Quantitative methods for business and management / / Stuart Wall, Claire Coday, Chris Mitchell

• Autore: Wall Stuart <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education Limited, , [2014]; ©2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 658.5
• Soggetto topico: Industrial management - Statistical methods; Commercial statistics
• Persona (resp. second.): CodayClaire; MitchellChris
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part One Introduction stage of product life cycle -- Chapter 1 Collecting and presenting data -- Introduction -- Collection of data -- Presenting data using frequency tables -- Presenting data using bar charts and pie charts -- Presenting data using histograms -- Presenting data using frequency polygons and frequency curves -- Presenting data using the Lorenz curve -- Review questions -- Chapter 2 Making sense of data: Central location and dispersion -- Introduction -- Notation -- Measures of central location -- Normal and skewed distribution -- Measures of dispersion -- Coefficient of variation (C of V) -- Review questions -- Chapter 3 Financial decision making: Project appraisal -- Introduction -- Investment and financial decision making -- Interest rates and project appraisal -- Compound factors, discounting and present value -- Cash flow and financial decision making -- Investment appraisal: non-discounting techniques -- Investment appraisal: discounting techniques -- Review questions -- Part Two Growth stage of product life cycle? -- Chapter 4 Regression, correlation and time series -- Introduction -- Regression analysis -- Correlation -- Spearman's coefficient of rank correlation -- Time series and forecasting -- Review questions -- Chapter 5 Probability and probability distributions -- Introduction -- Probability calculations -- Venn diagrams: events not mutually exclusive -- Independent events: AND rule -- Dependent events: conditional probability -- Game theory and expected value -- The normal distribution -- The binomial distribution -- The Poisson distribution -- Review questions -- Chapter 6 Sampling and tests of hypotheses -- Introduction -- Types of sample -- Distribution of sample means -- Confidence intervals -- Tests of hypotheses: principles and practice -- Student t-distribution. ; Chi-squared test -- Review questions -- Part Three Maturity stage of product life cycle? -- Chapter 7 Business modelling: Linear relationships -- Introduction -- Break-even analysis -- Linear programming -- Solving the linear programme: maximisation -- Solving the linear programme: minimisation -- Review questions -- Chapter 8 Business modelling: Non-linear relationships -- Introduction -- Differentiation -- Turning points -- Rules of differentiation -- Applications of differentiation -- Partial differentiation -- Integration -- Review questions -- Chapter 9 Project management -- Introduction -- Defining projects -- Planning a project -- Network diagrams -- Critical path analysis -- Gantt charts -- Taking account of uncertainty: PERT -- Project costs and crashing -- Review questions -- Appendix 1 Review of basic mathematics -- Introduction -- Whole numbers, fractions and decimals -- Rounding off -- Percentages and ratios -- Powers and roots -- Simple algebra -- Solving equations -- Simultaneous equations -- Inequalities -- Graphs and functions -- Progressions -- Review questions -- Appendix 2 Probabilities for the normal distribution -- Appendix 3 Cumulative binomial probabilities -- Appendix 4 Cumulative Poisson probabilities -- Appendix 5 Student t critical values -- Appendix 6 x2 critical values -- Appendix 7 Table of random numbers -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This engaging introduction shows how quantitative techniques can be used to analyse the internal and external environments in which businesses and organisations operate, with a contemporary focus on business start-up, enterprise and entrepreneurial skills. Each chapter: Applies a range of quantitative techniques to business decisions at all stages of the product life cycle Focuses upon a particular business sector or sectors, including IT, retail sales, financial services, tourism, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, leisure, entertainment and other sectors of a modern economy Explores numerous real world applications, providing many opportunities for student interaction with the topic Quantitative Methods for Business and Management is perfect for any business and management undergraduate taking a first course in quantitative methods or its equivalent. It will also be ideal for those seeking to develop quantitative skills in a range of taught master's degrees. Stuart Wall is Professor of Business and Economics at the Ashcroft International Business School and teaches quantitative methods on a wide range of undergraduate, professional and postgraduate courses. He has extensive experience in applying these techniques, having acted as a consultant to local, regional and multinational companies, and having run his own business for many years. Chris Mitchell has taught quantitative methods to a wide range of students at undergraduate level, both in Business and in Science and Technology faculties. He is himself an entrepreneur, having launched his own successful sound-recognition software company, winning a business fellowship with Cisco Systems in the UK to develop his ideas further. Please note that the product you are purchasing does not include MyMathLab. MyMathLab; Join over 11 million students benefiting from Pearson MyLabs. This title can be supported by MyMathLab, an online homework and tutorial system designed to test and build your understanding. Would you like to use the power of MyMathLab to accelerate your learning? You need both an access card and a course ID to access MyMathLab. These are the steps you need to take: 1. Make sure that your lecturer is already using the system Ask your lecturer before purchasing a MyLab product as you will need a course ID from them before you can gain access to the system. 2. Check whether an access card has been included with the book at a reduced cost If it has, it will be on the inside back cover of the book. 3. If you have a course ID but no access code, you can benefit from MyMathLab at a reduced price by purchasing a pack containing a copy of the book and an access code for MyMathLab (ISBN:9781292064369) 4. If your lecturer is using the MyLab and you would like to purchase the product... Go to www.mymathlab.com to buy access to this interactive study programme. For educator access, contact your Pearson representative. To find out who your Pearson representative is, visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/replocator &nbsp.
• Titolo autorizzato: Quantitative methods for business and management
• ISBN: 9780273770619; 0-273-77061-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151655403321
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