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Labor relations and collective bargaining : private and public sectors / / Michael R Carrell, Christina Heavrin
| Labor relations and collective bargaining : private and public sectors / / Michael R Carrell, Christina Heavrin |
| Autore | Carrell Michael R. |
| Edizione | [Tenth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (543 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 344.730189 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Industrial relations - United States
Collective bargaining - Law and legislation - United States Collective labor agreements - United States |
| ISBN | 1-292-05227-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction to Labor Relations -- 2. Private Sector Labor Relations: History and Law -- 3. Public Sector Labor Relations: History and Law -- 4. Establishing a Bargaining Unit and the Organizing Campaign -- 5. Negotiation Models, Strategies, and Tactics -- 6. Negotiating a Collective Bargaining Agreement -- 7. Wage and Salary Issues -- 8. Employee Benefits -- 9. Job Security and Seniority -- 10. Unfair Labor Practices and Contract Enforcement -- 11. Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures -- 12. The Arbitration Process -- Appendix: Texts of Statutes -- Appendix: Collective Bargaining Simulation -- Index. |
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Land law / / Elliott Schatzberger
| Land law / / Elliott Schatzberger |
| Autore | Schatzberger Elliott |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 346.42043 |
| Collana | Blueprints |
| Soggetto topico |
Land reform - Law and legislation - Wales
Land tenure - Law and legislation - England Land reform - Law and legislation - England |
| ISBN | 1-4479-0495-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Tables of cases and statutes -- Acknowledgements -- How to use this guide -- What is a Blueprints? -- Introudction -- Study skills -- Part 1 Historical context and land ownership -- 1 Introduction to land law -- BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND - THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 -- LEGAL ESTATES AND INTERESTS IN LAND - SECTION 1 OF THE LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925 -- THE MEANING OF EQUITY AND EQUITY'S ROLE IN LAND LAW -- EQUITABLE INTERESTS -- BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED LAND -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- 2 The meaning of 'land' and the extent of land ownership -- DEFINITION OF LAND - LAW OF PROPERTY ACT 1925, SECTION 205 -- FIXTURES AND FITTINGS -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- Part 2 Rights, interests and their protection -- 3 Personal and proprietary rights -- WHY THE DISTINCTION MATTERS - THIRD PARTIES -- LICENCES -- LEASES - CREATION OF A LEGAL AND EQUITABLE LEASE -- THE LEASE/LICENCE DISTINCTION - STREET V. MOUNTFORD THROUGH TO THE ' BRUTON TENANCY' -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- 4 The Land Registration Act 2002 -- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: MIRROR, CURTAIN AND INSURANCE PRINCIPLES -- THE 'REGISTER' AND ITS THREE SECTIONS -- OVERREACHING -- THE 'CRACK IN THE MIRROR' - 'INTERESTS WHICH OVERRIDE THE REGISTER' -- ADVERSE POSSESSION: THE CHANGE IN PROCEDURE IN THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT 2002 -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- Part 3 Trusts of land: joint ownership -- 5 Co-ownership (Part 1) -- THE CONCEPT OF CO-OWNERSHIP - RECOGNITION OF EQUITABLE INTERESTS -- TRUSTS OF LAND -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- 6 Co-ownership (Part 2) -- JOINT TENANCY AND TENANCY IN COMMON -- SEVERANCE - COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY METHODS.
