"Supply Chain Science" describes the collection of people, resources, and activities involved in bringing materials and information together to produce and deliver goods and services to customers. Through illustrations and analogies to everyday life, the text presents the key concepts that underlie the behavior of operations systems in a largely non-mathematical way. The goal of "SCS" is to pro…
This lively book, containing many real-life examples, makes a thoughtful, practical guide to the process of launching new ventures. It begins by introducing a model of the entrepreneurial process, and follows the model throughout the book. Emphasis is placed on the beginnings of the entrepreneurial process – particularly opportunity recognition and feasibility analysis. A four part organizati…
Practice Makes Perfect...or at Least Better In their bestselling book, The Leadership Challenge, authors Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner present a practical, accessible, and evidence-based leadership model with a simple, yet profound, principle at its core: leadership is a measurable and learnable set of behaviors. Embodied in the book's foundation model, The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership,…
Business in Action, 4/e is an introduction to business that provides readers with a wealth of the most current information available, allowing them to experience firsthand a variety of highly involving information that no other book on the market can match. Numerous cases and examples simplify the material, encourage active reading, and provide a life-long useful reference source. KEY TOPICS…
This book provides complete and current treatment of major risk management and insurance topics. Coverage includes a discussion of basic concept of risk and insurance, introductory and advanced topics in risk management, functional and financial operations of insurers, legal principles, life and health insurance, property and liability insurance, employee benefits, and social insurance. This bo…
Electrical and computer engineers need to understand the most current technologies in the field. The sixth edition of Principles of Communications presents a new chapter that explores the principles of digital data transmission without the complicating factor of performance in noise
Management of Information Security primarily focuses on the managerial aspects of information security, such as access control models, information security governance, and information security program assessment and metrics. Coverage on the foundational and technical components of information security is included to reinforce key concepts. The third edition includes up-to-date information on ch…
Authoritative and current information on Human Resource Management that ALL managers can use. This best-selling HRM text is designed to provide authoritative and accurate information on HR-related responsibilities and personnel management by focusing on practical applications, concepts, and techniques that ALL managers can use in business. The twelfth edition contains major changes and revision…
This comprehensive textbook addresses the practical financial reporting problems encountered in consilidated financial statements, goodwill, other intangible assets, and derivative securities. The text also includes coverage of foreign currency transactions and translations, partnerships, corporate liquidations and reorganizations, governmental accounting and reporting, not-for-profit accountin…
Business Driven Information Systems story: Business Driven Information Systems discusses various business initiatives first and how technology supports those initiatives second. The premise for this unique approach is that business initiatives should drive technology choices. Every discussion first addresses the business needs and then addresses the technology that supports those needs. This te…