1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910701557303321

Titolo

Estimated revenue effects of the chairman's mark of S. 1637, the "Jumpstart Our Business Strength ('JOBS') Act," scheduled for markup by the Committee on Finance on October 1, 2003 [[electronic resource] ] : fiscal years 2004-2013

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. G.P.O.], , [2003]

Soggetti

Foreign sales corporations - Taxation - United States

Income tax - United States - Foreign income

Foreign tax credit - United States

Foreign trade promotion - Law and legislation - United States

Tax revenue estimating - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 25, 2004).

"Joint Committee on Taxation."

"September 26, 2003."

"JCX-84-03."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782275203321

Autore

Forman Ernest H

Titolo

Decision by objectives [[electronic resource] ] : how to convince others that you are right / / Ernest H. Forman, Mary Ann Selly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, N. J., : World Scientific, c2001

ISBN

9786611956349

1-281-95634-1

981-281-069-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (420 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SellyMary Ann

Disciplina

658.403

Soggetti

Decision making

Management by objectives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents               ; Preface              ; Chapter 1 Introduction: Management Decision-Making Today                                                               ; The Need for Better Decision-Making                                          ; Tradeoffs                ; BOGSAT             ; Cognitive Limitations                            ; Satisficing                  ; Common Simplistic Strategies                                   ; Cognitive Decision Rules                               ; Unimportant vs. Crucial Decisions

Resistance to Change                           Requisites for Change                            ; The Analytic Hierarchy Process                                     ; Chapter 2 Problem Solving and Decision-Making                                                    ; Problem Solving                      ; Decision Making                      ; Intelligence, Design, Choice; Decision-Making is a Process                                   ; Analysis vs. Synthesis                             ; Quantitative vs. Qualitative

Objectivity vs. Subjectivity                                   Linear versus Non-Linear                               ; Chapter 3 Decision-Making Concepts & Methodologies                                                         ; Alternatives - Pros and Cons                                   ; Misuse of Numbers                        ; Levels of Measurement                            ; Nominal              ; Ordinal              ; Interval               ; Ratio            ; Weights and Scores

Channel Capacity and Short Term Memory                                             Need for Hierarchical Structure                                      ; Orders of



Magnitude                          ; Arbitrary Assignment                           ; Absolute Versus Relative                               ; Words Instead of Numbers                               ; Chapter 4 The Analytic Hierarchy Process and Expert Choice                                                                 ; The Analytic Hierarchy Process

Beyond Weights and Scores                                Inconsistency                    ; Causes of Inconsistency                              ; Clerical Error                     ; Lack of Information                          ; Lack of Concentration                            ; Real World is not Always Consistent                                          ; Inadequate Model Structure                                 ; Compensatory and Non-Compensatory Decision-Making

Principles and Axioms of the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Sommario/riassunto

Decision-making is a process of choosing from possible courses of action in order to attain goals and objectives. Nobel laureate Herbert Simon wrote that the whole process of managerial decision-making is synonymous with the practice of management. Decision-making is at the core of all managerial functions. Planning, for example, involves the following decisions: What should be done? When? How? Where? By whom? Other managerial functions, such as organizing, implementing, and controlling, rely heavily on decision-making.  <i>Decision by Objectives</i> is an invaluable book about the art and sc