THE APPLICATION OF THE TRUSTS OF LAND AND APPOINTMENT OF TRUSTEES ACT 1996 -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- Part 4 Specific proprietary rights: proprietary estoppel -- easements -- covenants -- and mortgages -- 7 Proprietary estoppel -- DEFINITION OF ESTOPPEL AND ITS APPLICATION -- REMEDIES - THE POWER OF THE COURT TO 'SATISFY THE EQUITY' -- PROTECTION OF AN ESTOPPEL RIGHT UNDER THE LAND REGISTRATON ACT 2002, SECTION 116 -- THE LINK BETWEEN ESTOPPEL AND CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- 8 Easements -- DEFINITION OF AN EASEMENT -- CREATION OF A LEGAL OR EQUITABLE EASEMENT -- IMPLIED EASEMENTS -- PROTECTION AND REFORM -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- 9 Freehold covenants -- DEFINITION AND BACKGROUND -- DOES THE COVENANT 'RUN WITH THE LAND' AND BIND FUTURE SUCCESSORS IN TITLE? -- REMEDIES AND REFORM -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- 10 Mortgages -- CREATION OF A MORTGAGE -- RIGHTS OF THE LENDER -- RIGHTS OF THE BORROWER -- UNDUE INFLUENCE -- KEY POINTS -- CORE CASES AND STATUTES -- FURTHER READING -- Glossary -- Index. |
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Law for purchasing and supply / / Margaret Griffiths, Ivor Griffiths
| Law for purchasing and supply / / Margaret Griffiths, Ivor Griffiths |
| Autore | Griffiths Margaret I. |
| Edizione | [Third edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2002] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 346.42072 |
| Soggetto topico | Commercial law |
| ISBN |
1-280-56126-2
9786610561261 1-4058-7023-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154652003321 |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2002] | ||
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Learning microsoft office 2010 / / Catherine Skintik, 3 others
| Learning microsoft office 2010 / / Catherine Skintik, 3 others |
| Autore | Skintik Catherine |
| Edizione | [Pearson new international edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (925 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 005.5 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| ISBN | 1-292-05282-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Office Basics: Using the Common Features of Microsoft Office 2010 -- 2. Microsoft Word 2010: Getting Started -- 3. Microsoft Word 2010: Editing Documents and Working with Tables -- 4. Microsoft Word 2010: Creating Reports and Newsletters -- 5. Microsoft Excel 2010: Getting Started -- 6. Microsoft Excel 2010: Working with Formulas, Functions, and Charts -- 7. Microsoft Excel 2010: Charting Data -- 8. Microsoft Excel 2010: Advanced Functions, PivotCharts, and PivotTables -- 9. Microsoft Access 2010: Getting Started -- 10. Microsoft Access 2010: Working with Queries -- 11. Microsoft Access 2010: Working with Forms and Reports -- 12. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010: Getting Started -- 13. Microsoft PowerPoint 2010: Working with Lists and Graphics -- Index. |
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] | ||
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Macroeconomics : theories and policies / / Richard T. Froyen
| Macroeconomics : theories and policies / / Richard T. Froyen |
| Autore | Froyen Richard T. |
| Edizione | [Tenth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs |
| Disciplina | 339 |
| Collana | Always learning |
| Soggetto topico | Macroeconomics |
| ISBN | 0-273-76600-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND MEASUREMENT -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- 1.1 What is Macroeconomics? -- 1.2 Post-World War II U.S. Economic Performance -- Output -- Unemployment -- Inflation -- Inflation and Unemployment -- The U.S. Federal Budget and Trade Deficits -- 1.3 Central Questions in Macroeconomics -- Instability of Output -- Movements in the Inflation Rate -- The Output-Inflation Relationship -- Growth Slowdown and Turnaround? -- Implications of Deficits and Surpluses -- 1.4 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2 Measurement of Macroeconomic Variables -- 2.1 The National Income Accounts -- 2.2 Gross Domestic Product -- Currently Produced -- Final Goods and Services -- Evaluated at Market Prices -- 2.3 National Income -- 2.4 Personal and Disposable Personal Income -- 2.5 Some National Income Accounting Identities -- 2.6 Measuring Price Changes: Real versus Nominal GDP -- Real GDP in Prices from a Base Year -- Chain-Weighted Real GDP -- 2.7 The Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index -- 2.8 Measures of Cyclical Variation in Output -- 2.9 Conclusion -- Perspectives 2.1 What GDP Is Not -- Perspectives 2.2 National Income Accounts for England and Wales in 1688 -- Perspectives 2.3 Dating Business Cycles -- PART TWO: CLASSICAL ECONOMICS AND THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION -- CHAPTER 3 Classical Macroeconomics (I): Output and Employment -- 3.1 The Starting Point -- 3.2 The Classical Revolution -- 3.3 Production -- 3.4 Employment -- Labor Demand -- Labor Supply -- 3.5 Equilibrium Output and Employment -- The Determinants of Output and Employment -- Factors That Do Not Affect Output -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Perspectives 3.1 Real Business Cycles: A First Look -- CHAPTER 4 Classical Macroeconomics (II): Money, Prices, and Interest -- 4.1 The Quantity Theory of Money -- The Equation of Exchange.
