Quantitative Methods for Business

Donald Waters (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

648 Seiten

2007 | 4th edition
Financial Times Prentice Hall (Verlag)
978-0-273-69458-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Quantitative Methods for Business has been thoroughly revised and updated for this 4th edition, and continues to provide a simple and practical introduction to an area that students can find difficult. The book takes a non-threatening approach to the subject, avoiding excessive mathematics and abstract theory. It shows how to apply quantitative ideas to the real problems faced by managers.

The book includes numerous exercises and examples that help students understand the relevance of quantitative ideas to business. Assuming no previous knowledge, the text provides complete coverage for a first course in quantitative methods.

Inhalt

Preface

Part One - Background

Chapter 1: Managers and numbers

Chapter 2: Quantitative tools

Chapter 3: Drawing graphs

Part Two - Collecting and summarising data

Chapter 4: Collecting data

Chapter 5: Diagrams for presenting data

Chapter 6: Using numbers to describe data

Chapter 7: Desccribing changes with index numbers

Part Three - Solving management problems

Chapter 8: Finance and performance

Chapter 9: Regression and curve fitting

Chapter 10: Forecasting

Chapter 11: Simultaneous equations and matrices

Chapter 12: Planning with linear programming

Chapter 13: Rates of change and calculus

Part Four - Introducing statistics

Chapter 14: Uncertainty and probabilities

Chapter 15: Probability distributions

Chapter 16: Using samples

Chapter 17: Testing hypotheses

Part Five - Management problems with uncertainty

Chapter 18: Making decisions

Chapter 19: Quality management

Chapter 20: Inventory management

Chapter 21: Porject networks

Chapter 22: Queues and simulation

Glossary

Appendix A: Solutions to review questions

Appendix B: Probabilities for the binomial distribution

Appendix C: Probabilities for the Poisson distribution

Appendix D: Probabilities for the Normal distribution

Appendix E: Probabilities for the t-distribution

Appendix F: Critical values for the X2 distribution

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.10.2007
• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 189 x 245 mm
• Gewicht: 1240 g
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• ISBN-10: 0-273-69458-8 / 0273694588
• ISBN-13: 978-0-273-69458-8 / 9780273694588
• Zustand: Neuware