form, and Bayesian games with incomplete information.
Game Theory will be useful for students at the graduate level in economics, political science, operations research, and applied mathematics. Everyone who uses game theory in research will find this book essential.
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Masterpiece.......2004-03-24
not bad.......2003-06-07
still on the frontier because of disinformation.......2003-02-09
An Elegant and Deep Treatment.......2000-06-13
I used to do a lot of carpentry, and I always knew the good carpenters from the run of the mill. The latter talk about how to build stuff. The good ones talked about how you choose, preserve, treat, and sharpen your tools. Myerson is, for game theory, like the good carpenter, and this book is more about the nature of the tools of game theory than their deployment--although it is certainly that, too.
The subtitle of this book is silly ("The Analysis of Conflict"). Game theory is the analysis of cooperation as much as conflict, and much, much else as well. So is this book.
Game Theory : Analysis of Conflict.......2000-05-12
Adrian Peralta. Graduate Student University of Minnesota Economics Department
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Apollo Root Cause Analysis: A New Way of Thinking
Dean Gano Manufacturer: Apollonian Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1883677017 |
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Apollo Root Cause Analysis is about effective problem solving. It is truly a new way of thinking that will ensure effective solutions to almost any kind of problem. Discover new communications tools that are revolutionizing the way people all around the world think, communicate, and make decisions together. This is a life-changing book that will enable people and organizations to effectively communicate and solve problems without the usual conflicts. This is a unique event-based problem solving method utilized by many Fortune 500 companies, NASA, and the FAA. There is no other problem solving process like this. In this book readers will learn more about the cause and effect principle than has ever been documented before. They will also learn why 70% to 80% of the general population are ineffective problem solvers and why conventional problem solving methods don't work. The number one skill every employer wants in an employee is good problem solving skills, yet problem solving is not taught in school. Apollo Root Cause Analysis and its supporting software, RealityChartingTM makes everyone a skilled problem solver.Customer Reviews:
Good Presentation of Yet Another RCA Method.......2006-01-07
A unique approach.......2004-01-22
Great introductory work.......2002-05-02
Dean Gano has been honing his craft for many years and is well respected in the failure analysis community. The only criticism I have is that the process is more geared to providing supporting evidence for possible causes of events. There needs to be more discussion of the need for refuting evidence.
Cause analysis at its best is a structured application of scientific principles (referred to as the scientific method). What the scientific method requires is that you pose a hypothesis (a possible explanation for what has happened) and then gather evidence to support or refute the hypothesis.
I recommend that anyone interested in a better understanding of how refuting evidence is used read "The Rational Manager" by Chuck Kepner and Ben Tregoe. It's the foundational work that provides a complete solution for resolving concerns (problems, decisions, etc). The "Rational Manager" has you break things down and deal with them separately. Dean Gano's book helps you see the larger picture. The other book I use as required reading for our root cause analysts is "Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents" by James Reason. Together, these three references will help you to significantly improve your ability to resolve problems and will be the three books you will refer to over and over again.
A "Must Read" for anyone investigating failure incidents.......2002-02-02
Excellent for doing Med Error Root Cause Analysis..........2001-06-28
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