The Cambridge Approach to the Quantity Theory -- The Classical Aggregate Demand Curve -- 4.2 The Classical Theory of the Interest Rate -- 4.3 Policy Implications of the Classical Equilibrium Model -- Fiscal Policy -- Monetary Policy -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Perspectives 4.1 Money in Hyperinflations -- Perspectives 4.2 Supply-Side Economics-A Modern Classical View -- CHAPTER 5 The Keynesian System (I): The Role of Aggregate Demand -- 5.1 The Problem of Unemployment -- 5.2 The Simple Keynesian Model: Conditions for Equilibrium Output -- 5.3 The Components of Aggregate Demand -- Consumption -- Investment -- Government Spending and Taxes -- 5.4 Determining Equilibrium Income -- 5.5 Changes in Equilibrium Income -- 5.6 Fiscal Stabilization Policy -- 5.7 Exports and Imports in the Simple Keynesian Model -- 5.8 Conclusion -- Perspectives 5.1 Macroeconomic Controversies -- Perspectives 5.2 Fiscal Policy in Practice: Examples from Two Decades -- CHAPTER 6 The Keynesian System (II): Money, Interest, and Income -- 6.1 Money in the Keynesian System -- Interest Rates and Aggregate Demand -- The Keynesian Theory of the Interest Rate -- The Keynesian Theory of Money Demand -- The Effects of an Increase in the Money Supply -- Going Forward -- 6.2 The IS-LM Model -- Money Market Equilibrium: The LM Schedule -- Product Market Equilibrium: The IS Schedule -- The IS and LM Schedules Combined -- 6.3 Conclusion -- Perspectives 6.1 The Financial Sector in the Keynesian System -- CHAPTER 7 The Keynesian System (III): Policy Effects in the IS-LM Model -- 7.1 Factors That Affect Equilibrium Income and the Interest Rate -- Monetary Influences: Shifts in the LM Schedule -- Real Influences: Shifts in the IS Schedule -- 7.2 The Relative Effectiveness of Monetary and Fiscal Policy -- Policy Effectiveness and the Slope of the IS Schedule. Policy Effectiveness and the Slope of the LM Schedule -- 7.3 Conclusion -- Perspectives 7.1 The Financial Crisis of 2007-08: An Initial Look -- Perspectives 7.2 The Monetary-Fiscal Policy Mix: Some Historical Examples -- Perspectives 7.3 Japan in a Slump and the Liquidity Trap -- CHAPTER 8 The Keynesian System (IV): Aggregate Supply and Demand -- 8.1 The Keynesian Aggregate Demand Schedule -- 8.2 The Keynesian Aggregate Demand Schedule Combined with the Classical Theory of Aggregate Supply -- 8.3 A Contractual View of the Labor Market -- Sources of Wage Rigidity -- A Flexible Price-Fixed Money Wage Model -- 8.4 Labor Supply and Variability in the Money Wage -- Classical and Keynesian Theories of Labor Supply -- The Keynesian Aggregate Supply Schedule with a Variable Money Wage -- Policy Effects in the Variable-Wage Keynesian Model -- 8.5 The Effects of Shifts in the Aggregate Supply Schedule -- Factors That Shift the Aggregate Supply Schedule -- More Recent Supply Shocks -- 8.6 Conclusion: Keynes versus the Classics -- Keynesian Versus Classical Theories of Aggregate Demand -- Keynesian Versus Classical Theories of Aggregate Supply -- Keynesian Versus Classical Policy Conclusions -- Perspectives 8.1 Price and Quantity Adjustment in Great Britain, 1929-36 -- PART THREE: MACROECONOMIC THEORY AFTER KEYNES -- CHAPTER 9 The Monetarist Counterrevolution -- 9.1 Monetarist Propositions -- 9.2 The Reformulation of the Quantity Theory of Money -- Money and the Early Keynesians -- Friedman's Restatement of the Quantity Theory -- Friedman's Monetarist Position -- 9.3 Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy -- Monetary Policy -- The Monetarist Position -- Contrast with the Keynesians -- 9.4 Unstable Velocity and the Declining Policy Influence of Monetarism -- Recent Instability in the Money-Income Relationship -- Monetarist Reaction -- 9.5 Conclusion. Perspectives 9.1 The Monetarist View of the Great Depression -- CHAPTER 10 Output, Inflation, and Unemployment: Alternative Views -- 10.1 The Natural Rate Theory -- 10.2 Monetary Policy, Output, and Inflation: Friedman's Monetarist View -- Monetary Policy in the Short Run -- Monetary Policy in the Long Run -- 10.3 A Keynesian View of the Output-Inflation Trade-Off -- The Phillips Curve: A Keynesian Interpretation -- Stabilization Policies for Output and Employment: The Keynesian View -- 10.4 Evolution of the Natural Rate Concept -- Determinants of the Natural Rate of Unemployment -- Time-Varying Natural Rates of Unemployment -- Explaining Changing Natural Rates of Unemployment -- Recent Trends -- 10.5 Conclusion -- CHAPTER 11 New Classical Economics -- 11.1 The New Classical Position -- A Review of the Keynesian Position -- The Rational Expectations Concept and Its Implications -- New Classical Policy Conclusions -- 11.2 A Broader View of the New Classical Position -- 11.3 The Keynesian Countercritique -- The Question of Persistence -- The Extreme Informational Assumptions of Rational Expectations -- Auction Market versus Contractual Views of the Labor Market -- 11.4 Conclusion -- Perspectives 11.1 U.S. Stock Prices: Rational Expectations or Irrational Exuberance? -- Perspectives 11.2 The Great Depression: New Classical Views -- CHAPTER 12 Real Business Cycles and New Keynesian Economics -- 12.1 Real Business Cycle Models -- Central Features of Real Business Cycle Models -- A Simple Real Business Cycle Model -- Effects of a Positive Technology Shock -- Macroeconomic Policy in a Real Business Cycle Model -- Questions about Real Business Cycle Models -- Concluding Comment -- 12.2 New Keynesian Economics -- Sticky Price (Menu Cost) Models -- Efficiency Wage Models -- Insider-Outsider Models and Hysteresis -- 12.3 Conclusion. Perspectives 12.1 Robert Lucas and Real Business Cycle Theory -- Perspectives 12.2 Labor Market Flows -- Perspectives 12.3 Are Prices Sticky? -- CHAPTER 13 Macroeconomic Models: A Summary -- 13.1 Theoretical Issues -- 13.2 Policy Issues -- 13.3 Consensus as Well as Controversy -- 13.4 Macroeconomics Going Forward -- PART FOUR: OPEN ECONOMY MACROECONOMICS -- CHAPTER 14 Exchange Rates and the International Monetary System -- 14.1 The U.S. Balance of Payments Accounts -- The Current Account -- The Financial Account -- Statistical Discrepancy -- Official Reserve Transactions -- 14.2 Exchange Rates and the Market for Foreign Exchange -- Demand and Supply in the Foreign Exchange Market -- Exchange Rate Determination: Flexible Exchange Rates -- Exchange Rate Determination: Fixed Exchange Rates -- 14.3 The Current Exchange Rate System -- Exchange Rate Arrangements -- How Much Managing? How Much Floating? -- The Breakdown of the Bretton Woods System -- 14.4 Advantages of Alternative Exchange Rate Regimes -- Advantages of Exchange Rate Flexibility -- Arguments for Fixed Exchange Rates -- 14.5 Exchange Rates in the Floating Rate Period -- The Dollar in Decline, 1976-80 -- The Dollar in the 1980s -- The Dollar in Recent Years -- 14.6 Global Trade Imbalances -- Implication of Some Identities -- 14.7 Conclusion -- Perspectives 14.1 U.S. Current Account Deficits-Problems and Prospects -- Perspectives 14.2 Currency Boards and Dollarization -- Perspectives 14.3 The Euro -- Perspectives 14.4 The Euro Area Sovereign Debt Crisis -- CHAPTER 15 Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the Open Economy -- 15.1 The Mundell-Fleming Model -- 15.2 Imperfect Capital Mobility -- Policy Under Fixed Exchange Rates -- Policy Under Flexible Exchange Rates -- 15.3 Perfect Capital Mobility -- Policy Effects Under Fixed Exchange Rates -- Policy Effects Under Flexible Exchange Rates. 15.4 Conclusion. |
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Management accounting : information for decision making and strategy execution / / Anthony A. Atkinson, 3 others
| Management accounting : information for decision making and strategy execution / / Anthony A. Atkinson, 3 others |
| Autore | Atkinson Anthony A. |
| Edizione | [Sixth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (551 pages) : illustrations, graphs |
| Disciplina | 658.1511 |
| Soggetto topico | Managerial accounting |
| ISBN | 1-4479-3056-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- CHAPTER 1 How Management Accounting Information Supports Decision Making -- What Is Management Accounting? -- Management Accounting and Financial Accounting -- A Brief History of Management Accounting -- IN PRACTICE: Definition of Management Accounting (2008), Issued by the Institute of Management Accountants -- Strategy -- The Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) Cycle -- IN PRACTICE: Company Mission Statements -- Behavioral Implications of Management Accounting Information -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 2 The Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Map -- The Balanced Scorecard -- Strategy -- IN PRACTICE: Infosys Develops a Balanced Scorecard to Describe and Implement Its Strategy -- Balanced Scorecard Objectives, Measures, and Targets -- Creating a Strategy Map -- Financial Perspective -- Customer Perspective -- Process Perspective -- Learning and Growth Perspective -- Strategy Map and Balanced Scorecard at Pioneer Petroleum -- Financial Perspective -- Customer Perspective -- Process Perspective -- Learning and Growth Perspective -- Applying the Balanced Scorecard to Nonprofit and Government Organizations -- IN PRACTICE: A Balanced Scorecard for a Nonprofit Organization -- Managing with the Balanced Scorecard -- Barriers to Effective Use of the Balanced Scorecard -- Epilogue to Pioneer Petroleum -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 3 Using Costs in Decision Making -- How Management Accounting Supports Internal Decision Making -- Pricing -- Product Planning -- Budgeting -- Performance Evaluation -- Contracting -- Variable and Fixed Costs -- Variable Costs -- Fixed Costs -- Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis -- Developing and Using the CVP Equation -- IN PRACTICE: Introducing Uncertainty into Cost Volume Profit Analysis -- Variations on the Theme.
IN PRACTICE: Breakeven on a Development Project -- Financial Modeling and What-If Analysis -- IN PRACTICE: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis -- The Multiproduct Firm -- IN PRACTICE: Estimating the Effect of Unit Sales on Share Price -- The Assumptions Underlying CVP Analysis -- Other Useful Cost Definitions -- Mixed Costs -- Step Variable Costs -- Incremental Costs -- Sunk Costs -- IN PRACTICE: Sunk Costs -- IN PRACTICE: Overcoming the Sunk Cost Effect -- IN PRACTICE: Human Behavior and Sunk Costs -- Relevant Cost -- Opportunity Cost -- Avoidable Cost -- Make-or-Buy-The Outsourcing Decision -- IN PRACTICE: Contracting Out -- Manufacturing Costs -- The Decision to Drop a Product -- IN PRACTICE: Be Wary When Labeling Departments Losers -- Costing Orders -- Costing Orders and Opportunity Cost Considerations -- Relevant Cost and Short-Term Product Mix Decisions -- Multiple Resource Constraints -- IN PRACTICE: Choosing the Least Cost Materials Mix -- Building the Linear Program -- The Graphical Approach to Solving Linear Programs -- Epilogue to Nolan Industries -- IN PRACTICE: Excel's Goal Seek and Solver -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 4 Accumulating and Assigning Costs to Products -- IN PRACTICE: On the Importance of Understanding Costs in the Restaurant Business -- Cost Management Systems -- Cost Flows in Organizations -- Manufacturing Organizations -- Retail Organizations -- Service Organizations -- Some Important Cost Terms -- Cost Object -- Consumable Resources -- Capacity-Related Resources -- Direct and Indirect Costs -- IN PRACTICE: Cost Objects -- IN PRACTICE: Indirect Costs -- Cost Classification and Context -- Going Forward -- Handling Indirect Costs in a Manufacturing Environment -- Multiple Indirect Cost Pools -- Cost Pool Homogeneity -- Overhead Allocation: Further Issues -- Using Planned Capacity Cost. IN PRACTICE: Why Costing Matters -- Reconciling Actual and Applied Capacity Costs -- Estimating Practical Capacity -- Job Order and Process Systems -- Job Order Costing -- Process Costing -- Some Process Costing Wrinkles -- Final Comments on Process Costing -- Epilogue to Strict's Custom Framing -- Summary -- Appendix 4-1 Allocating Service Department Costs -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 5 Activity-Based Cost Systems -- Traditional Manufacturing Costing Systems -- Limitations of Madison's Existing Standard Cost System -- Vanilla Factory and Multiflavor Factory -- Activity-Based Costing -- Calculating Resource Capacity Cost Rates -- Calculating Resource Time Usage per Product -- Calculating Product Cost and Profitability -- Possible Actions as a Result of the More Accurate Costing -- IN PRACTICE: Using Activity-Based Costing to Increase Bank Profitability -- Measuring the Cost of Unused Resource Capacity -- Fixed Costs and Variable Costs in Activity-Based Cost Systems -- Using the ABC Model to Forecast Resource Capacity -- Updating the ABC Model -- IN PRACTICE: W.S. Industries Uses ABC Information for Continuous Improvement -- Service Companies -- Capacity Cost Rate -- Calculating the Time Equation for the Consumption of Broker's Capacity -- Implementation Issues -- Lack of Clear Business Purpose -- Lack of Senior Management Commitment -- Delegating the Project to Consultants -- Poor ABC Model Design -- Individual and Organizational Resistance to Change -- People Feel Threatened -- Epilogue to Madison Dairy -- Summary -- Appendix 5-1 Historical Origins of Activity-Based Costing -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 6 Measuring and Managing Customer Relationships -- Measuring Customer Profitability: Extending the Madison Dairy Case -- Reporting and Displaying Customer Profitability. IN PRACTICE: Building a Whale Curve of Customer Profitability -- Customer Costs in Service Companies -- Increasing Customer Profitability -- Process Improvements -- Activity-Based Pricing -- Managing Relationships -- The Pricing Waterfall -- Salesperson Incentives -- Life-Cycle Profitability -- Measuring Customer Performance with Nonfinancial Metrics -- Customer Satisfaction -- Customer Loyalty -- The Net Promoter Score -- Epilogue to Madison Dairy -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 7 Measuring and Managing Process Performance -- Process Perspective and the Balanced Scorecard -- Facility Layout Systems -- Process Layouts -- Product Layouts -- IN PRACTICE: Manufacturing a CD -- Group Technology -- Inventory Costs and Processing Time -- Inventory and Processing Time -- Inventory-Related Costs -- Costs and Benefits of Changing to a New Layout: An Example Using Group Technology -- Summary of Costs and Benefits -- IN PRACTICE: History of Lean Manufacturing -- Cost of Nonconformance and Quality Issues -- Quality Standards -- Costs of Quality Control -- Just-in-Time Manufacturing -- Implications of JIT Manufacturing -- JIT Manufacturing and Management Accounting -- IN PRACTICE: Using Lean Manufacturing in a Hospital Setting -- Kaizen Costing -- Comparing Traditional Cost Reduction to Kaizen Costing -- Concerns about Kaizen Costing -- Benchmarking -- Stage 1: Internal Study and Preliminary Competitive Analyses -- Stage 2: Developing Long-Term Commitment to the Benchmarking Project and Coalescing the Benchmarking Team -- Stage 3: Identifying Benchmarking Partners -- Stage 4: Information Gathering and Sharing Methods -- Stage 5: Taking Action to Meet or Exceed the Benchmark -- IN PRACTICE: Benchmarking Mobile Web Experiences -- Epilogue to Blast from the Past Robot Company -- Production Flows -- Effects on Work-in-Process Inventory. Effect on Production Costs -- Cost of Rework -- Cost of Carrying Work-in-Process Inventory -- Benefits from Increased Sales -- Summary of Costs and Benefits -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 8 Measuring and Managing Life-Cycle Costs -- Managing Products over Their Life Cycle -- Research, Development, and Engineering Stage -- Manufacturing Stage -- Postsale Service and Disposal Stage -- Target Costing -- A Target Costing Example -- Concerns about Target Costing -- IN PRACTICE: Target Costing and the Mercedes-Benz M-Class -- Breakeven Time: A Comprehensive Metric for New Product Development -- Innovation Measures on the Balanced Scorecard -- Market Research and Generation of New Product Ideas -- Design, Development, and Launch of New Products -- IN PRACTICE: Life-Cycle Revenues: The Case of Motion Pictures -- Environmental Costing -- Controlling Environmental Costs -- IN PRACTICE: The Cisco Take-Back and Recycle Program -- IN PRACTICE: Scientific Progress and the Reduction of Environmental Costs: The Case of Chromium in Groundwater -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Assignment Materials -- CHAPTER 9 Behavioral and Organizational Issues in Management Accounting and Control Systems -- What Are Management Accounting and Control Systems? -- The Meaning of "Control" -- Characteristics of a Well-Designed MACS -- Technical Considerations -- Behavioral Considerations -- The Human Resource Management Model of Motivation -- The Organization's Ethical Code of Conduct and MACS Design -- Avoiding Ethical Dilemmas -- Dealing with Ethical Conflicts -- IN PRACTICE: Does Cheating at Golf Lead to Cheating in Business? -- The Elements of an Effective Ethical Control System -- Steps in Making an Ethical Decision -- Motivation and Congruence -- Task and Results Control Methods -- IN PRACTICE: Monitoring in the Workplace. Using a Mix of Performance Measures: A Balanced Scorecard Approach. |
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Managing / / Henry Mintzberg
| Managing / / Henry Mintzberg |
| Autore | Mintzberg Henry |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 304 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina | 658 |
| Collana | Financial times series |
| Soggetto topico | Industrial management |
| ISBN |
0-273-74564-6
1-280-78127-0 9786613691668 0-273-74563-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Table of Contents Preface A Note to the Reader Chapter 1: Managing Ahead Chapter 2: The Dynamics of Managing Chapter 3: A Model of Managing Chapter 4: The Untold Varieties of Managing Chapter 5: The Inescapable Conundrums of Managing Chapter 6: Managing Effectively Appendix: Eight Days of Managing |
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Mastering derivatives markets : a step-by-step guide to the products, applications and risks / / Francesca Taylor
| Mastering derivatives markets : a step-by-step guide to the products, applications and risks / / Francesca Taylor |
| Autore | Taylor Francesca |
| Edizione | [4th ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 406 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 332.6457 |
| Soggetto topico |
Business enterprises - Finance
Economics Commerce |
| ISBN |
1-283-05600-3
9786613056009 0-273-73568-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Mastering Derivatives Markets -- The author -- Contents -- Author's acknowledgements -- Publisher's acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Background and Development of the Derivatives Markets -- Market background -- Introduction -- Key features -- Uses of derivatives -- Range of derivatives -- Increasing use of the Central Counterparty Model (CCP) -- Risk and benchmarking -- Market volume -- Users and uses of derivatives markets -- Straight Through Processing (STP) -- Market Fundamentals -- Introduction -- How banks generate income -- Three key assumptions -- Role and use of LIBOR -- Day counts -- Financial maths -- Calculating forward rates -- Marking to market (MTM or M2M) -- Yield curves -- Quiz -- Risk - a Primer -- Introduction -- Financial risks: market, credit, liquidity -- Operational risk -- More esoteric risks -- Derivatives Fundamentals -- Range of derivatives -- What is a vanilla trade? -- Settlement -- Triggers -- Liquidity and credit risk -- Understanding the 'underlying' -- Benchmarks -- Fair value -- Dealing with derivatives -- Basic Option Concepts -- Introduction -- Option pricing -- Option mechanics -- Interest Rate Derivatives - Single Settlement Instruments -- Introduction -- Single settlement interest rate derivatives -- Financial futures contracts -- Forward rate agreements (FRAS) -- Interest rate options (IROS) -- Quiz -- Interest Rate Derivatives - OTC Multiple Settlement Instruments -- Introduction -- Interest rate caps and floors -- Interest rate collars -- Interest rate swaps -- Quiz -- Benchmarking in the OTC Derivatives Markets -- Financial benchmarking for derivatives -- Liquidity benchmarking for derivatives -- Operational risk measurements for derivatives -- Conclusion -- Currency Derivatives -- Introduction -- Over the counter currency options -- Currency options: reduced premium strategies.
Simple exotic structures -- Currency swaps -- Exchange-traded instruments -- Quiz -- The Impact of Electronic Trading on the FX Market -- The early years -- FX as part of a commodity portfolio -- First electronic dealing platforms -- Electronic market making -- Phases I and II -- Point and click vs algo traders -- The impact of the credit crisis on banks' FX trading -- Phase III -- Credit Derivatives -- Introduction -- What is credit risk? -- Styles of trading -- The first deals -- Range of credit derivatives -- Credit default swaps -- Central Clearing and the OTC Market -- The basics -- Trade execution -- Risks and mitigation -- Getting trades into clearing -- The business case and benefits -- Predictions for market development -- Terminology -- Equity Derivatives -- Introduction -- Background -- Single stocks or equity indices? -- Stock index futures -- Stock index options -- Single stock options -- Equity index swaps -- Commodity Derivatives -- Introduction -- Exchange-traded energy derivatives -- Exchange-traded futures contracts -- Exchange-traded energy option contracts -- OTC or 'off-exchange' energy derivatives -- OTC option products -- OTC oil swaps -- Carbon Derivatives and Environmental Products -- What are carbon markets? -- Volumes and value -- Overview of regulation -- Carbon instruments -- What drives carbon prices? -- Trading carbon: in practice -- Conclusion -- Regulation in the Derivatives Markets -- Why regulate the derivatives markets? -- Who regulates the derivatives markets? -- Regulatory models and objectives -- Supervisory aims - equal access to markets -- Market integrity -- Market abuse and manipulation -- The role of market surveillance -- Efficient markets -- Continuing regulatory challenges -- Glossary -- Answers to Quizzes -- Index. |
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Taylor Francesca
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2011] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Meaningful learning with technology / / Jane Howland, David Jonassen, Rose Marra
| Meaningful learning with technology / / Jane Howland, David Jonassen, Rose Marra |
| Autore | Howland Jane L. |
| Edizione | [Fourth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 371.33 |
| Collana | Always Learning |
| Soggetto topico |
Educational technology
Constructivism (Education) Learning |
| ISBN | 1-292-05366-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Goal of Technology Integrations: Meaningful Learning -- 2. Inquiring with Technologies -- 3. Experimenting with Technologies -- 4. Designing with Technologies -- 5. Communicating with Technologies -- 6. Community Building and Collaborating with Technologies -- 7. Writing with Technologies -- 8. Modeling with Technologies -- 9. Visualizing with Technologies -- 10. Assessing Meaningful Learning and Teaching with Technologies -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153080303321 |
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Howland Jane L.
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Medical-surgical nursing : critical thinking in patient care / / Patricia LeMone, Karen M Burke, Gerene Bauldoff
| Medical-surgical nursing : critical thinking in patient care / / Patricia LeMone, Karen M Burke, Gerene Bauldoff |
| Autore | LeMone Priscilla |
| Edizione | [Fifth edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1,906 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 617.0231 |
| Collana | Pearson Custom Library |
| Soggetto topico |
Operating room nursing
Nursing |
| ISBN | 1-292-03620-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. Glossary -- 2. Part Opener: Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice: Functional Health Patterns with Related Nursing Diagnoses -- 3. Medical-Surgical Nursing in the Twenty-first Century -- 4. Health and Illness in Adults -- 5. Community and Home-Based Care of Adults -- 6. Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery -- 7. Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Loss, Grief, and Death -- 8. Nursing Care of Patients with Problems of Substance Abuse -- 9. Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Disasters -- 10. Genetic Implications of Nursing Care of Adults -- 11. Nursing Care of Patients with Altered Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance -- 12. Nursing Care of Patients in Pain -- 13. Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Trauma and Shock -- 14. Nursing Care of Patients with Infections -- 15. Nursing Care of Patients with Altered Immunity -- 16. Nursing Care of Patients with Cancer -- 17. Part Opener: Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern: Functional Health Patterns with Related Nursing Diagnoses -- 18. Assessing the Integumentary System -- 19. Nursing Care of Patients with Integumentary Disorders -- 20. Nursing Care of Patients with Burns -- 21. Assessing the Gastrointestinal System -- 22. Nursing Care of Patients with Nutritional Disorders -- 23. Nursing Care of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders -- 24. Nursing Care of Patients with Bowel Disorders -- 25. Nursing Care of Patients with Gall Bladder, Liver, and Pancreatic Disorders -- 26. Assessing the Endocrine System -- 27. Nursing Care of Patients with Endocrine Disorders -- 28. Nursing Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus -- 29. Part Opener: Elimination Pattern: Functional Health Patterns with Related Nursing Diagnoses -- 30. Assessing the Renal System -- 31. Nursing Care of Patients with Urinary Tract Disorders -- 32. Nursing Care of Patients with Kidney Disorders.
33. Part Opener: Activity-Exercise Pattern: Functional Health Patterns with Related Nursing Diagnoses -- 34. Assessing the Cardiovascular System -- 35. Nursing Care of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease -- 36. Nursing Care of Patients with Hematologic Disorders -- 37. Nursing Care of Patients with Vascular and Lymphatic Disorders -- 38. Nursing Care of Patients with Cardiac Disorders -- 39. Assessing the Respiratory System -- 40. Nursing Care of Patients with Upper Respiratory Disorders -- 41. Nursing Care of Patients with Gas Exchange Disorders -- 42. Nursing Care of Patients with Ventilation Disorders -- 43. Assessing the Musculoskeletal System -- 44. Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders -- 45. Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma -- 46. Part Opener: Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern: Functional Health Patterns with Related Nursing Diagnoses -- 47. Assessing Male and Female Reproductive Systems -- 48. Nursing Care of Women with Reproductive and Breast Disorders -- 49. Nursing Care of Men with Reproductive and Breast Disorders -- 50. Nursing Care of Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections -- 51. Part Opener: Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern: Functional Health Patterns with Related Nursing Diagnoses -- 52. Assessing the Nervous System -- 53. Nursing Care of Patients with Neurologic Disorders -- 54. Nursing Care of Patients with Intracranial Disorders -- 55. Nursing Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Disorders and CNS Infections -- 56. Assessing the Eye and Ear -- 57. Nursing Care of Patients with Eye and Ear Disorders -- Index -- 1 -- 2 -- 5 -- 6. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910153111803321 |
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LeMone Priscilla
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| Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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